Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Aaaaaaah there is a quaint, antiquated term, a penal colony! Haven’t heard it in such a long time! Can wholeheartedly recommend Franz Kafka’s short story “In the Penal Colony”, a treasure to savour for all lovers of tragicomic absurdism (which includes readers and posters on this thread as a matter of course).

P.S. Caution though, it does get a bit gory (the short story, I mean).

Isn't that what the Ukrainian authorities want? Closing overseas consular services to those of service age, obliging them to return to Ukraine. I'm all for supporting Ukraine in any way we can during this emergency. Are you?

What if they let the Russians into Kharkiv after it's turned into a fortress and killing zone? A Stailingrad to trap the Russians in door to door fighting?

Don't tell me he threw a bottle of vodka at the drone…

You are talking about ukraine so those are not rumours.

There's a dirty element to all this and I see it mentioned in Europe too.

Henceforth anyway. There'd be no luck in expelling people fleeing their own country from invasion while people from the invading country can walk around trouble free. If any Ukrainian be expected to go back and fight. Then any Russian should also be expected to leave and fight for Ukraine.

And all this because we don't actually want western soldiers in Ukraine.

We'd have RT presenters howling for western soldiers to go to Ukraine just so their sons can stay in London or Dublin.

I'm sure they wouldn't. It may not be their choice in any case if the Russians make it to the city.

You can talk and compare economy size as much as you want. In this case it is irrelevant.

To illustrate imagine western economy as a fancy penthouse apartments with top of the notch kitchen when russian is just a small farmhouse out in the sticks. It sure look that way, however, while your kitchen may be top notch you cant cook a meal before you go out and buy all ingredients you need. Not to mention you will have to hire someone who can cook it for you since you forgot how to do it yourself. There was quite a big arms industry in Czechoslovakia for example but it got dismantled, sold off and liquidated right after colour revolution as it was in direct competition with the usa. All of that skilled personnel left, schools closed and factories crumbled. This was the case with all ex-eastern bloc countries and I bet that they are now feeling sorry that happened.

That farmhouse out there is much better off as it sits on farmland which provide all they need and in abundance.

There are very little minerals left to exploit and use in the west which are needed for arms production and some of the most crucial needed are being sourced from china. A lot of green red tape will have to be dismantled in order to restart any remaining mining industry and even then it will take a years to accomplish. Not to mention that arms production is energy heavy and solar or wind are not going to cut it.

If you think that refugees who run away from conflicts in their own country would find it more attractive to be enlisted and fight in another country military conflict then good luck to you. Not to mention that 9 out of 10 refugees are actually economic migrants I seriously doubt they would find Bakhmut more appealing than Rwanda no matter how much would you offer.

It will be my last reply on this topic. You said you asked the same question than the OP and you were “censored”. I was just pointing out you didn’t ask that question. Your point was totally different.

@zerosquared "The fact that thousands are willingly going to fight for Russia"

Most of them are convinced they are natural born drone dodgers.