badgerx16

Russia's latest justification for the invasion is that they are acting to prevent Ukraine obtaining nuclear weapons.

There is very little 'sophisticated' about things designed to go BOOM in as large and loud a way as possible.

Chechnya, Georgia, Syria. He only has one play book.

Well, T-Rex sure needs help

The BBC have an article with a group of Ukrainians in the UK who are equipping themselves to travel back to join the fight. They refer to 'Viktor' and claim they will not give his full name to protect his identity. 2 paragraphs down they have a photo of 'Viktor, showing his full face.

Blown up gas and oil facilities, burning tanks.

Ukraine sent their Defence Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister to the talks today, Russia sent a former Culture secretary.

Much better answer now it has been edited.

Thank you for not answering my question, again.

I am well aware of what Vlad has said. What I asked you was what specifically that Truss said do you think triggered him ? Or do you think the UK Foreign Minister should not speak out when a foreign affairs crisis emerges ? You were the one ranting that she should keep her mouth shut.

So what is it that she said that with hindsight she could have not, such that Putin would not have gone Nuclear Tonto ?

Which statement of hers do you think triggered Putin to go all DefCon 2 ? Was it her astute grasp of Eastern European geography ? Perhaps her in depth understanding of the Russian Federation's constituent regions ? Or perhaps asserting that an attack on one NATO member is an attack on all ?

Butterfly

Warrior, just for you ;

Where in my post did I imply that ? You seem to be looking for arguments where none is being offered. All I did was state that Abramovich's plane is registered in Luxembourg - an indisputable truth. The facts are that the UK and EU have closed their airspace to Russian registered aircraft, but Abramovich's plane doesn't fall into that net. If you try to ban all planes owned by Russian oligarchs they would certainly find.a shell company to hold the paperwork, or simply move a lease to to the Cayman Islands. It is far easier to police aircraft registration letters and the transponder codes linked to them than to try to wade through potentially masses of paperwork trying to work out who actually owns a business jet. It is well within the remit of the Government to close off travel options for the Russian elite operating in the UK, they have chosen so far not to do so.

As indeed with Abramovich, whose plane is registered in Luxembourg. Once Warrior gets into full-on rant mode logic flies out the window.

https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-pows-prisoners-identification-dead/31726675.html

Do you drink from the same bottle as Guided Missile ?

"Death is inevitable for the occupier here" The 'V' symbol seen on the vehicles apparently indicates Russian forces that have attacked via Belarus.

Do you think Hackett and Sheldon saw it ?

Changing sports: Italy down by 2 players due to 1 red card against Ireland in the Six Nations.

Or US newspapers in the early '60s

It seems like the Americans in WW2 didn't know the difference either