Russia - worrying?

[lookout]

Because they are empty threats.

What he's doing now aren't empty threats David.He just does it, such as when the Ukranian people think they've been given a safe passage to escape from cellars etc. but are still fired on. It's ruthless.

[David1819]

What he's doing now aren't empty threats David.He just does it, such as when the Ukranian people think they've been given a safe passage to escape from cellars etc. but are still fired on. It's ruthless.

The nuclear threats are empty threats. His arsenal of nukes are mostly Soviet era rust buckets and he knows Moscow will be turned to dust if he launches anything.

[nugnug]

https://off-guardian.org/2022/05/15/the-subtleties-of-anti-russia-leftist-rhetoric/

[David1819]

Echos of Holodomor

[Roch]

When does the bad weather start in Ukraine? If Russian forces are demoralised and faltering now, how will they stay intact and remain purposeful in harsh conditions?

[lookout]

When does the bad weather start in Ukraine? If Russian forces are demoralised and faltering now, how will they stay intact and remain purposeful in harsh conditions?

Around the same time as us only theirs is worse. They've got summer coming now. They're only 3 hours ahead of us as well, so seasons in some areas are the same.

[Roch]

Around the same time as us only theirs is worse. They've got summer coming now. They're only 3 hours ahead of us as well, so seasons in some areas are the same.

Thanks Lookout. Well somebody has given very frank views on Russian state TV:

https://mobile.twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1526333878788665345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1526419152897974273%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.readytogo.net%2Fsmb%2Fthreads%2Frussia-invading-ukraine-news-updates-please-put-sensitive-content-behind-a-spoiler.1575096%2Fpage-258

[nugnug]

https://youtu.be/Xwmor6pXHrQ

[nugnug]

redataceted  onersations https://youtu.be/OzMLPSXb7RU

[Roch]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/17/i-look-at-my-government-differently-losses-in-ukraine-test-russians-faith

[nugnug]

cnn cought lying agian https://youtu.be/qvEUSOgxkPk

[nugnug]

wondere this https://youtu.be/qP6xojrSov8

[David1819]

Russia’s Orlan-10 drone uses engines sold by Ali-express

[Steve_uk]

More comment: https://youtu.be/1farRUI_CRY

[David1819]

A member of Russia’s permanent mission to the UN has resigned, describing himself as “ashamed” of the country for its invasion of Ukraine, according to posts on his social media pages.

“Long overdue, but today I resign from civil service. Enough is enough,” Boris Bondarev, an arms control adviser to the Russian UN mission, wrote in a statement.

“For twenty years of my diplomatic career I have seen different turns of our foreign policy, but never have I been so ashamed of my country as on February 24 of this year,”

https://www.ft.com/content/ab665086-37e9-4be8-8292-2f9d24d1e337