The Russian Invasion of the Ukraine.

[Andy_Ross]

Thousands of AKs have been distributed to the population in Kyiv, the seeds of an armed insurgency have already been planted.

 

[Arcade22]

Russia made various claims about its gains in the war, saying troops had advanced in Donetsk and Luhansk. It also said more than 150 Ukrainian troops had surrendered and that dozens of Ukrainian military infrastructure sites, weapons and vehicles had been destroyed.

Ukraine's armed forces, meanwhile, made their own competing claims in a Facebook post earlier, saying that they were holding the line in Donetsk and Luhansk where Russian troops had had "no success" and had also pushed back Russian troops in other areas.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has just been answering questions in a media briefing.
He repeats the line from Vladimir Putin that Moscow does not want to occupy Ukraine - but rather "demilitarise" it.
Asked whether it was Russia's wish to topple a democratic country, Lavrov implies the country cannot be called democratic.
He dismissed a question from the BBC's Steve Rosenberg, who asked him how Russia could justify the invasion of its Western neighbour.
Lavrov referenced Western interventions in the former Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya - which he said caused thousands of casualties in the name of promoting democracy.

It would probably be hardest to advance along the Line-Of-Control in the east, as that area was heavily reinforced before the Russian invasion with experienced troops.

 

[timhau]

Wouldn't this go the other way as well? If these actions are to be considered absolutely reprehensible then shouldn't other countries try and act better than that instead of sinking themselves down to the immoral behaviour of others?

Of course not. The Putinist/Neo-nazi ethos is not to make the world a better place, but to use everything possible (as well as several impossible things) to justify being total *****.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Nigel Farage is in the USA at CPAC, he tweeted

@Nigel_Farage
Watch @GBNEWS live from @CPAC at 7pm tonight.
Many people here feel this would simply not be happening if Donald Trump was President.

Senator @TedCruz on @GBNews: “I think the chances that Putin would be invading Ukraine today if Trump were still US President are essentially zero”.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

It's hard to imagine why they would want it. The thing is entombed in concrete.

I don't imagine they do want it, but the exclusion zone of 30km radius is land they want to pass through.

 

[timhau]

Russia also said that the levels of radiation in the plant's surrounding area were normal and that staff were continuing to monitor levels of radioactivity.

Ah, they have recruited Comical Ali's nephew, Nuclear Ali.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Farage is a Quisling waiting to see which way the wind blows so he can find an angle to grift. The only lordship he will get is Haw Haw.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

Nigel Farage is in the USA at CPAC, he tweeted

@Nigel_Farage
Watch @GBNEWS live from @CPAC at 7pm tonight.
Many people here feel this would simply not be happening if Donald Trump was President.

Senator @TedCruz on @GBNews: “I think the chances that Putin would be invading Ukraine today if Trump were still US President are essentially zero”.

I'm already weary of the "it's all about me" crap that's trying to cling onto this tragedy.

 

[timhau]

Nigel Farage is in the USA at CPAC, he tweeted

@Nigel_Farage
Watch @GBNEWS live from @CPAC at 7pm tonight.
Many people here feel this would simply not be happening if Donald Trump was President.

Senator @TedCruz on @GBNews: “I think the chances that Putin would be invading Ukraine today if Trump were still US President are essentially zero”.

Cruz may actually be correct - if T*** was still POTUS, the invasion might be over already and a puppet government established in Kiev. The chances for an unified NATO response to Putin's aggression under T***'s presidency would have been not essentially but exactly zero.

 

[MarkCorrigan]

Famous last words for the Border Guards on Snake Island.

As horrible as this incident is, these men are heroes.

 

[Lennart Hyland]

Disturbing video shows russian tank aiming for oncoming car and running it over. Videos shows civilians rescuing still alive elderly citizen in the wreckage..

 

[Andy_Ross]

"No one is planning to occupy Ukraine, Lavrov says"
He also said they weren’t planning to invade. Cheeky ******* bastard.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Ukrainian forces in Mariupol with an anti-drone gun, supplied by Lithuania. Probably type ЕDМ4S-UА

Picture in link
https://twitter.com/Arslon_Xudosi/status/1496831499093610502/photo/1

 

[Andy_Ross]

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has distributed weapons to the deputies of the parliament.

 

[Andy_Ross]

The UK has stopped accepting visa applications from Ukrainians.

 

[Darat]

The UK has stopped accepting visa applications from Ukrainians.

Can't have all those eastern Europeans coming over here and taking all our jobs and getting 6 bedroom council houses and a thousand a week in benefits!

 

[Andy_Ross]

The Government has decided there is no room for Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion.

Perhaps it's because the UK is already full of Russians that the Tories have already given British citizenship in return for lots & lots of Roubles.

 

[Ryokan]

The UK has stopped accepting visa applications from Ukrainians.

Ukrainians don't need a visa to enter Schengen, so they are welcome to the rest of Europe.

 

[Wildy]

The UK has stopped accepting visa applications from Ukrainians.

I don't see that as a problem. They're trying to get away from Russian oligarchs.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Remember last year when Boris said "The old concepts of fighting big tank battles on European land mass are over," as part of his justification for scrapping British tanks in favour of 'Cyber'?