Russia - threadbanned users in OP

yes putin could drag out fighting in east ukraine for another 8 years but why bother when he has has already in advance positioned almost 200k russian soldiers on his neighbours border.... it is effectively pre-meditated war ...

to seal the deal:

Major explosion in Lugansk city center

The blast reportedly took place outside the local office of the ceasefire control mission in eastern Ukraine

https://www.rt.com/russia/550162-ukraine-lugansk-explosion/

I say thats exactly how it will happen. If that's the case I say about a week or 2 if he is planning on invading the rest of Ukraine. I say they will be using the wk or 2 if that does happen to just increase their defence capabilities and train more troops. All they can do, more time they have the better to do all this. Russia knows this so there thinking the faster we get in the better for them. Longer they take the more the Ukrainian defences will increase.

Prisnetsky net en hensik voor nemretski il net prisne votne.

Its a strange phenomenon all right, but I think that its all down to "Yes, we know only too well what's happening, but there's nothing we can do about it, except to try and live as normal as possible. I remember in Syria, and the war was in full swing, (and had been for several years,) but the people carried on, they went to the markets and shops, restaurant's , Shisha House's, Coffee shops etc. I remember in one Shisha house that I used to frequent,,,Lots of people sitting around tables playing Chess and smoking, and a bomb / mortar would hit, shaking the building and rattling the coffee cups. All activity would stop, people would look around, shake their heads in wonderment, and then carry on as normal. There's nothing else that can be done in these kind of circumstances, Life has to go on.

Address moved to 7pm, supposedly.

Announcement on now

Still no sign of (further) invasion then comrades?

Want to get one more pointless 'still no invasion' in before he finishes his speech?

This is approval for Russian tanks to roll. Wake up. I said it maybe 3 weeks ago, this would be the day of action. The day after the Xi ping-pong Olympics.

The exact same bag of sh1t he came about with ré Georgia and South Ossetia.

Let's leave USA and UK failings for another thread and focus on this short*rse b*stard.

yes with putin on about about 1917 russia giving away territory when russia was weak ... he must mean finland too .... who is next ?!

Should this not allow Ukraine to instantly gain NATO membership as desired? I mean they're clearly about to be attacked by Russian forces in those regions, so surely this is as good a reason as any to join up and bolster their future defence?

I believe Donald Trump has been mentoring him.

Sounds like you're eager for a war then. Why else would you be hoping for such a thing?

It's a nonsense point anyway, there's practically zero chance of Ukraine joining NATO as things stand.

I would say there are better odds that we get a major re-calibration of the security framework in Europe, as Russia are hoping for. It's possible this crisis is their attempt at creating enough leverage to force everyone around the table, and come up with something much better than we have currently.

We see you.

He would never have tried this when Trump was in office.