WW3 -All Russia / Ukraine stuff here please-

clubchamp98 said:
They didn’t want to though.
They were shamed into it by the other countries refusing to play them.
Just money grabbers.
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I think it was the request from the IOC that did it. The Olympic truce has been broken 3 times. Any guess which country it's been on each occasion? :whistle:
 
clubchamp98 said:
I thought they told Russia they had to play on a neutral ground with no fans.
Until the other teams said they were not playing them.
Might have miss heard in all the s… going on.(y)
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That was the message yesterday, but now its a total ban from all competitions both men & women, Champions league, Europa cup, everything

Joint statement from Fifa & Uefa, reckon someone had a word
 
DaveR said:
All the sanctions are going to have a knock on effect in this country but that's a price I'm personally willing to pay if it brings an end to the war.
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Im not sure it brings an end to the war, if anything I think it only makes putin more entrenched in his position.

However, I fully agree standing up to Russia in this way is the right thing to do. Cost hikes or otherwise
 
SocketRocket said:
When you see what these people in Ukraine are going through its heart breaking. They really need our support.
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I know there's lots of similar operations but a woman in the village who is Romanian is organising a supply truck to her home nation for refugees. One of the items in demand are sweets for the children to have a little bit of joy so I have a large box of bumper bags of Swizzels on their way - hope they have good teeth! Wish I could see their face when they bite into a Refresher chew :-)
 
tugglesf239 said:
Putin has never fought any actual wars, only special operations.

Invading Crimea with a 1 million populace or fighing a proxy war in Syria using Syrian Militia, is a world away from a full on invasion of a country of 45 million people.

There are making a total hash of this. They are even unable to keep supply lines open on there own boarder crossings.

One things for certain. Even if they manage to overthrow the Ukrainian government, the reputation of the ruskie armed forces is in tatters.

Spetsnaz my arse ?
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Not forgetting Chechen war and their attempt in Afghanistan.

Reports of an armoured column getting lost and running out of fuel makes I larf, and farmers towing of 9K33 Osa. The Russians may in the end get there with overwhelming numbers but it ant going to be done by professionals.

Another argument against conscription.
 
I was reflecting over the weekend, some of you may have seen the groups reported in the media making home-made weapons in preparation. The pragmatist in me was thinking, bad idea - a load of civvies up against trained soldiers with proper weapons. But then, if I happened to be caught up in that situation, would I be doing the same thing - maybe.
Just re-enforced how unrelatable much of this is.
 
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greenone said:
The last time the Russian strategic forces were at this alert level was during the Cuban crisis. You don't deploy strategic forces.
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1982 or 84 (memory fails), fault in the Russian computer systems, many of us were deployed to our front line positions in the Fulda gap fully equipped. Few years ago Channel 4 did a great documentary about it.
 
Foxholer said:
Not doubting it, power stations aside, but I'd be interested in your source too!
However, this article might the source of the 'nukes in Belarus' suggestion. Not the most reliable 'source' though!
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Well I supposed some of the smaller mobile ones might have been moved in bit with today’s satellites that would have made the headlines. Apart from the subs, all the major launch sites have already been plotted and in most cases visited under UN agreements signed by all nuclear powers excluding N Korea.

PS, my personal view would be that nobody will be pressing any buttons soon but I suppose it would solve any climate change issues.
 
Old Skier said:
Well I supposed some of the smaller mobile ones might have been moved in bit with today’s satellites that would have made the headlines. Apart from the subs, all the major launch sites have already been plotted and in most cases visited under UN agreements signed by all nuclear powers excluding N Korea.

PS, my personal view would be that nobody will be pressing any buttons soon but I suppose it would solve any climate change issues.
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Just added the link to the article. :rolleyes:
 
I think one thing that Putin has done is strengthen the European stance against him. Germany has for the first time sent arms and increased its gdp defence contribution. The EU is together in supplying weapons. Poland had agreed to use its territories as a transport hub to supply ukraines fight. The list goes on. I feel Putin is digging a massive hole in a corner. That said, it is a very clever person who knows how this will end. ☹️
 
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