DairyQueen
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Eh? Not sure I follow.
Butchers gave a link to a very informative and interesting source, sorry bit busy with a hyperactive bairn at present
Yeah, I read butchers latest link. We'll see what happens.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/14/ukraine-crisis-strelkov-idUKL6N0QK3JL20140814
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-...strelkov-resigns-as-separatist-leader/5672274
Note the Igor 'The Terrible' Strelkov line in ABC News.
Now, he is missing.
Putin obviously thought, having got the Crimea without any serious problems it was worth a putt with other bits of the Ukraine but he's now 'reconsidering'
Gawd knows, every bugger is looking at the ME, wouldn't surprise me if Putin engages in a wee bit 'annexation' while the west is looking elsewhere.I have no faith in getting a balanced picture of what's happening on the ground. I know we are receiving a drip feed of Ukrainian 'victories'. One more push to Donetsk? How long will that line be punted?
Now I've read it, thanks for that link.Are you serious? 8 months later and we still get this ffs.
No worries, we move on.Now I've read it, thanks for that link.
I don't know. The situation in the east sounds totally shocking. The whole place sounds like it is desolate and abandoned. Even if Ukraine manages to keep hold of this territory, will it all have been worth it? I am just not sure what to believe right now.
I have no faith in getting a balanced picture of what's happening on the ground. I know we are receiving a drip feed of Ukrainian 'victories'. One more push to Donetsk? How long will that line be punted?
More here.
It looks like it was taken after fighting earlier in the month, and according to the Ukrainians the Russian army had been hammering them near the border, forcing them to retreat.
More here.
It looks like it was taken after fighting earlier in the month, and according to the Ukrainians the Russian army had been hammering them near the border, forcing them to retreat.
But they all make it clear it's the Russians they have been fighting, not the separatists.Not sure what is going on, I imagine the Ukrainians could not cover up 10,000s of military deaths the soldier is claiming, unless they try and dress it up as "genocidal policies of the separatists". I imagine quite a few Ukrainians thought "fuck this", and fled back to their homes. The Ukrainians are claiming to have found mass graves in Slavyansk. My guess is the number of casualties, both civilians and military are being suppressed by the Ukrainian government, and I don't trust anything they are saying.
But they all make it clear it's the Russians they have been fighting, not the separatists.
The reports they gave of the actual fighting is that they are fighting the Russians, not the separatists.Not what they said exactly. All the locals are dead is what one guy said.
The reports they gave of the actual fighting is that they are fighting the Russians, not the separatists.
That's what I am saying, my earlier post, PBI, highlights the restrictions they are under.Just listen to it. The guy claimed they were being attacked from Russia and could not retaliate.
Aye, though it mebbes more of a case that they are fighting Russian regulars with support from the separatists but the worst bit seems to be they are getting a hammering from over the Russian border and they can't retaliate.From that I got rebels (possibly both Russian and local fighters but not Russian soldiers) had been harassing them while regularly supported by the Russian army, which had also been launching rockets and shells from over the border.
But they all make it clear it's the Russians they have been fighting, not the separatists.
Aye, though it mebbes more of a case that they are fighting Russian regulars with support from the separatists but the worst bit seems to be they are getting a hammering from over the Russian border and they can't retaliate.
the guy whos seriously ordering me not to go there...old Stalinist antifascist mate....
Are you thinking about going?
ffs its not about me or my midlife crisis.....thousands of ordinary people are being massacred by neo nazis....someone has to react ffs