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Post by musik on Nov 26, 2024 1:49:14 GMT
What do you think of that? |
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Post by musik on Nov 26, 2024 1:50:06 GMT
Almost three years later we know better. |
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Post by ashleyscfc on Nov 26, 2024 2:00:20 GMT
What do you think of that? Good If the North Koreans, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Armenians, Latvians, Nepalese, Indians, Serbs, Syrians, Libyans, Cubans can go why can’t we. Although it’s generally understood UK special forces are there already in a big way. |
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Post by Gawa on Nov 26, 2024 10:50:06 GMT
What do you think of that? I think they'll not do anything without permission from their boss in USA. But who knows. |
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Post by Gawa on Nov 26, 2024 10:51:14 GMT
What do you think of that? Good If the North Koreans, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Armenians, Latvians, Nepalese, Indians, Serbs, Syrians, Libyans, Cubans can go why can’t we. Although it’s generally understood UK special forces are there already in a big way. There is a Ukranian foreign legion which anyone can join if they wish and fight on the frontier. Nothing is stopping people in this thread from fighting on the front line against Russia aside from themselves. |
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Post by musik on Nov 26, 2024 12:16:32 GMT
Good If the North Koreans, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Armenians, Latvians, Nepalese, Indians, Serbs, Syrians, Libyans, Cubans can go why can’t we. Although it’s generally understood UK special forces are there already in a big way. There is a Ukranian foreign legion which anyone can join if they wish and fight on the frontier. Nothing is stopping people in this thread from fighting on the front line against Russia aside from themselves. What about the Turks and Iranians, aren't they Russian friendly? |
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Post by Gawa on Nov 26, 2024 13:37:46 GMT
There is a Ukranian foreign legion which anyone can join if they wish and fight on the frontier. Nothing is stopping people in this thread from fighting on the front line against Russia aside from themselves. What about the Turks and Iranians, aren't they Russian friendly? I believe anyone is allowed to join the foreign legion regardless of background but I could be wrong. |
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Post by Northy on Nov 26, 2024 13:40:42 GMT
What about the Turks and Iranians, aren't they Russian friendly? I believe anyone is allowed to join the foreign legion regardless of background but I could be wrong. Hasn't an Ex-UK soldier recently been captured in Russian Kursk territory? |
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Post by musik on Nov 26, 2024 15:51:10 GMT
So there's a Foreign Legion on both sides?
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 26, 2024 16:07:07 GMT
Do you think it's likely? I really don't. Unless it's as part of a negotiated settlement, in which case it would be necessary for long-term peace if Ukraine doesn't get all its land back. |
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Post by emretezzy on Nov 26, 2024 16:54:03 GMT
Good If the North Koreans, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Armenians, Latvians, Nepalese, Indians, Serbs, Syrians, Libyans, Cubans can go why can’t we. Although it’s generally understood UK special forces are there already in a big way. There is a Ukranian foreign legion which anyone can join if they wish and fight on the frontier. Nothing is stopping people in this thread from fighting on the front line against Russia aside from themselves. The Oatcake A-Team all busy at the Palestine foreign legion mate. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 26, 2024 19:45:43 GMT
Rouble has fallen to 106 per dollar. Last week was ~99 and last year ~90 (Bigger number = rouble got weaker).
Oil is over $70, interest rates 21%, the central bank is selling $40m/day worth of yuan and end-of-month taxes are due soon. Those all support the rouble so the sudden fall is a bit surprising.
All the financial news look bad for Russia. They've still got some savings to spend but their credit lines seem to be drying up. They tried to print money on Monday to give to banks, so long as the banks loaned the money to Putin...
The banks turned down 90% of the cash.
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Post by ashleyscfc on Nov 26, 2024 20:45:28 GMT
Good If the North Koreans, Belarusians, Kazakhs, Armenians, Latvians, Nepalese, Indians, Serbs, Syrians, Libyans, Cubans can go why can’t we. Although it’s generally understood UK special forces are there already in a big way. There is a Ukranian foreign legion which anyone can join if they wish and fight on the frontier. Nothing is stopping people in this thread from fighting on the front line against Russia aside from themselves. Broadly speaking it’s the general populous who finish wars. Not start them. I’d suggest if anyone thinks putin is going to stop at Ukraine now he’s re-configured his economy, lost 150,000+ soldiers, destroyed a lot of his equipment, I’ve got some magic beans to sell you. |
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Post by Gawa on Nov 26, 2024 22:16:10 GMT
There is a Ukranian foreign legion which anyone can join if they wish and fight on the frontier. Nothing is stopping people in this thread from fighting on the front line against Russia aside from themselves. The Oatcake A-Team all busy at the Palestine foreign legion mate. That would be antisemetic to have a foreign legion fight against the only Jewish army in the world. Shame on you for suggesting it. |
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Post by scfcno1fan on Nov 28, 2024 11:55:01 GMT
Putin to target kyiv ‘decision making centres’ and claims to make more long range missiles than all other NATO countries combined.
