It will be harder to revert the process as Crimea has shown.Attacks have already happened in Crimea and Russia proper, I don't think an unrecognised annexation will change much.
They're occupying the territory whether they annex it or not.
Ukraine will try to reclaim it whether they're illegally annexed or not.
Russia threatening to use nukes because they're getting pushed back isn't going to end well for Russia (or anyone else).
It will be harder to revert the process as Crimea has shown.
Do you think the man on the Vladivostok omnibus really cares about whether Russian troops occupy parts of Ukraine 7 time zones away? I’m not sure how much support publically in Russia they have for this. Think this is all played out for Putins head not popularity back home.It's just an attempt to placate the increasingly agitated Russian people with evidence of success.
Do you think the man on the Vladivostok omnibus really cares about whether Russian troops occupy parts of Ukraine 7 time zones away? I’m not sure how much support publically in Russia they have for this. Think this is all played out for Putins head not popularity back home.
Kay's response to his comment about we could sink their entire black sea fleet, was shock. But then he said it with such conviction.File with Trump asserting that he can declassify documents by thinking about it.
Just Vlad being Vlad, he's fukked he just doesn't know it yet. It is meaningless rhetoric. He has been told that if he uses a tactical nuke NATO's response will be immediate and (importantly) conventional. Lord Richard Dannatt, the Former Chief of the General Staff was interviewed on Sky news this morning, as he put it "if I was a sailor in the Russian Black Sea Fleet I wouldn't be sleeping very soundly tonight"
You might also have seen the joint US/UK exercise yesterday where they used a variety of weapons to destroy an old US destroyer ex-USS Boone? That was a little demonstration for the Russian admirals.
He was making the point I made that Putin will use this solidify his hold on these areas and the worry Is that these areas will no doubt be part of cease fire as well so it’s very unlikely they’ll return to Ukraine.Kay's response to his comment about we could sink their entire black sea fleet, was shock. But then he said it with such conviction.
Not sure Ukraine will accept thatHe was making the point I made that Putin will use this solidify his hold on these areas and the worry Is that these areas will no doubt be part of cease fire as well so it’s very unlikely they’ll return to Ukraine.
Me neither but that’s what he’ll do.Not sure Ukraine will accept that
I remember Saddam Hussein getting similar polling to this!
Not even attempting to make the numbers seem believable
Not even attempting to make the numbers seem believable