I also see some of the global oil giants are now dumping Russian interests.....
...that might actually learn 'em.
Of course they do, it’s no different from all major powers in global politics. That fact clearly does not justify the actions of Russia and China taking actions to antagonise their smaller neighbours.
Its very obvious that China is watching developments closely given they are training for an invasion of Taiwan.
I for one am totally shocked by this
No one has ever resorted to you as an expert! Are you jealous that some clever people on here read and absorb news and writers? What a sad lonely person you must be.It's usually the same few gimps.
There was a run of money yesterday with people queuing for hours and hours at cash machines and it looks like the interest rate is climbing from 9% to 20% today as well as hyper inflation expected due to a tumbling ruble making imports more expensive.I doubt it changes much in the near term, but the fact that BP is apparently prepared to write off tens of billions of dollars just to get out of Russia ASAP shows you that the sanctions are doing what they’re designed to do.
Tomorrow is shaping up to be a truly brutal day for Russian markets - we’ll start to see if Putin really doesn’t care about them when the ruble collapses at the start of trade in a few hours.
Obviously in the world of social media it can be hard to separate fact from fiction but seeing immigration lawyers tweeting about people being refused entry because they haven't got the right visa or filled in the right form when fleeing war is, even by this governments low standard, poor.
Oh dear. There's talk that Russia might have sent in the 18 year old kids and the shit equipment first to take the initial hit, and will now follow it up with the proper stuff.
Let's hope not.
It's usually the same few gimps.
Oh dear. There's talk that Russia might have sent in the 18 year old kids and the shit equipment first to take the initial hit, and will now follow it up with the proper stuff.
Let's hope not.
Well some of us did say this was the case earlier in the thread , they have 500,000 full time , paid soldiers .
It makes no sense though. If they wanted to take Kiev within 72 hours as was apparently the plan they'd have sent the heavy stuff and elite forces in first, got air superioty etc. They did none of that
Hopefully they come to an agreement when they hold talksYeah I get that, just doesn’t make any sense if you wanted it done very quickly, which they apparently did. To seemingly not even make much of an attempt to establish air superiority is just odd.
If they really are bringing in the heavy stuff it will probably lead to significantly higher casualties, but hopefully it doesn’t come to that. Those thermobaric weapons look utterly terrifying.
I was thinking last night I wondered if Putin was very ill and thus rushing. He'd been very patient in the build up up to now. Or it could just be he's got tired of waiting.Mix of good and scary news at the moment. Scary for us here is obviously the threat of nuclear war (although you’d hope someone would take care of Putin before that, especially as Russia aren’t being directly threatened). The good being the unbelievable resistance in some parts of Ukraine…what brave people. The pressure on the Russian economy with runs on banks and interest rates shooting up is probably quicker than anticipated. Some oligarchs are publicly suggesting Putin should enter peace talks. Also some continued protests in Russia
Let’s hope Putin sees sense in the Ukraine/Russia talks on Belarus border which I think are later today. But what will he find acceptable to save face and walk away, that’s still my concern
ps I googled ‘Putin serious illness’ last night as I’d heard some rumours in the last. Both Parkinson’s and cancer were mentioned although obviously unverified. Might explain why he’s in a hurry to ‘secure his legacy’…let’s hope it doesn’t tip him over the edge
Its really hard to know what to expect with Putin. Logically you'd say this has gone pretty badly and you'd be looking for a way to exit without looking like a complete failure. Which then leads to a) is that even possible and b) its Putin so there's a good chance a logical course of action won't be followed.Hopefully they come to an agreement when they hold talks
An interesting counter thread to that.Oh dear. There's talk that Russia might have sent in the 18 year old kids and the shit equipment first to take the initial hit, and will now follow it up with the proper stuff.
Let's hope not.
Presumably he thought the Ukrainians would surrender/comply. I guess going in heavy means that there are going to be problems once he’s got what he wanted.Yeah I get that, just doesn’t make any sense if you wanted it done very quickly, which they apparently did. To seemingly not even make much of an attempt to establish air superiority is just odd.
If they really are bringing in the heavy stuff it will probably lead to significantly higher casualties, but hopefully it doesn’t come to that. Those thermobaric weapons look utterly terrifying.
Guessing the difference with Germany and Russia would be Russia's huge resources of energy will enable it to recover fairly quickly once sanctions are lifted.I wonder when it stops being useful and becomes inflammatory to ruin the Russian economy. Isn’t that what happened after world war 1 and led to world war 2?
I don’t know the answer but it strikes me that we need to leave putin room to step towards peace rather than with no hope whatsoever and no options whatsoever. Even if that’s only in his mind
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