đŸ‡ș🇩 The War/Invasion in/of Ukraine

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It’s not insight, it’s very clearly labelled as speculation and therefore there’s a good chance it will be wrong.

However it’s not wrong yet. Where have I said the planes would be going into the war zone? What I have said is all the news stories, all the sanctions that you’re hearing about are mere noise intended to distract from the fact that the West aren’t actually going to do anything tangible to help beyond the supply of weaponry and training to Nazis. The fact that the planes won’t actually be going simply supports that.

Btw. It’s not speculative that Zelensky has stashes of cash from a dodgy funder. That was in the Pandora papers.

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I think Putin has demonstrated he has more fascist traits than Zelensky don’t you?
You labelling all of Ukraine as nazis is as your defending of Russian policy.
If you’re going to reach there is a strong rumour the Z on tanks isn’t a letter at all but a symbol mirroring the swastika.

Irrespective, Russia need to get out of another nation, pay reparations and get rid of Putin.

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You’re the vocal and professed expert on this forum Barry, so I think it’s best left to you to answer or shout at clouds don’t you
 :roll_eyes:

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Whataboutery Barry, this is the Ukraine topic to talk about Ukrainian politicians.

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Of course, Zelensky has presented himself as a brave man, from a bankrolled comedian to an articulate leader who’ll in all probability shall die being a leader of his invaded nation.

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https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/ukraine-bans-bulgarian-far-right-leader-suspected-of-russian-espionage/

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TBF its to talk about the Ukranian invasion in which Putin is playing more than a cameo role. Putin acting like a dickhead towards the Ukraine makes him fair game

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Of course, but wars have rules and article 12.4 i of the Geneva convention clearly states that Whataboutery is strictly prohibited in all conflict situations involving Barry.

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Well now I’m in a spot. My employer has just announced that we won’t be dealing with Russian customers going forward. We have large Saudi, UK and French customers and few US ones too. Never been any talk of sanctioning then in the past nor Israeli although we don’t have any of those at the minute. Quite tempted to quit but I have a mortgage to pay.

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One of my favourites sounds a lot like Barry.

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It’s a pity Blair didn’t realise that.

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Many a true word spoken in jest? :smiley:

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Today’s big story here today.
Hundreds of unmarked unlabelled 40ft container trucks queuing at the Belarus border.
All of them with German plates
All of them with export documents to ship through Belarus to Russia.

Locals removing the number plates so they are stuck and cannot get across the border
Government looking at what they can do to search the trucks/emergency laws

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Isn’t that satire. isn’t he actually taking the piss out of fascists?

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Putin trying to rival Hitler now. FFS

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Absolute genius.