Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Russia has 6000 nuclear warheads at its disposal we are led to believe, is Poland going to intercept these star wars style before they wipe Poland off the face of the map? That's something to be afraid of - if even in theory

Poland has a viable star wars defence system. We are led to believe.

I wonder was that the same fella who later on drove over the mines???? Same style of driving anyway.😏

A Russian born professor who has just returned from Russia tells CNN the atmosphere in the country is ugly at the moment. The mobilisation and one million men fleeing the country has turned thing really sour - she likens it to Orwell's 1984, people generally feeling the country is screwed and that it has no future.

Background is simply the majority of Belarusians are apposed to this war and have been from the beginning. As opposed to 20 years of Putin spouting western hate propaganda, after all it is only now we are hearing of push back in Russia now that mobilisation is in effect. While we tried to guess the outcome for Russian citizens, in hope of some kind of protest, first at the beginning of this war and second with mobilisation, there doesn't seem to be any kind of appetite. However, Lukashenko is despised in Belarus and most would agree it would be political suicide and the question would have to be asked does he hold enough power and sway to rule with an iron fist should they enter the war. Probably not even close.

Russia has already raided Lukashenko's arsenal of tanks and ammo, so what is left for his army that is probably already on a knifes edge? An easy guess would be training of recent mobilised Russian troops to prevent Ukraine reinforcements.

Of course a second country entering this war would put more pressure on the west.

Yes, that's always a possibility, but even if that happens, what can he do? Not much militarily ( exception being nuke threats ....again) an economy in the dump's and dropping, and a rapidly anti-war status growing. Sure he might be a hardliner, but he won't have much to work with.

A different take than the Putin is all Russia and Russia is all Putin.

There's a lot of sense here. With the old adage of when all around are loosing their heads, keep calm and carry on, ..doing what you know is right.

A Russian priest who left the Orthodox Church and joined the Apostolic Church for reasons herein..

If Luka dose try to commit troops it's

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Y1dmq2Hmk

The contrast to the priest above. And this..

The sooner people in Russia cop on and rise up against the people above the better.

Their warhawks will have Russia itself blown to bits. And all because of the Putin regime's control on everything.

There's an Irish saying in that someone is too clever for their own good. This completely covers Putin. Thought he was clever. But fucked the country and people over for the next century. The blowback is just beginning.

Thats what should be happening Donald, but the problem is that the present and original occupier's do not wish to have their land taken from them by force, which is what is currently being attempted. Or as it is presently, the Unstoppable object meets the immovable object.

But you appease him this time, and in a few years time, after russia has stockpiled more weaponry and rebuilt its military, they come back and simply move into another eastern European country and state its theirs, rattle the nuclear sabre again and repeat and repeat and repeat.

Also, if he is appeased, the likes of china will be in to Taiwan and will do the same thing there, threaten nuclear again and they get what they want.

You also set a terrible precedent for other rogue nations such as Iran etc to get their own nuclear arsenals up and running and they too can join in the fun of taking over other territories with the threat of a nuclear strike on anyone who gets in the way.

That doesnt sound like the kind of world I want for my kids to grow up in, not sure if youd be happy with it either.

If all other near by countries get quick NATO membership he wouldn't be trying anything in future, not a chance. There's been trouble for years between the two, it didn't just happen overnight out of the blue. I'm looking at the bigger picture here, if Putin goes full crazy you won't have to worry about your kids future because there will not be one.

The Ukrainians don't seem to have that beta-cuck mentality of yours and have destroyed a massive amount of the Russian war machine while you were advocating for the "bend over and take it" defense. Thankfully, instead of doing what you would do, Ukrainians have reduced the invading force to bums and whatever criminals they could cobble together from prisons. You might think that Putin and Russia are some kind of Alpha but that's all relative. They're an economy the size of Italy. That may seem powerful to you but that's only because of where you are in the human hierarchy. To everyone else above where you are, including the Ukrainians, the Russians have been found severely wanting.

Oh. I must have missed your joke. Is it THE BOMB time again?

Appeasing putler is the whole reason we are in this shitstorm at the moment. Invading Crimea should have been the catalyst to arm Ukraine and get them into NATO.