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Sailbydate
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Amorality alive and well in Russia.
www.spiegel.de
Opinion Researcher Lev Gudkov: "Russians Have Little Compassion for the Ukrainians"
Lev Gudkov investigates what makes Russians tick with his independent opinion research institute. In an interview, he discusses the lack of morals in his home country, Russia's victim mentality and fears of nuclear war.
www.spiegel.de
Kiwing
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There are some very thought provoking pieces of information and opinions on this thread. Opinions from countries all around the world. I now spend an hour at least reading and thinking about this invasion and it's effect on us all (even in little old NZ).
Has Putin shot himself in the foot? More of Europe joining NATO, borders with Russia being strengthened. And inside Russia (who knows?)
Is the west using it to weaken Russia further?
When the fighting stops what will the new Europe look like?
Will it make the NATO countries closer in a military sense?
Has Putin shot himself in the foot? More of Europe joining NATO, borders with Russia being strengthened. And inside Russia (who knows?)
Is the west using it to weaken Russia further?
When the fighting stops what will the new Europe look like?
Will it make the NATO countries closer in a military sense?
Because they are part of NATO/OTAN and it's mutual defense agreements. More likely to be used in Estonia than Toronto, but purchased to support the design/manufacture/maintenance of the equipment.
My guess is that they are sitting in Poland.
My guess is that Stephen Harper sold them for a bag of cash.
Priscilla
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Should have done it from the get go.
Poo Tin and his lackeys only plan is to spread as much death doom and destruction as they are capable of.
Is the West just going to tinker around the edges until the Ruskies hit the buttons first.
Fuctifino
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Sailbydate
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Probably, sadly.
chesirecat
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I remember when Chobham armour was first developed at er, Chobham. Too late for the Chieftain but good to see it moving upmarket to Dorchester.
Anyway a couple of vids, Chobham armour and HESH ammo.
Anyway a couple of vids, Chobham armour and HESH ammo.
dogwatch
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Interesting lack of millennials. OK, likely millions of economic migrants if UKR joined the EU and gained FoM. Tbh I don't see what Canada may be doing as very relevant. What's clear to anyone giving attention to attitudes in western Europe, UK included, is that a substantial demographic is increasingly hostile to immigrants. All immigrants, not only ones with a brown skin. Especially on the right, amongst boomers, amongst low to middling earners. To some extent the latter have a point; it is nice enough for people like me to have people from eastern Europe prepared to do the low-wage jobs in the service sector and elsewhere that make life comfortable but I'm not competing for those jobs, I'm trying to find a plumber. Couple that to the tendency of boomers to stop staring at their phone long enough to get off their arses and vote, this is an important segment of the electorate.
After countries such as Romania gained FoM, just shy of 450K Romanians out of a population of 20M moved to the UK. Government expectations had been a fraction of that. It was fine for me, I filled a job with a motivated skilled worker, for a job that nobody qualified in the UK wanted to do at the salary my employer chose to offer. But there's no doubt that such immigration, perceived as uncontrolled, generated widespread hostility.
So if millions of Ukrainians head west, not as pitiable refugees, mostly women and children but instead as mostly young men prepared to work for less than locals, I predict resentment and trouble.
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I think quite a few US citizens share the same feelings towards Washington and the swamp
enigmatically2
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C2s will be in Ukraine by end of March.
So there should be a fair number of NATO tanks there in time for a spring offensive
So there should be a fair number of NATO tanks there in time for a spring offensive
LeoV
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UK policy is not the same as EU;
In May 2004, the EU welcomed ten new member states – the majority from Central and Eastern Europe – in what was the largest expansion in the history of European integration. The UK was one of only three member states, alongside Sweden and Ireland, to open its labour market to these new EU citizens immediately.
While the number of migrants from Central and Eastern Europe into the UK was predicted to be in the region of 5,000 to 13,000 on the assumption that other member states would also open their labour markets, most didn’t. And the flows turned out to be over 20 times the upper end of this estimate.
You can expect the same FOM restrictions to be in place for Ukraine. Maybe even stricter or longer period of no FOM for labour reasons till Ukraine is healthy again.
A research here showed that mostly woman with children who lost their husband in the war are most likely to stay. Hard to send them back.
But first, win the war.
enigmatically2
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Over 6000 Russians surrendered via the hotline
www.theguardian.com
‘I want to live’: the Ukraine hotline encouraging Russians to surrender
It is claimed 6,543 Russian personnel have surrendered since the hotline launched in September 2022
www.theguardian.com
Steam Flyer
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No, only the severe far-right traitors think so. The vast majority of USAnians, and all Americans, want a government that works fairly.
