[Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)

[Eric the meek]

Or a standard coup d'état, hasty court martial and execution of Putin in a kangaroo night court, and complete withdrawal of troops.

That would be my second choice.

Vlad the impaled.

 

[beorhthelm]

Reports suggests that middle-eastern fighters are signing up for both sides. Great, just what Europe needs, a load of Islamists running around. After keeping them out, ISIS get an open invitation to come to the party.

er, not really. the Syrians will be government recruits/supporters, which were anti-ISIS.

it is is very tinpot pulling in these foriegn forces, shows the amassed army wasnt sufficient, they dont want to risk other army resources.

 

[peterward]

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The largest nuclear power plant in Europe at Zaporozhye, that last week the Russians fired missiles at, today they now claim it's Russian and transfer it's ownership?

Nicking a nuclear power plant? We've got to sort this prick out.

 

[um bongo molongo]

Is this the time to mention that when so many western firms and companies have pulled out / stopped supplying / suspended services to Russia, Marks & Spencer has refused to close its stores and continues to operate. They seem to believe that collecting for Ukraine at the checkouts is an adequate substitute for them to continuing to trade.

The CEO of M&S is Steve Rowe and his email address is:

steve.rowe@marks-and-spencer.com

I hope many others will join me in lobbying Mr Rowe in the hope that he understands that the stance being taken by his organisation is supporting a brutal, murderous regime.

I agree with the principle, but, as unlikely as it sounds, M&S doesn’t actually own its stores in Russia. It’s a franchise set up - think they’re owned by a Turkish company. M&S do supply the products and I believe they have stopped supplying those. But the franchise owner will own current inventory, the stores, and the rights to use the name in Russia. So it’s their call on whether to keep the stores open. The Times this week quoted a source there as saying ‘stores will probably continue to operate for a period as the franchise partner sells the stock it owns but will shut over time without replacement items to sell. So if you’re lobbying for the stores to shut its the franchise partner you need to target (FIBA they are called) as they own the business not M&S.

 

[Eeyore]

er, not really. the Syrians will be government recruits/supporters, which were anti-ISIS.

it is is very tinpot pulling in these foriegn forces, shows the amassed army wasnt sufficient, they dont want to risk other army resources.

There were reports that the Ukrainians were accepting middle-eastern fighters as well. Whichever side takes them, you can be guaranteed that some dodgy sorts are turning up.

 

[birthofanorange]

There were reports that the Ukrainians were accepting middle-eastern fighters as well. Whichever side takes them, you can be guaranteed that some dodgy sorts are turning up.

There's a few here, too.

 

[Icy Gull]

Hope this works and at least makes Russians question what they are being fed by State media


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60697261

 

[jakarta]

Tit for tat, political PR bullshit. I suspect of no more significance than their cessation of Lada exports as some kind of supposed sanction.

Someone in the UK actually bought a Lada last year?

 

[Eric the meek]

Strong condemnation from Macron, of our handling of Ukraine refugees:

'Macron says UK failing to live up to its ‘grand statements’ on Ukraine refugees' - Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ns-uk-grand-statements-ukraine-refugee-crisis

 

[peterward]

Hope this works and at least makes Russians question what they are being fed by State media


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60697261

2 set up by hacking group anonymous. First for SMS second for emails

www.1920.in

https://mail.1920.in/

 

[Hugo Rune]

Strong condemnation from Macron, of our handling of Ukraine refugees:

'Macron says UK failing to live up to its ‘grand statements’ on Ukraine refugees' - Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ns-uk-grand-statements-ukraine-refugee-crisis

Putin said that the leadership in Ukraine was a Nazi regime. Macron called him out.

Our PM said we have done most for refugees in Europe since 2015 (Germany have take 1m compared to our 90k), it’s little wonder that Macron is questioning this lie too.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Strong condemnation from Macron, of our handling of Ukraine refugees:

'Macron says UK failing to live up to its ‘grand statements’ on Ukraine refugees' - Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ns-uk-grand-statements-ukraine-refugee-crisis

To be fair what Macron and VDL said was far more diplomatic than the Guardian headline.

 

[PeterOut]

Apologies if already posted (I'm trying to follow, but it's a long thread) - but an article that seemd well balanced to me, about how the conflict started and what (might) happen next Clearly nobody knows the answer to the 'what next' part -

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/11/was-it-inevitable-a-short-history-of-russias-war-on-ukraine

 

[Baldseagull]

Putin said that the leadership in Ukraine was a Nazi regime. Macron called him out.

Our PM said we have done most for refugees in Europe since 2015 (Germany have take 1m compared to our 90k), it’s little wonder that Macron is questioning this lie too.

Johnson didn't actually lie in this instance, he stated that the UK had done more to resettle refugees than any other country in Europe, which is in fact true, but will mislead many.
Resettle in this case means take someone that has refugee status in Lebanon, and give them refugee status in the UK. We have done this for 25,000 which is a few thousand more than Germany or France, which have both granted asylum to hundreds of thousands more refugees than us overall.

 

[amexer]

Today spoke to friends now in Poland and said could stay with us. She said many from Ukraine do not want to come to England as want to be as near to home as possible when they can return

 

[franks brother]

 

[LamieRobertson]

https://youtu.be/VkB8Qaf0yyw

 

[LamieRobertson]

Today spoke to friends now in Poland and said could stay with us. She said many from Ukraine do not want to come to England as want to be as near to home as possible when they can return

This is being widely reported …I guess we just need to support countries like Poland to enable this to happen

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Today spoke to friends now in Poland and said could stay with us. She said many from Ukraine do not want to come to England as want to be as near to home as possible when they can return

Makes sense. If it were happening here I would prefer to be in France than the Ukraine as I have been to the former many times because it is nearby.

 

[Albion in the north]

Today spoke to friends now in Poland and said could stay with us. She said many from Ukraine do not want to come to England as want to be as near to home as possible when they can return

Absolutely. We have family now fleeing the war in Kishinev and Bucharest. We have also arranged for nephews ex wife and her son to fly to Dublin on Thursday and she will settle there for a while, the good thing being its only an hour from Manchester by plane so my wife can visit her regularly and help with any problems.