Guest Flash Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 5 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: One down two to go: Quite similar to the roads in this country. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 30 minutes ago, Flash said: Quite similar to the roads in this country. I was going to say, Edinburgh Council look on jealously at the superior road maintenance in Ukraine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Flash said: Quite similar to the roads in this country. There was a narrow road with passing places over a high peat bog at the northern end of Yell in Shetland that did come to mind on that where the scale of the potholes was concerned but it was closed to traffic decades ago. Apparently the rail bridge to Kherson also got zapped last night and wasn't being used prior to that anyway so a city twice the size of Dundee and its surrounding countryside now needs to be supplied over an already well-perforated two lane bridge over the Inhulets river via another bridge over a hydro dam on the Dniepr 100 km away that has already also been damaged. The Ukrainians are clearly trying to engineer another "goodwill gesture" from the Russian side to avoid street-by-street fighting, which is the sensible way to go if you actually value your soldiers' lives. Vlad clearly doesn't though and will lose a lot of face plus any chance at ever getting anywhere near taking Odessa if they withdraw so suspect the Russians won't leave that easily. Edited July 27, 2022 by LongTimeLurker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Nasty video going round which I'm not going to watch of a Ukrainian POW, hands tied behind his back being castrated by Russian soldiers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Quote As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters into its fifth month, a common narrative has emerged that the unity of the world in standing up to Russia has somehow devolved into a “war of economic attrition which is taking its toll on the west”, given the supposed “resilience” and even “prosperity” of the Russian economy. This is simply untrue – and a reflection of widely held but factually incorrect misunderstandings over how the Russian economy is actually holding up amidst the exodus of over 1,000 global companies and international sanctions. That these misunderstandings persist is not surprising. Since the invasion, the Kremlin’s economic releases have become increasingly cherry-picked, selectively tossing out unfavorable metrics while releasing only those that are more favorable. These Putin-selected statistics are then carelessly trumpeted across media and used by reams of well-meaning but careless experts in building out forecasts which are excessively, unrealistically favorable to the Kremlin. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4167193 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Foot Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 12 hours ago, Newbornbairn said: Nasty video going round which I'm not going to watch of a Ukrainian POW, hands tied behind his back being castrated by Russian soldiers. The perpetrator has been identified. I don’t imagine he’s going to meet a very nice ending, himself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Other Foot said: The perpetrator has been identified. I don’t imagine he’s going to meet a very nice ending, himself. Who's going to do him harm? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Newbornbairn said: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4167193 Yep - I'm sure that a Yale paper authored by Quote Franek Sokolowski Michal Wyrebkowski and Mateusz Kasprowicz represent a completely disinterested scholarly analysis on current affairs in eastern Europe! Quote Looking ahead, there is no path out of economic oblivion for Russia as long as the allied countries remain unified in maintaining and increasing sanctions pressure against Russia, and The Kyiv School of Economics and McFaul-Yermak Working Group have led the way in proposing additional sanctions measures. Uh huh. The current sanctions are working so well that we need to add more to see the impact! Edited July 29, 2022 by vikingTON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Other Foot Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 17 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Who's going to do him harm? I’m not sure if anyone will do him harm, but if they catch him then I don’t imagine he will be dealt with pleasantly. However I would think that once a soldier’s full name, DOB, address, phone number and army details are posted online for anyone to see, then it becomes much easier for Ukrainian intelligence services/hackers/partisans to locate him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 I don’t think Brits are in a position to point and laugh. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 4 hours ago, The Other Foot said: I’m not sure if anyone will do him harm, but if they catch him then I don’t imagine he will be dealt with pleasantly. However I would think that once a soldier’s full name, DOB, address, phone number and army details are posted online for anyone to see, then it becomes much easier for Ukrainian intelligence services/hackers/partisans to locate him I was assuming he was home in Mother Russia by now with some loot for the missus, swigging vodka supplied by a grateful nation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 That's Aeroflot starting direct flights, Russia to Phucket again. https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/2357416/aeroflot-set-to-resume-flights-to-phuket 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Another one bites the dust... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 18 hours ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: I don’t think Brits are in a position to point and laugh. "No cancel culture" I imagine you are worse than cancelled if you voice a critical opinion of the President. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) Edited July 30, 2022 by Newbornbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 29/07/2022 at 07:25, Newbornbairn said: Nasty video going round which I'm not going to watch of a Ukrainian POW, hands tied behind his back being castrated by Russian soldiers. Fucking animals.im sure if Russia do release&arm civvy prisoners the war crimes situation will improve,though..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 "No cancel culture" I imagine you are worse than cancelled if you voice a critical opinion of the President.Aye, you have to move to London. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sergeant Wilson Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Newbornbairn said: Have you any pamphlets you can send me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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