Ukraine: Russian Invasion

[Dee Jiensai]

I agree that he’s bluffing, I’m just saying that IF he gives the order, it will happen. It’s not like an officer drone will refuse to do it, especially since his refusal will result in getting shot.

Wrong. There's no single officer to carry out the order and no single button to push. It's a pretty complicated procedure which if initiated will result in Putin being very firmly but politely asked to drink the tea just given to him by his closest partners in crime that prefer not be glassed during retaliatory strike.

True, but : If Russia uses a Tactical nuke in Ukraine, there will be no Glassing of Moscow. There will be outcry and china will have a very hard time to keep associating with russia.
That might keep them from using one, but not fear of retaliation from the west. Russia knows there won't be any.

Yes but I'm not talking about tactical nuke in Ukraine but the kind useful idiots in the west are spreading fear about. Ie nuking London, Paris, Berlin etc. As these were the threats that were presented in russian national tv channels.

Ah, yes, those people. yeah, no. not going to happen. Putin will have a "medical condition" really suddenly when he wants to start all out nuclear war.

[Keckers]

I can't see Russia being in a position to use nukes without also calling for full mobilisation. I'm pretty sure Putin lacks the political capital to actually declare war now, conscripts from the mud hut regions of Russia dying in droves has a different cultural impact to 'real russians' from Moscow and St Petersburg getting instagibbed by guided munitions

[Malcanis]

I'm more concerned about a nuclear accident then nuclear nuke in Ukraine:

https://www.businessinsider.com/russ...rce=reddit.com

No worries, Ukraine can just use "smoke warheads" (that happen to use phosphorous). If they're OK for Russia to use on civilian targets, as apparently they are, the turnabout is fair play.

[Malcanis]

I can't see Russia being in a position to use nukes without also calling for full mobilisation. I'm pretty sure Putin lacks the political capital to actually declare war now, conscripts from the mud hut regions of Russia dying in droves has a different cultural impact to 'real russians' from Moscow and St Petersburg getting instagibbed by guided munitions

I'm not sure provoking the russian equivalent of the Home Counties is an absolute blocker to mobilisation; he'll probably do it when there's literally nothing else, but yeah he's not going to try the nuclear option unless and until Ukraine starts looking like they'll serious inroads into "real" Russia. And unless I miss my guess, I think Ukraine just wants Russia out and to get on with their lives, with maybe a few Israeli style snatch squads for the 3 or 400 worst Russian war criminals.

[El Capitano]

Corbyn wants Ukraine to roll over and die, quality leadership material.

[Malcanis]

Once a tankie, always a tankie, apparently.

[rufuske]

I can't see Russia being in a position to use nukes without also calling for full mobilisation. I'm pretty sure Putin lacks the political capital to actually declare war now, conscripts from the mud hut regions of Russia dying in droves has a different cultural impact to 'real russians' from Moscow and St Petersburg getting instagibbed by guided munitions

I'm not sure provoking the russian equivalent of the Home Counties is an absolute blocker to mobilisation; he'll probably do it when there's literally nothing else, but yeah he's not going to try the nuclear option unless and until Ukraine starts looking like they'll serious inroads into "real" Russia. And unless I miss my guess, I think Ukraine just wants Russia out and to get on with their lives, with maybe a few Israeli style snatch squads for the 3 or 400 worst Russian war criminals.

You're spot on.

[Crystalline Entity]

Corbyn wants Ukraine to roll over and die, quality leadership material.

God I wish he was in charge, it was a shame he was stabbed in the back

[Maximillian]

Corbyn wants Ukraine to roll over and die, quality leadership material.

God I wish he was in charge, it was a shame he was stabbed in the back

It's amazing just how hard the fringes on the left and the right want to suck Putin's cock.

[Siv]

Corbyn wants Ukraine to roll over and die, quality leadership material.

God I wish he was in charge, it was a shame he was stabbed in the back

It's amazing just how hard the fringes on the left and the right want to suck Putin's cock.

The man's an idiot but his point is diplomatic solutions should be sought as well not just giving weapons.

However any diplomatic solution will involve ceding territory at this stage and I can't see how it's unacceptable Palestine has had to cede territory and this is an outrage but it's fine for Ukraine to?

[Maximillian]

Corbyn wants Ukraine to roll over and die, quality leadership material.

