Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Edit: old news. Missed it with all the talk about yellow strips....

13 more Migs for Ukraine.

https://amp.dw.com/en/ukraine-updates-slovakia-to-send-mig-29-jets-to-ukraine/a-65021539

Do I find the points odd?

They are not my arguments, I won't defend every single detail. I agree with them broadly though, particularly that shortages and committing fresh forces to Bakhmut in an unfavourable fight are going to hold back a Ukrainian counter offensive. I am not saying it won't happen, my guess it's going to be much more limited than what people are expecting.

Completely difference set of points?

It's the same thing. Some of the suggestions being made in the latter need to start happening to help/stop the former. There are clear frustrations with the rank and file serving and the army leadership. No one goes to Twitter proposing army reform as a first step.

@wreneye is obviously unfamiliar with the unique Irish ability to spot a Gobshite from very far away. ( I wonder how gobshite translates in Russian?)

He went straight to temper tantrums.

It's interesting to see the levels of desperation apparent in his posts. After years of insular isolation and adverse propaganda, the majority of Russians are unable to comprehend what makes the West tick.

Did you know that only 20% of Russian households have a working indoor toilet?

It's a vast country, filled with a population of poorly educated, serf-type citizens who , if they were magically transported to the West, would find our society almost alien and completely incomprehensible.

Russians, such as our newest chap, have completely underestimated the response of the West to its invasion of a Sovereign nation.

The Russians really shot themselves in both feet bringing this case. They could not have done better in criminalizing themselves to a world wide audience. They say that the fish rots from the head down, and decisions like this are a practical example of it.

Even worse are those ex-cons that survive their Wagner deployment and got their pardons. So, rapists, murderers, back home you go. The RuZZian people put up with it, of course.

There was one case where a convicted murderer joined Wagner, and incredibly survived long enough to be pardoned and returned home. There was uproar of course amongst the locals, but Prigozhin had told him that if he experienced any problems on his return, that he Prigozhin would sort it out for him. how it finished, I do not know, but in the republic 's, where a family honor is at stake, and especially when a family member is murdered, they have a habit of settling scores themselves, But even with the high death rate, statistically a minority will make it back, and then the real fun will start.

It will be the job of the communities they return to that will have the job of dealing with them, and God Help them, because Prigozhin has promised to sort out any problems they may encounter. But he will not be there 24/7 to look after them either.

Mad how they stole all those planes isn't it? Like how is that a thing, they are still able to fly them around.

Madness.

International criminal court issues an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin on War crimes charges.

It also issued a warrant for the arrest for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Russia's commissioner for children’s rights, on similar allegations.

Wasn't expecting that.

The exact opposite is true as well. The people calling to stick it out no matter how hard it gets but wouldn't dream of going over there and volunteering to fight themselves, though Ukraine would love the help.

The UAF has understood the need to outmanoeuvre the Russians in this war and I can only imagine that they're also getting real time intelligence and strategic advice from NATO as well. Given all of that, it would stand to reason that Ukraine would not be rolling its sleeves up in Bakhmut if it wasn't assessed that there was a big strategic boon in doing so.

That reads like Putin wants to arrest Xi.

Anyway, no, I doubt Xi will care.