Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I just can’t believe with how Iran had backed Hamas and how Russia is cosying up to Iran that Israel isn’t happy to see Russia defeated.

Seems a lot of holes appearing in the Ukrainian defences.

They just aren’t been given what they need.

European countries donated surplus weaponry and then some, but now that there's not much left to give, they are clearly moving on to building up stockpiles and (re)arming for the next conflict. Just look at some of the recent statements where many military leaders are saying there's limited time left to prepare for the next war.

Delayed , not prostponed indefinitely by all accounts it's supposed to start this year

Chinese labour..

And we'll see. It was western expertise put those other pipelines there for Russia. That's gone now.

Looks bad for dear leader Putin. Embarrassing for his vanity.

They mightn't walk away. But they'll be getting things more in their order first. Russia needs China more than China needs Russia. China hasn't opened a war with Taiwan and may never will. It could still keep operating the way it is.

The way this is going China won't be invading Russia but Putin will be handing it over to them.

Did someone @jmreire mention when you speak Russian and hold a gun then a sudden urge occurs to buy an American or European 4x4 with blacked out windows?

A Russian soldier on checkpoint tells a Kadyrov "Thou shall not pass for kidnapped children tonight".

Big black 4x4's with blacked out windows....and Russian Society. A Chechen colleague explained to me how it worked and gave me some solid advice. Here he said, a family will club together to buy a big black 4x4 with tinted windows. Once you are in a vehicle like this, no one will bother you, even at checkpoints. If someone does stop you, you will shout angrily at him, why did you stop me? Do you know who I am? And in most cases, the policeman will apologize, salute you, and wave you on. And this was borne out by a policeman friend when I asked him what kind of job being a policeman in Russia was. He replied, for me, not so good....the ones who I can stop, have no money, and I'm not allowed to stop the rich ones. And on one occasion, I had a FSB offcer in the car I was driving (ordinary car, not 4x4) and was stopped by the police. He demanded my documents, which I gave him, he studied them for a minute without saying anything, and then with the same finger snapping arrogance, demanded the ID from my passenger, of course, not knowing that he was FSB. The officer took his ID out, opened it up, and held it up for the police man to see. Still not aware of who he was dealing with, the police man got even tougher, snapping his fingers and even louder than before demanding that he be handed the ID. The FSB man refused, telling him to come around to his side to inspect his ID. So he went around to the passenger side, and got to see his ID. Talk about turning a paler shade of white,,,, And the other thing he told me? Don't ever in any shape or form, get in the way of any big black 4x4's, cause them to slow down or stop. All good solid advice.

It's just an internet discussion. Again, why do some posters take it as a personal sleight if someone comes at something from an angle they don't like?

"Looks like", is not a statement of fact, it's a comment on some new story, inviting others to discuss. The constant gloating over someone apparently getting something wrong is a real pain in the ass on here.

We're all well able to read and make up our own minds, thanks.

Almost believable until the pistol part. Maxim being a liar cnut as every ruSSkiy is.

You have to read back on the poster in question. He has a history of slating people who post random tweets that end up being misleading or fake. Why shouldn't he be put to the same standard he puts others at?

When people don't get corrected we end up with pages of discussions about a big breakthrough by the Russians who killed 300 Ukrainians and injured 200, when in fact only a dozen were killed. So the big breakthrough was more like a small recon group etc..

No what he said is true

If it was only one, it might be OK, but 2 or more? Be prepared to be surrounded in seconds by some heavily armed no -nonsense types. And the language barrier wouldn't be a problem either, you would understand perfectly what they wanted you to do!!! 🙁

While in Russia, all conscript terms have been increased indefinitely.....once you are in, that's it, no guarantee when or if you will get home again.