He’s certainly going for it on the rhetoric.
Assuming he wants a quick end to the conflict now given the state of the Russian finances.
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Post by noustie on Nov 28, 2024 12:11:05 GMT
Putin to target kyiv ‘decision making centres’ and claims to make more long range missiles than all other NATO countries combined. He’s certainly going for it on the rhetoric. Assuming he wants a quick end to the conflict now given the state of the Russian finances. Wanging his dong about to buy time until Trump is in then they’ll cut a deal I reckon. It’s completely bizarre really that we’re meant to believe Biden and Harris have any say in the next couple of months and just hope whoever is pulling the strings doesn’t go balls deep in the interim |
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Post by musik on Nov 28, 2024 12:14:39 GMT
On Swedish tv news one hour ago
They mentioned 25% of Ukraine will be lost to Russia in the deal.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Nov 28, 2024 12:36:00 GMT
Putin to target kyiv ‘decision making centres’ and claims to make more long range missiles than all other NATO countries combined. He’s certainly going for it on the rhetoric. Assuming he wants a quick end to the conflict now given the state of the Russian finances. Yeah as if he wouldn’t already have been doing this if he thought it’d gain an advantage. |
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Post by serpico on Nov 28, 2024 13:11:16 GMT
Putin to target kyiv ‘decision making centres’ and claims to make more long range missiles than all other NATO countries combined. He’s certainly going for it on the rhetoric. Assuming he wants a quick end to the conflict now given the state of the Russian finances. Yeah as if he wouldn’t already have been doing this if he thought it’d gain an advantage. It’s called escalation. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 28, 2024 16:33:04 GMT
Putin to target kyiv ‘decision making centres’ and claims to make more long range missiles than all other NATO countries combined. He’s certainly going for it on the rhetoric. Assuming he wants a quick end to the conflict now given the state of the Russian finances. He definitely wants a quick Ukrainian surrender. Biden has asked for the new budget to send $8bn of kit to Ukraine. But Trump loves dictators and despises democracies so the republicans say they will block it. We'll see if it's a negotiating tactic, but thanks to republicans the 2024 aid was already delayed and even if this goes through, it's a tiny fraction of the Biden-Harris plan. Unless something surprising happens (e.g. Ukraine's losses are actually way higher than we know about so the army cracks) then the result should be a longer and bloodier war than if the Biden plan of constant aid had been followed. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 28, 2024 16:34:53 GMT
Another expensive russian air defence system hit.
Not clear if there's damage but I'm posting it because they show a drone launched from a mortar.
The US switchblades work like that. There was a lot of buzz about them but they got "meh" reviews. However I've seen more videos claiming to be from them recently, including absolutely blasting one of Russia's most modern tanks.
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 28, 2024 16:53:08 GMT
In Syria some of the anti-government forces launched an attack, cutting off a major road, capturing a bunch of defenders and a military base. They seem to have learned from Ukraine - lots of drone videos. Assad is flying to Moscow. Russian tanks and jets saved Assad before but there should be no new tank supply now. As is typical of russians, their jets specifically targeted healthcare facilities. Russia is monstrous. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 28, 2024 16:55:48 GMT
As expected, massive russian terror attack on civilian infrastructure.
Massive power cuts everywhere I've heard from.
The estimates are that Russia has enough missiles to do maybe ~4 more attacks of this size over winter. They could do more smaller ones.
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Post by mtrstudent on Nov 28, 2024 17:11:47 GMT
Putin to target kyiv ‘decision making centres’ and claims to make more long range missiles than all other NATO countries combined. He’s certainly going for it on the rhetoric. Assuming he wants a quick end to the conflict now given the state of the Russian finances. Yeah as if he wouldn’t already have been doing this if he thought it’d gain an advantage. So far here's what I've seen happen to each side: Russia has lost $100m+ of its latest air defence plus an HQ with senior officers, plus an airbase got hit although we don't know the damage. Also, Russia has had to spend money on fortifying its airbases and has had to move its Su-34s further away, meaning longer flights, more maintenance costs etc. Ukraine had been hit by a missile with no warheads that seems to have done effectively no damage. |
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