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1 minute ago, Florentine_Pogen said:
3 minutes ago, Shandon Par said:
Just back from Dundee. On a night out there as a student (we’d occasionally head out of St Andrews to see some common people) I cracked my head open on a MIND YOUR HEAD sign. 

No point in you going to Ukraine then.

Unless he can read Ukrainian he won't know what the sign says.

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5 minutes ago, AL-FFC said:

If you look at what Putins stance was he wanted a return to the 1990s Nato borders ie giving him a buffer zone and a chance to restart the warsaw pact countries or as what Hitler done Blitzkrieg through europe to restart a cold war it was always his intention as for the current situation with the nukes he doesnt want Ukraine part of Nato or the EU i.e. why would he want his enemy on his front door he wants to be on the front foot and any staging post for further attacks into europe.

Current situation is with the nukes i would say its a back off to nato and let him deal with the Ukraine if Nato steps in its bye bye Ukraine or "if i cant have it no one is and i will leave it in a state where it cant be defended or used to attack Russia.

As for update if anyone is interested in whats going on on the ground situation take a look at this site its also good for global events around the world:

https://liveuamap.com/

We weren't his enemy 

We were his energy customers 

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1 minute ago, Binos said:

We weren't his enemy 

We were his energy customers 

Article i was reading earlier had made a few good arguments one of his issues was the pipeline carrying gas to europe runs through Ukraine he had to pay Kiev 2 bn per year:

Good article about the situation:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/im-a-former-moscow-correspondent-dont-let-vladimir-putin-fool-you-russias-war-in-ukraine-is-only-about-one-thing-11645571878

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Significantly fewer of these guys around now if all the info about severely botched airborne attacks on airports around Kyiv (changing the habits of a lifetime with that spelling but why not I guess) is accurate:

Hopefully the next generation in Russia and elewhere won't fall for that kind of recruiting pitch any more but I'm old enough to be well aware that they probably will.

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3 minutes ago, Snafu said:

We have come a long way from the Cold War when a nuclear bomb meant taking out an entire city and end of the world stuff.

Now they come in all different sizes and flavours.

Some with pinpoint accuracy can destroy a bunker deep in the ground, others can be use to destroy and poison areas such as airfields or oil refineries so they cannot be rebuilt again.

The USA used depleted uranium in their shells during the first Iraqi conflict.

 

Depleted uranium is what you get when you remove the enriched uranium.

Natural Uranium is mostly Uranium 238 with some Uranium 235 and maybe some other isotopes.  The enrichment process (centrifuges and so on) is used to obtain a higher concentration of U235.  What is left behind is thus depleted.  It is still useful because it is heavy but it not used in a nuclear sense.

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