Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-25

[friedaweed]

I was playing around with this a while ago and was surprised to find that a Hiroshima sized bomb wasn't as big as I thought it was, and if exploded on the ground in Hyde Park, would barely break windows in Brixton.

What's the fuck's Hyde Park ever done to you?

 

[existentialist]

A sobering assessment of the threat to the UK...

 

[Serge Forward]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn

Priiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

 

[existentialist]

Why would they hit a testing range? By the time the nukes start flying bombing test ranges would seem a bit moot.

I reckon you'll be ok.

Don't tell everyone, FFS. This is a one-bedroom flat!

 

[xenon]

I was playing around with this a while ago and was surprised to find that a Hiroshima sized bomb wasn't as big as I thought it was, and if exploded on the ground in Hyde Park, would barely break windows in Brixton.

It’s alright, we’ve all got bigger ones now. You might have a few flower pots out of place.

 

[friedaweed]

Given my proximity to Wrexham I feel quite safe. It already looks like Aleppo on Wrexham High street on a Saturday morning.

 

[xenon]

Still reading this Mr Putin book. It does not make for comforting prognostications.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

kind of interesting. All these countries are not 'directly involved' then but are supplying things to the Ukrainian army.

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Weird how the table posted recently about favourable opinion of different countries among Ukrainians showed Boris Johnson and UK were perceived so favourably when in reality other countries have been providing more practical assistance in terms of military aid, and our home office/border control are dicking around and making it very difficult for refugees to enter the country, even those who have settled family here they want to come and stay with.

 

[Serge Forward]

Still reading this Mr Putin book. It does not make for comforting prognostications.

Is it called моя борьба?

 

[friedaweed]

A sobering assessment of the threat to the UK...

I got as far as "From the Illuminati, Freemasons and Skull and Bones".

Aren't there rules about posting batshit content?

 

[Spymaster]

Priiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

I wouldn't go that far. He's just another armchair anarchist.

 

[Raheem]

Weird how the table posted recently about favourable opinion of different countries among Ukrainians showed Boris Johnson and UK were perceived so favourably when in reality other countries have been providing more practical assistance in terms of military aid, and our home office/border control are dicking around and making it very difficult for refugees to enter the country, even those who have settled family here they want to come and stay with.

"Prime minister, we need a decision about how we're going to split our Ukraine contribution between aid and military support."

"First thing's first. Are there any expensive PR agencies still operating there?"

 

[planetgeli]

If they decided to nuke the Pendine missile testing range, I'm in the fireball range. But, TBF, I think they have many higher-priority targets.

I'd bomb Port Talbot. I have no idea what Putin would do, I'm just saying I'd bomb Port Talbot.

 

[existentialist]

I'd bomb Port Talbot. I have no idea what Putin would do, I'm just saying I'd bomb Port Talbot.

Suits me. Although nuking PT will undoubtedly add to house price inflation

 

[two sheds]

not in Port Talbot

 

[Raheem]

The way the ground war's gone, I don't think we can assume that if Putin wants to nuke London he's going to hit London.

 

[friedaweed]

The way the ground war's gone, I don't think we can assume that if Putin wants to nuke London he's going to hit London.

((((((((Taunton))))))))

 

[existentialist]

not in Port Talbot

TBF, they won't go down by much, either.

 

[xenon]

Is it called моя борьба?

My Russian is, extremely minimal. I’m guessing that means my struggle.
What is poignant is the complete vertical structure he has with power. The oligarchs and people he has beneath don’t trust each other, they just have Channels with him when needing to enact something. The prospects for some around him seeing sense, do not look good. All those people are dead or exiled or in prison.

 

[bluescreen]

RAF Fairford - 1hr 9 minutes by car.

After an attack, and the breakdown of services, : 4 hours 27 minutes by bicycle

Of course, St Mary's in Fairford is famous for the image of going to hell in a handcart

 

[two sheds]

Have we had this?

Putin 'sacks eight generals' in anger at slow progress in Ukraine invasion

Putin is also said to be enraged with commanders of the FSB security service for handing him bad intelligence.

metro.co.uk

which has this:

 

[Ax^]

bad part it would mean i'd get smoked by it


but if putin did not bomb slough i'd be a little disappointed

 

[ohmyliver]

Sacked 8 generals? Won't anyone think of the poor overused Downfall clip.

 

[Ax^]

sacking 8 generals is a bad sign

8 generals who did not want to esculate things to keep Putin happy :/

 

[two sheds]

Oleksiy Danilov, head of Ukraine’s security council, said eight Russian commanders have been fired since the start of the conflict amid heavy losses on the battlefield.

Putin is also said to be enraged with leaders of the FSB security service for handing him intelligence suggesting that Ukraine was weak, riddled with neo-Nazi groups, and would give up easily if attacked.

oops

 

[Diamond]

Would love to know whether any of those 8 generals had Ukrainian surnames...

 

[Supine]

I've been wondering whether the reaction to Russia over Ukraine will actually change things for the future, that countries will start taking coordinated action over aggressive wars. Then I think "don't be silly of course they won't".

Isn’t that what created nato?

 

[friedaweed]

Have we had this?

Putin 'sacks eight generals' in anger at slow progress in Ukraine invasion

Putin is also said to be enraged with commanders of the FSB security service for handing him bad intelligence.

metro.co.uk

which has this:

There was also some mention earlier in the day about old Vlad the Inhaler moving the goalposts for conscripts making it a prison-able offence if you don't respond to the call up or even failing to receive the letter calling you up. I hope for the young men of Russia they're not going to use Hermes to deliver those letters.

 

[two sheds]

There was also this that I read a few days ago, keep thinking it's true and not true.

The Long Weekend That Changed History

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine means that the post–Cold War era may have just ended.

www.theatlantic.com

Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion has not simply elicited a resistance among Ukrainians that is inspiring the world. It has also triggered a set of geopolitical shifts that are astonishing in their scale and rapidity. The world is not the same today as it was last week, and while the course of Putin’s invasion and Russian policy remain uncertain, there will be no full reversion to the global status quo ante. The post–Cold War era that began in 1991 may have just ended.

 

[MickiQ]

Pollyanna was telling us at the weekend that her Mum had called her worried by the fact that Son Q and Pollyanna have bought a house close to Nottingham which according to the Daily Mirror is the 15th most likely place in the UK to be nuked by Russia.
Pollyanna's parents live in Southampton which is the 4th most likely place to be nuked so she would hardly be safe there either.
The amazing thing of course is the discovery that someone reads let alone pays any attention to stories in the Daily Mirror.