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  • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

    Originally posted by Swiss Peter View Post
    you do realise you could possibly be banished to somewhere unmentionable for quoting the times on here?

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      Originally posted by xsnaggle View Post
      you do realise you could possibly be banished to somewhere unmentionable for quoting the times on here?
      First link I came up with. There are many more. Probably a Guardian one somewhere

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      • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

        Originally posted by Swiss Peter View Post
        First link I came up with. There are many more. Probably a Guardian one somewhere
        you just saved yourself

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        • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

          Originally posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
          Everyone says 'stand up' to Putin, 'be firm', but the harsh reality is that cutting off wealthy Russians from their foreign wealth & assets wouldn't bother Putin 1 bit. Also the pipeline is crucial to Germany and if it is stopped/cut off, Putin has now even bigger markets in China for his gas. And China is the key. There's a 100 years of pent up resentment against the West and China is now in a position to throw it's weight around in a more public, direct manner. Depending on the West's response to any invasion of Ukraine, China will judge when and how to do the same to Taiwan. And because of China, Russia wouldn't invade Ukraine until after the end of the winter olympics, ie Wednesday.
          Think the Russian people won’t be so happy when they aren’t allowed to travel anywhere but China, are they even allowed into the UK now? Banned from Olympics, world cups, euros etc reckon they will soon be getting fed up with putins land grab, for no reason but to flex his muscles….like NATO are going to invade Russia ffs….or they don’t have enough land already….

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          • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

            Originally posted by lardy View Post
            Cutting off the ability to spend money abroad is exactly how to hurt the Russians and Putin.
            Exactly, its those rich oligarch that keep Putin in place, but also keep their European counterpart s in theirs!

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            • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

              Originally posted by blue matt View Post
              If China sides with Russia and then looks to expand ( they seem to have issues with borders anyway ) then it would be great to see the world shun them, our dependance of China for stuff is not a good place for the world to be, how we ( the rest of the world ) let ourselves get in this situation baffles me
              Capitalism, not that complicated.

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              • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

                The DPR just uploaded a video of a man who according to them had his leg blown off by a Ukrainian artillery strike. As they move him, you can see that he in fact has a prosthesis on that leg already. The propaganda is reaching crazy levels. https://t.co/lV9Va7uyiP

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                  Blimey ! Lucky it wasn't his other leg that got blown off !!

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                  • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

                    Originally posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
                    Everyone says 'stand up' to Putin, 'be firm', but the harsh reality is that cutting off wealthy Russians from their foreign wealth & assets wouldn't bother Putin 1 bit. Also the pipeline is crucial to Germany and if it is stopped/cut off, Putin has now even bigger markets in China for his gas. And China is the key. There's a 100 years of pent up resentment against the West and China is now in a position to throw it's weight around in a more public, direct manner. Depending on the West's response to any invasion of Ukraine, China will judge when and how to do the same to Taiwan. And because of China, Russia wouldn't invade Ukraine until after the end of the winter olympics, ie Wednesday.
                    Of course it will affect Putin. Much of the wealth held by him and his acolytes are tied up accounts and property in the west. They don't keep their wealth tied up in Roubles.

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                    • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

                      Originally posted by OurManFlint II View Post
                      Capitalism, not that complicated.
                      Correct. There's very little that we buy that isn't from China or has origins in China. We're f*cked basically. We aren't self-sufficient in the West and Europe hasn't learned from history.

                      As far as Ukraine is concerned, wheat production and global supply are hugely important. We've become lazy and bloated in the West, stupid and self-entitled. We're just as corrupt and greedy. We ask no uncomfortable questions as to where the cheap products come from or who makes them or how they are made.

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                      • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

                        I see that Putin has had the presence of mind to move his luxury super yacht from its dock in Hamburg, where it has been undergoing a refit for the last two years
                        . No doubt, he did this in anticipation of possible sanctions.
                        The yacht is reported to be worth an estimated $100 million. Why the hell don't the Russian public ask how he can afford such a lavish item on his official salary?
                        I thought the Russian people were strong willed, but they appear not to want to rock the boat.

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                        • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

                          Originally posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five View Post
                          I see that Putin has had the presence of mind to move his luxury super yacht from its dock in Hamburg, where it has been undergoing a refit for the last two years
                          . No doubt, he did this in anticipation of possible sanctions.
                          The yacht is reported to be worth an estimated $100 million. Why the hell don't the Russian public ask how he can afford such a lavish item on his official salary?
                          I thought the Russian people were strong willed, but they appear not to want to rock the boat.
                          Or at least not rock it until the decorators have finished and are safely on dry land.

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                          • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

                            Originally posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five View Post
                            I see that Putin has had the presence of mind to move his luxury super yacht from its dock in Hamburg, where it has been undergoing a refit for the last two years
                            . No doubt, he did this in anticipation of possible sanctions.
                            The yacht is reported to be worth an estimated $100 million. Why the hell don't the Russian public ask how he can afford such a lavish item on his official salary?
                            I thought the Russian people were strong willed, but they appear not to want to rock the boat.
                            what do you think would happen to any journalists to print a story about Putin having a luxury yacht?

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                            • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

                              Originally posted by lardy View Post
                              Or at least not rock it until the decorators have finished and are safely on dry land.
                              Geez, I left myself wide open for that, didn't I!

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                              • Re: Ukraine Conflict Getting Very Close

                                @ru_rbc The only Ukrainian artillery systems that could conceivably fire at such a distance are heavy Smerch MLRS (or its Ukrainian modification "Vilha") and Pion self-propelled howitzers. They would have caused much heavier destruction than seen in the video. https://t.co/87S0cbJkFN

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