No shipping either

[ajacobson]

 

[terr]

Unprovoked? CIA director literally told Biden 6 months ago that letting Ukraine join NATO would be drawing a big red line in the sand(or something to that effect).

Also this is very similar to the cuban missile crisis. We threatened military action just like Putin did, and luckily everyone backed off and met each others demands. But USA & Europe basically said "Ukraine is joining NATO and we're going to put our armies at your border...come at me bro" USA and Europe are literally provoking this war and with the world now refusing to do business with any Russians, why the hell wouldn't they use maximum force now. If we're lucky Putin will conquer Ukraine quickly and we'll all go back to business as usual in 6 months. If another country attacks Ukraine, expect the nukes to come out.

Another Putin shill. Get this: Ukraine didn't attack Russia. Ukraine didn't shell Russia. Ukraine didn't send terrorists into Russia. Ukraine didn't rocket Russia. Ukraine didn't invade Russia. There was no provocation. Now get lost, stupid Russian propagandist.

 

[TheDawn]

Wow Ukraine really pulled a fantastic PR coup with their fake stories on twitter. I am sure Putin expected sanctions, but to have everyone refuse to do business with .RU surprises me. Maybe not him though.

Well you shouldn't get invaded just because you decide to join a different club, PR or no PR. It's not the West's fault that Ukraine and all the former Eastern bloc countries all want to join NATO. If the West is really that bad, why would all these countries want to join NATO? Remember Ukraine and these Eastern bloc countries all have slavic roots; they can all understand Russian or each other's language if spoken slowly so from a cultural point of view, they should have more in common with Russia than with the West.

 

[TheDawn]

Russian airlines cannot operate either. Not just because they are not allowed in almost everyone's airspace. But because they cannot maintain their planes, not just Aurbuses and Boeings, but even the supposedly Russian-produced ones - the Sukhoi Superjet parts distribution logistics operation is run through Lufthansa Technik, now offline with EU sanctions. Also most of their planes are not owned but leased - and all the leases are terminated by the end of March.

Russia, the country that sent the first man into space, cannot even maintain their own airplanes?? And have to rely on other western "corrupt" countries to do so? That is absolutely ridiculous!!

 

[terr]

Russia, the country that sent the first man into space, cannot even maintain their own airplanes?? And have to rely on other western "corrupt" countries to do so? That is absolutely ridiculous!!

It's a third world country with nuclear weapons, a resource-based economy and an enormous chip on its shoulder. Definitely not a computer chip, since they cannot produce any. Probably a cow chip.

 

[Nobert]

My understanding is the first wave was reservists. If so, it's probably part of a strategy.

Could be.

Western / UN sources says it was all kinds of elite troops.

But, who da hell, actually knows.

 

[Peter8519]

If send reservists on the first wave then Putin is preparing for long war. The outcome of war is difficult to predict especially its duration e.g. Iraq war lasted 7 years at a cost of $1T. I am quite sure the planners at Pentagon never thought of 7 years and cost that much.

If you want to know who was the main beneficiary of the Iraq war, just Google.
It was highlighted back then but no one listened.

 

[Nobert]

If send reservists on the first wave then Putin is preparing for long war. The outcome of war is difficult to predict especially its duration e.g. Iraq war lasted 7 years at a cost of $1T. I am quite sure the planners at Pentagon never thought of 7 years and cost that much.

7 days, placed them into the ,,top most isolated countries"
7 years, would be their doom.

 

[ElCubano]

7 days, placed them into the ,,top most isolated countries"
7 years, would be their doom.

PUTIN will be found dead by his own inner circle within the next 2-3 months if he doesn't retreat.

 

[TheDawn]

PUTIN will be found dead by his own inner circle within the next 2-3 months if he doesn't retreat.

This is why Kim Jung Un keeps North Korea closed to the world and has a tight control on his inner circle. You can't be open and reliant on others when all of sudden you don't want to do your own thing that's the opposite of what others wanted.