Russian invasion of Ukraine

Lots of videos of cluster munitions striking civilian areas but obviously impossible to tell if that's a couple of instances from different angles or lots of different instances.

Are any other owners of football clubs planning to attend? Perhaps Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell so USA have some representation. We could send Delia
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Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell

In fact, I would assume both would be a force for good and able to mediate in a much safer capacity than most US diplomats. I for one would have greater respect for their negotiating skills than that of, say, Biden.

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1498280088491769860

We are in the weirdest timeline

If they are cluster munitions they aren’t trying to raze the area they are trying to deny the area to the Ukrainians. Could be a defensive measure or a Thermopylae situation where if you are outnumbered but have superior troops you limit the width of the front and try to stop the enemy mobility.

should this go in the "owning your own home" thread

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Russia aren’t signatories of the Convention on Cluster Munitions but then nor are the USA.
Not sure if they are now but the US weren’t signatories of the Geneva Convention/Hague protocols.

Lebedev raises his head

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Also they have claimed today they now have air dominance which you would dismiss apart from now multiple videos of newer jets being deployed over Kharkiv for the first time today

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1498285547097407497

With the nukes you'd have to hope there's a chain of people between Putin and an actual launch and that those people would ultimately decide they'd rather execute Putin than destroy Earth, rather than a literal button that he can press if he gets a bit frustrated

The moment one launches the US and Britain would retaliate right? You can't just let off a cheeky nuke, it's full blown irreversible destruction the moment a launch is detected

The moment one launches the US and Britain would retaliate right? You can't just let off a cheeky nuke

Depends who it's aimed at, but largely, yes.

See the Ruskies are ignoring Sellafield,Aldermaston, Faslane, Porton Down, HQ UK Land forces the cunning devils (or it’s bollocks from The Daily Star)

With the nukes you'd have to hope there's a chain of people between Putin and an actual launch and that those people would ultimately decide they'd rather execute Putin than destroy Earth

Clearly from the outside looking in, but there doesn't seem to be anyone brave enough to have a differing opinion to Putin. Can't see anyone in/near his inner circle doing anything other than his wishes.

I would like/hope to think it is Putin fronting, but it's all gone a bit off-piste recently so who knows.

Depends 1980s Staff College war games saw Birmingham nuked followed by us hitting Kyiv(ironically) then stopping ( targets were chosen to be big but not too emotional).

With the nukes you'd have to hope there's a chain of people between Putin and an actual launch

https://youtu.be/F7qOV8xonfY

Birmingham ... not too emotional

I'd be sad if Digbeth Coach Station was obliterated.

There is a very large difference between resisting Putin on an invasion of Ukraine and resisting him when he wants to launch a nuke I think. Self-preservation and the survival of your family, for a start. What can Putin threaten you with that's worse than the consequences of all out nuclear war?

So should we just leave Ukraine to it?

Lots of images of the Russian MLRS being moved towards Kharkiv. More of a terror weapon than a precision guided one.

You can't just let off a cheeky nuke, it's full blown irreversible destruction the moment a launch is detected

If that had been that case, it would probably all have ended in 1983: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Soviet_nuclear_false_alarm_incident

On 26 September 1983, the nuclear early-warning radar of the Soviet Union reported the launch of one intercontinental ballistic missile with four more missiles behind it, from bases in the United States. These missile attack warnings were suspected to be false alarms by Stanislav Petrov, an officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces on duty at the command center of the early-warning system. He decided to wait for corroborating evidence—of which none arrived—rather than immediately relaying the warning up the chain-of-command. This decision is seen as having prevented a retaliatory nuclear attack against the United States and its NATO allies, which would likely have resulted in an escalation to a full-scale nuclear war. Investigation of the satellite warning system later determined that the system had indeed malfunctioned.

Skegness to become new capital city. Our Cav from Isle of Man to be new PM

Ryan Reynolds is matching donations to Ukraine up to $1 million.
He put his money where his mouth is unlike the spineless fuckwad Alex Ovechkin.

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I would delete that.