Russian invasion of Ukraine

[welshbairn]

Tempting, but I think I'll hang on a bit..

https://kvadom.com/en/houses-for-sale-sevastopol

 

 

[Sergeant Wilson]

6 hours ago, welshbairn said:

Tempting, but I think I'll hang on a bit..

https://kvadom.com/en/houses-for-sale-sevastopol

 

 

Is an okrug the same as an oblast?

[Duszek]

6 hours ago, welshbairn said:

Tempting, but I think I'll hang on a bit..

https://kvadom.com/en/houses-for-sale-sevastopol

 

 

f**k it, I'm in.

[Newbornbairn]

48 minutes ago, Duszek said:

f**k it, I'm in.

Remember, you'll have Russian neighbours.

 

[Sergeant Wilson]

26 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said:

Remember, you'll have Russian neighbours.

 

Up and coming, a project, an investment opportunity...

[Newbornbairn]

Good luck getting home insurance 

[HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows]

14 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

My research (watching old films) leads me to conclude tank technology has got worse. They seemed to go head to head blowing lumps out each other and driving through buildings before. Tanks these days would be tipped over if they ran over a beach ball.

Having armour and artillery is all fine and well but the real test will can it handle a wet winters night fixture in Stranraer.

[Shandon Par]

1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said:

Up and coming, a project, an investment opportunity...

A bit of caulk and sone decent paint and it will be fine.

[DiegoDiego]

Is an okrug the same as an oblast?

To the best of my understanding, in this sense okrug is probably similar to our council wards. Generally it's a subdivision of an oblast, sometimes with some level of autonomy. It's all a bit higgledy-piggledy over there though.

[TxRover]

3 hours ago, Newbornbairn said:

Remember, you'll have Russian neighbours.

 

Scratch and dent sale?

1 hour ago, Shandon Par said:

A bit of caulk and sone decent paint and it will be fine.

Use this, the Jeep enthusiasts swear it’s almost bulletproof…

https://americanwheelandtire.com/en/kevlar

[ICTChris]

Brittney Griner swapped for Viktor Bout.

[DiegoDiego]

Brittney Griner swapped for Viktor Bout.

Russia's played a blinder on that one.

[welshbairn]

59 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said:

1 hour ago, ICTChris said:

Brittney Griner swapped for Viktor Bout.

Russia's played a blinder on that one.

Viktor Bout spent 14 years in a US prison, don't think they were that clever.

[DiegoDiego]

Viktor Bout spent 14 years in a US prison, don't think they were that clever.

Not a blinder over the whole course of the story, but the final trade seems a pretty good one to me.

[falkirkthebigclub]

1 hour ago, DiegoDiego said:

1 hour ago, ICTChris said:

Brittney Griner swapped for Viktor Bout.

Russia's played a blinder on that one.

More a microcosm of Russian aggression.

"ShE'lL get TeN yEaRs HaRd LaBoUr!!!111!!!"

"Oh, OK. We'll put her on a plane straight away."

 

Shitebags who just want to be feared & further confirmation NATO should never back down.

[TxRover]

23 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Viktor Bout spent 14 years in a US prison, don't think they were that clever.

Sentenced to a minimum of 25 years. Federal penalties don’t allow good time credit, but do account for time in jail awaiting trial, etc. Not a terrible deal as a 1-for-1, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the ex-Marine Paul Whelan gets something out of this (sentence reduction or such), but separated by time to allow the Russians deniability.

[welshbairn]

7 minutes ago, TxRover said:

Sentenced to a minimum of 25 years. Federal penalties don’t allow good time credit, but do account for time in jail awaiting trial, etc. Not a terrible deal as a 1-for-1, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the ex-Marine Paul Whelan gets something out of this (sentence reduction or such), but separated by time to allow the Russians deniability.

No doubt the KGB successors in their various agencies are going wild trying to buy missile tech they never bothered trying to produce for themselves, and the Yanks will catch one they can use in exchange. Putin appears to rely a lot on the support of his old colleagues on a quid pro quo basis, so there probably won't be too much haggling.

[TxRover]

13 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

No doubt the KGB successors in their various agencies are going wild trying to buy missile tech they never bothered trying to produce for themselves, and the Yanks will catch one they can use in exchange. Putin appears to rely a lot on the support of his old colleagues on a quid pro quo basis, so there probably won't be too much haggling.

Whelan, for all his denials, certainly seems to have been into something…so I suspect there’s more going on than it appears. It’s highly unlikely he was s working for U.S. intelligence, but there are a few others that might have been dipping their beaks via a “security consultant” with a bad conduct discharge.

[LongTimeLurker]

Significant if accurate given this is well outside HIMARS range:

 

[DiegoDiego]

More a microcosm of Russian aggression.
"ShE'lL get TeN yEaRs HaRd LaBoUr!!!111!!!"
"Oh, OK. We'll put her on a plane straight away."
 
Shitebags who just want to be feared & further confirmation NATO should never back down.

Think it was a tad more complicated than that, you could easily frame the US position in a similar way. Think your take has more than a hint of confirmation bias on this one.