God I wish he was in charge, it was a shame he was stabbed in the back

It's amazing just how hard the fringes on the left and the right want to suck Putin's cock.

The man's an idiot but his point is diplomatic solutions should be sought as well not just giving weapons.

However any diplomatic solution will involve ceding territory at this stage and I can't see how it's unacceptable Palestine has had to cede territory and this is an outrage but it's fine for Ukraine to?

Ukraine has a Jewish President. Corbyn has an issue with Jews???

[El Capitano]

The man's an idiot but his point is diplomatic solutions should be sought as well not just giving weapons.

What makes you think they weren't?

[Candy Crush]

Russia does not view itself as part of anything. They view themselves as above or better because of the incessant brainwashing of the "glorious victory" of WW2. The simple fact and uncomfortable one to many of the is that at best the soviet army lost 4 soldiers for every axis soldiers killed, 10 tanks for every axis tank destroyed and 10 planes for every one of the axis destroyed. They lied then as they lie today attempting to project an image of a "fearsome beast" while the truth was that they "won" an almost pyrrhic victory with catastrophic demographic consequences that still echo today. And that WITH LEND LEASE behind them. Coming in our days, Putin is recruiting 30k fresh, no previous military experience needed, just to plug the front line.

29k

28k

27k...

[Hel OWeen]

Russia does not view itself as part of anything. They view themselves as above or better because of the incessant brainwashing of the "glorious victory" of WW2. The simple fact and uncomfortable one to many of the is that at best the soviet army lost 4 soldiers for every axis soldiers killed, 10 tanks for every axis tank destroyed and 10 planes for every one of the axis destroyed. They lied then as they lie today attempting to project an image of a "fearsome beast" while the truth was that they "won" an almost pyrrhic victory with catastrophic demographic consequences that still echo today. And that WITH LEND LEASE behind them. Coming in our days, Putin is recruiting 30k fresh, no previous military experience needed, just to plug the front line.

This has been their doctrine developed in WW2 and ever since: overwhelm with quantity fully well aware of and accepting these losses. This also plays a role in their weapons production. Accept inferior combat quality/strength (compared to western tanks), but make them easier, faster and cheaper to build and maintain under normal circumstances*).

*) The apparent corruption going on obviously hurts them badly in that aspect.

[Keckers]

Inferior quality domestic stuff works fine when you have lend lease providing a backbone of actually operational combat vehicles and trucks for logistics.

[Lallante]

Corbyn wants Ukraine to roll over and die, quality leadership material.

God I wish he was in charge, it was a shame he was stabbed in the back

It's amazing just how hard the fringes on the left and the right want to suck Putin's cock.

The man's an idiot but his point is diplomatic solutions should be sought as well not just giving weapons.

However any diplomatic solution will involve ceding territory at this stage and I can't see how it's unacceptable Palestine has had to cede territory and this is an outrage but it's fine for Ukraine to?

If only SOMEONE had tried negotiation or diplomatic solutions?

It's not like the last however many years since Crimea have consisted of nothing but that

[Hel OWeen]

Inferior quality domestic stuff works fine when you have lend lease providing a backbone of actually operational combat vehicles and trucks for logistics.

In wonder where all the British and U.S. American T-34 production facilities were located ...

[Keckers]

The t-34 would have been useless without American diesel and trucks to keep the supply lines operational. Without lend lease the USSR couldn't have maintained a 1:7 k/d against german armour.

[hunter V]

Inferior quality domestic stuff works fine when you have lend lease providing a backbone of actually operational combat vehicles and trucks for logistics.

In wonder where all the British and U.S. American T-34 production facilities were located ...

lol. what a dumb hill to die on.

[Siv]

Corbyn wants Ukraine to roll over and die, quality leadership material.

God I wish he was in charge, it was a shame he was stabbed in the back

It's amazing just how hard the fringes on the left and the right want to suck Putin's cock.

The man's an idiot but his point is diplomatic solutions should be sought as well not just giving weapons.

However any diplomatic solution will involve ceding territory at this stage and I can't see how it's unacceptable Palestine has had to cede territory and this is an outrage but it's fine for Ukraine to?

If only SOMEONE had tried negotiation or diplomatic solutions?

It's not like the last however many years since Crimea have consisted of nothing but that

As I said the man's an idiot. But his point was more nuanced than stop sending weapons, even if it made him hypocritical and look quite thick.