Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Caro-Kann]

38 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

There is an American who went to Donetsk, I think a few years ago, who reproted on the war from a pro-Russian persepctive.  He was murdered by his fellow Russian soldiers a few months back, accused of being a spy.

Russell Bentley I believe, although Patrick Lancaster seems to still be on the go.

[welshbairn]

A guy called Wilmer Puello-Mota has recently emerged over there, ex military and running from child porn charges in the US. Turns out it was a nude pic of a 17 year old when he was in his early twenties, could have been an old girlfriend when he was younger. He reported a stolen gun and the cops found it on his phone.

[TxRover]

10 hours ago, welshbairn said:

A guy called Wilmer Puello-Mota has recently emerged over there, ex military and running from child porn charges in the US. Turns out it was a nude pic of a 17 year old when he was in his early twenties, could have been an old girlfriend when he was younger. He reported a stolen gun and the cops found it on his phone.

He's currently 28, and was 24 or 25 when he called the police about a stolen gun while at a hotel. During the investigation they found out he was at the hotel to met a 17 year-old he had met online. The 17 year-old told the police that he was her "sugar daddy". There was evidence (Venmo transactions) that he had paid the girl, and then the police searched his phone and found naked pictures and videos of the 17 year-old in the trash folder. He then told them that he had thought she was 22, and had just found out she was 17.

Next he proceeded to forge documents and impersonate his commanding officer in an attempt to get the charges reduced or dismissed. He was then arrested for bail violations, while successfully fighting to remain as a City Councilor, and also was admonished by a judge for attending a children's Halloween party while under orders to stay away from children while charges were pending.

So, no, not a former girlfriend.

[highlandmac]

4 hours ago, TxRover said:

He's currently 28, and was 24 or 25 when he called the police about a stolen gun while at a hotel. During the investigation they found out he was at the hotel to met a 17 year-old he had met online. The 17 year-old told the police that he was her "sugar daddy". There was evidence (Venmo transactions) that he had paid the girl, and then the police searched his phone and found naked pictures and videos of the 17 year-old in the trash folder. He then told them that he had thought she was 22, and had just found out she was 17.

Next he proceeded to forge documents and impersonate his commanding officer in an attempt to get the charges reduced or dismissed. He was then arrested for bail violations, while successfully fighting to remain as a City Councilor, and also was admonished by a judge for attending a children's Halloween party while under orders to stay away from children while charges were pending.

So, no, not a former girlfriend.

Why would the polis need to look at his phone after hes reported a crime that,I assume,had nothing to go with him?

[Freedom Farter]

On 05/08/2024 at 17:50, Tartan Dave said:

All the way down in page 6 this thread which is interesting in itself. Was looking for a recommendation on a book about Russia, Putin and why this invasion happened? Preferably one which talks about nato expansion a bit. Cheers for any advice. Podcasts would be appreciated also

There's the Nato expansion explanation. There's the Putin explanation (where various ideological motivations are attributed to him). A third explanation I personally find persuasive is that the political economies of Russia and Ukraine made the invasion likely. There's a couple of Ukrainians I've particularly read, Volodomyr Ishchenko and Yuliya Yurchenko. When I say "read", I don't mean I've read their books or their research papers on the topic. I'm not clever enough for that. I've just read their interviews in online magazines and I watched a Yurchenko talk on Youtube. Their stuff can be googled. I've tried to find similar Russian political economists but not been able to. Probably that type of analysis gets censored in Russia.

[Sergeant Wilson]

2 hours ago, Freedom Farter said:

When I say "read", I don't mean I've read their books or their research papers on the topic. I'm not clever enough for that

^^^looked at the pictures.

[TxRover]

9 hours ago, highlandmac said:

Why would the polis need to look at his phone after hes reported a crime that,I assume,had nothing to go with him?

Apparently he reported the theft...while being interviewed about this, the fact he was meeting a 17 year-old came up (perhaps she arrived?), a cursory investigation of that revealed he was paying her and videoing her...voila, search the phone.

[Lofarl]

https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/zayava-mzs-ukrayini-shchodo-nedruzhnih-dij-respubliki-bilorus

That's the diplomatic way of saying f**k around and find out.

[TxRover]

On 25/08/2024 at 15:23, Lofarl said:

https://mfa.gov.ua/en/news/zayava-mzs-ukrayini-shchodo-nedruzhnih-dij-respubliki-bilorus

That's the diplomatic way of saying f**k around and find out.

Belarus has effectively a pretty small army, and their special forces do gymnastics, not combat training. While they would divert some Ukrainian forces, it would likely turn into something like the Italian invasion of Greece from Albania in 1940. The Russians would end up having to rush in forces to prop up the Belarusian army and government, and it would effectively extend the theatre of operations to the Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian borders.

Edited August 29 by TxRover

[Nkomo-A-Gogo]

Will Mongolia shite it or try to make a name for themselves on the world stage. I believe they used to be big time but not any more. 

A bit like Morton.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0830/1467490-putin-icc-mongolia/

 

 

 

[Stellaboz]

1 hour ago, Nkomo-A-Gogo said:

Will Mongolia shite it or try to make a name for themselves on the world stage. I believe they used to be big time but not any more. 

A bit like Morton.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0830/1467490-putin-icc-mongolia/

 

 

 

I'd fcking love it if they did that. Gawn lads!

[ICTChris]

I doubt Putin would travel anywhere that was likely to enact the warrant.

[KirkySuperSub]

Imagine, 2 hrs after getting off the plane, Putin's in a carbonite slab like Han Solo.

24 minutes ago, Stellaboz said:

I'd fcking love it if they did that. Gawn lads!

 

[ICTChris]

Putin steps off the plane... but what's that distant thundering sounds... turns round and sees

Can't really see Genghis Khan serving an international arrest warrant tbh

 

[Bairnardo]

If it were to happen, it would be a sure indication that whoever is running the simulation is bored and ready to hit the carnage button

[welshbairn]

Mongolia are no doubt getting bargain basement oil, gas and other products in exchange for dollars to keep the Russian war machine going, no way are they going to kill the golden goose. 

[Stellaboz]

3 hours ago, welshbairn said:

Mongolia are no doubt getting bargain basement oil, gas and other products in exchange for dollars to keep the Russian war machine going, no way are they going to kill the golden goose. 

Could we offer them Steve Clarke and some Tennents in a counter offer? 

[Cheese]

There's also the fact that outside of Europe and the US, Putin isn't seen as the worst thing since Hitler.

[tongue_tied_danny]

12 hours ago, Cheese said:

There's also the fact that outside of Europe and the US, Putin isn't seen as the worst thing since Hitler.

Gerry Cinnamon is the worst thing since Hitler.

[dirty dingus]

Mongolia ain't going to arrest Putin they have strong links with China and Russia and a lot of the population support him. Same as here in Thailand, Russians get better visa privileges than EU countries and  down Phuket way is full o the c***s. Also India especially north Goa is flooded with them .  Modi and the press seem to like Putin too as the coverage on the news stations is always sympathetic to his murderous ways.