Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I think someone mentioned on here something about the Russian consul in Limerick.

The address is gone from pages containing the details. A lot of the info seems to have been removed when landing on the pages.

Anyone have a reason why that would be? Are offices (outside of the stupid incident in Dublin) of Russians representatives being attacked or other incidents?

woke up and chose being a **** today did we leaves

Zelenskyy sending a warning to those Siding with Russia in Kherson

Putin has now moved to playing a long game in Ukraine. Looking at the Chechen and other forces being pushed into Ukraine, the slow encircling of major cities, his creation of a refugee crisis of a size not seen since WW2 and resulting huge food and fuel shortages things are looking increasingly bad for Ukraine, its people and infrastructure.

Unfortunately Pukin can and will do what he sees fit. He's cute enough to have already threatened non EU / Non NATO countries with similar retaliation if or when those countries or when choose to align themselves with either. If he succeeds in Ukraine, then those threats become increasingly likley.

One thing I am certain of is that he has to be stopped and not later.

Wouldn't it by ironic if this lit the fuse for a revolt in Belarus to finally overthrow Lukashenka.

Even more satisfying to know he brought about his own demise 😁

And the core elements of this 'win' would be recognition of the 'Russianness' of Crimea and the Donbas and a commitment by Ukraine never to join NATO.

Zelinsky has signalled his willingness to concede on both but would have to get some alternative guarantee of Ukraine's future security.

So what could this be?

One suggestion I saw was to arm Ukraine to the back teeth with everything bar WMD, effectively make them another military superpower. Would likely involve building a Korean-style DMZ along the Russia-Ukraine border. I wonder could this be built up to a point where even the most reckless Russian leader would never consider invading again.

I don't know enough about the Ukraine to say whether they should fight or not. They're best positioned to judge that for themselves. I hope they win or achieve some kind of advantageous stalemate and that Putin is diminished.

But here in Ireland I have opinions on neutrality, censorship, ousting Russian pianists from concerts, accusations of sedition/treason/'pro-Putin'-ism thrown around like confetti.

Its a seamless continuation of the hysteria against first restrictions-breakers, then the unvaccinated.

I don't want a political culture based on demonisation and rotating between scapegoats.

Well you can attempt a genocide. You may not ultimately be successful but you can kill a lot of people in the process.

Yeah, the cities are being encircled alright, and given enough time Putin's army will likely be able to conquer the country, but this conflict appears to be taking a lot more out of the Russian forces than Putin anticipated. Given the economic sanctions being imposed on Russia, and that will likely remain upon the country if he insists on following through with Ukraine, I don't really see how much of an appetite for war can be sustained in Russia. Maybe the people can stay majority on Putin's side, but the economics of the thing can't really be propagandised away.

I doubt he'll listen to the Papa

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-in-the-name-of-god-stop-this-massacre-popes-message-to-vladimir-putin-12565023

This so surreal. It's like watching the series "Colony".

Would be a good thing if for St Patricks Day the Ukrainian flag was flown instead or alongside.

And rather than the green being projected across the globe, the blue & yellow was instead.

Or perhaps the Ukrainian flag with a shamrock.