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Ukraine

Ah he has deleted it now!

Essentially someone had photoshopped the guys head (badly) over a character from the film The Death of Stalin.
 
Field Marshall Zhukov, THE best character in the death of Stalin film, it’s well worth a watch if you’ve never seen it and funnier than you’d expect it to be.
Paddy Considine,
Steve Buschemi,
Michael Palin,
Paul Whitehouse
Also in it
 
sycophantia said:
Be surprised if they can sustain that tbh. At least its given Putin a 'bloody nose' and given them something to think about.
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From what i've read, Putin has conscripts on the front-line, and they have about as much desire to fight for Russia as i do
 
AndyWolves said:
From what i've read, Putin has conscripts on the front-line, and they have about as much desire to fight for Russia as i do
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No doubt the Ukraine army has more desire but Russia has the numbers and weapons unfortunately.
 
The POWs that Ukraine have captured are only teenagers . That's all they look like on video clips .
 
Russia will defend itself by its size and scorched earth as it always has. Ukraine arent going to be any more successful with an invasion than Napoleon or Hitler if they think they will be changing the flags in Moscow.

a limited bloody nose for Putin is still a good thing though.
 
I'd guess Ukraine's aim is to end the war by getting the Russian people to turn on Putin.
 
Russia can't afford a conflict like this; they've barely been able to keep up already. They're also diplomatically isolated; they're not buds with China or DPR Korea anymore whereas Ukraine still has (sometimes reticent) support from "the West", as it were.

Ukraine don't need to sustain much on Russian soil for it to become a massive problem for Putin, IMV.
 
Alan said:
Russia can't afford a conflict like this; they've barely been able to keep up already. They're also diplomatically isolated; they're not buds with China or DPR Korea anymore whereas Ukraine still has (sometimes reticent) support from "the West", as it were.

Ukraine don't need to sustain much on Russian soil for it to become a massive problem for Putin, IMV.
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I don’t think Russia have fallen out with China or North Korea.
 
AndyWolves said:
I'd guess Ukraine's aim is to end the war by getting the Russian people to turn on Putin.
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This

Legally under Russian constitution, if Russia is invaded they can use nuclear weapons for defence purposes (not that legalities ever stopped Putin) which is the real scary bit.
 
Wilf Wolf said:
I don’t think Russia have fallen out with China or North Korea.
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Suppose it's worth considering that the stories I've read will be biased in particular ways.

Apparently the Russian government has decided that China is too capitalistic. Which, certainly China is not the communist economy some people think it is. Bit amusing from the outside.
 
Alan said:
Suppose it's worth considering that the stories I've read will be biased in particular ways.

Apparently the Russian government has decided that China is too capitalistic. Which, certainly China is not the communist economy some people think it is. Bit amusing from the outside.
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No doubt Russia doesn’t see eye to eye on all matters but it’s a stretch to say they’re not buds anymore. China will continue to support Russia against Ukraine simply on the basis that “my enemies enemy is my friend “.
 
Wilf Wolf said:
No doubt Russia doesn’t see eye to eye on all matters but it’s a stretch to say they’re not buds anymore. China will continue to support Russia against Ukraine simply on the basis that “my enemies enemy is my friend “.
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Maybe, maybe not. Political philosophy was the tie that bound those countries IMV and China has reached a level where they likely don’t feel they need Russia weighing them down (whilst the Russians sneer at them for being too soft on the West).
 
Paddingtonwolf said:
Russia will defend itself by its size and scorched earth as it always has. Ukraine arent going to be any more successful with an invasion than Napoleon or Hitler if they think they will be changing the flags in Moscow.

a limited bloody nose for Putin is still a good thing though.
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I'm pretty sure Ukraine's aim isn't to conquer Russia and advance to Moscow. You'd think they simply want to expose the lack of truth coming out of the Kremlin's media and slam home the message that this is more than a 'special military operation', or whatever the terminology is that the Kremlin has been using.
 
Paddingtonwolf said:
Russia will defend itself by its size and scorched earth as it always has. Ukraine arent going to be any more successful with an invasion than Napoleon or Hitler if they think they will be changing the flags in Moscow.

a limited bloody nose for Putin is still a good thing though.
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Napoleon didn't have challenger tanks :-D
 
Ukraine are definitely changing the narrative anyway . They are beginning to hit a number of airfields now , they're hitting Crimea far more often , their drones have a longer range as well and now they had moved into Russia as well .
It has most definitely caught the Russians completely off guard , and will most likely occupy Russia for a good while - thereby preventing them from making gains elsewhere as they divert troops .
 
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