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Title: Ukraine
Post by: MackCW on February 01, 2014, 01:10:10 pm
Prayers for our Ukrainian community right now, especially with the turmoil going on in that country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 01, 2014, 01:17:33 pm
god bless them
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DoctorWarband on February 01, 2014, 01:30:29 pm
god bless them
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: kpetschulat on February 01, 2014, 01:57:26 pm
Yeah, the Ukrainians are dealing with some seriously tough shit right now. I'm not a man of religion myself, but you guys can pray for them, for me?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 01, 2014, 02:08:17 pm
For which side of the conflict are you praying?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: kpetschulat on February 01, 2014, 02:29:33 pm
I hope they can get into the EU. They need that international support.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 01, 2014, 02:39:53 pm
The protests are only partly about EU-Membership.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: kpetschulat on February 01, 2014, 02:47:40 pm
It's also about not repeating their history in the USSR...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 01, 2014, 02:58:45 pm
Quite simply it's about getting new elections. That was the aim of the protests. Then the president put up some very nasty laws and rioting started.

The laws have been repelled, though. I think. It's pretty calm at the moment I believe. Certainly not the chaos and fights it was during the 19th-25th of January. There are enough rumors that Putin will help the Ukrainian president back in full power after Sochi. Rumours are rumours, of course.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 01, 2014, 04:11:20 pm
I won't be surprised if Putin will do that. Putin is pulling what Hitler did in Munich Olympic. Cover ze racism with smiles until the world is gone....beat the fk outta em.

However, Putin can kiss my arse because I seriously hope Ukraine get new election. Gotta stand up to the commie. However the photos coming from Ukraine been mind blowing crazy. But it's all calm now? I'm not too updated with Ukraine unfortunately. But I watched the news last night and it seems the riot is still happening or did I just watch a rerun?   Thanks
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 01, 2014, 04:43:56 pm
http://ua-selector.in/

Live footage. Bottom left are the barricades and bottom right the main square. Both are calm and there aren't many people, but it's certainly not entirely abandoned. The government agreed to most of the demands anyway. There haven't been real riot for days.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on February 01, 2014, 04:53:31 pm
god bless them

What, we can't say God?

God Bless these people, they Clank for freedom.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 02, 2014, 04:05:26 pm
Isn't it like supporting a bunch of vandals who want to disband legal government by building barricade in the center of capital and throwing molotov cocktails at militia?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 02, 2014, 04:22:08 pm
Absolutely not. Have you been listening to Russian propaganda?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 02, 2014, 04:28:51 pm
No, unfortunately I can't speak Russian good enough to listen to Russian news. I just know, that few hundreds of masked people destroying centre of capital isn't "voice of the nation". They're just vandals. By the way, why do you claim, that Russian version is propaganda, and European is truth   ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 02, 2014, 04:38:02 pm
There were hundreds of thousands protesters. And outside of Kiev, more then half of the regional government buildings were taken over.

And what do you mean with 'destroying'? Building barricades and setting police buses on fire isn't exactly a regular Saturdays activity, but it certainly isn't destruction.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 02, 2014, 04:50:21 pm
No, unfortunately I can't speak Russian good enough to listen to Russian news. I just know, that few hundreds of masked people destroying centre of capital isn't "voice of the nation". They're just vandals. By the way, why do you claim, that Russian version is propaganda, and European is truth   ;)

I bet you don't think the Poles who staged the Warsaw Uprising weren't 'just vandals'...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 02, 2014, 04:58:26 pm
Concerning hundreds of thousands, take into consideration, that since riots really started this number melted. Just look at any kind of tv news or online camera. On most of them there are just few bunches of people on Maidan, for sure there are not "hundreds of thousands" at the present.

Destroying pavement, burning cars and buses, building barricades (yup, they're not made of snow). And do you think that "taking over" goernment building isn't connected with breaking doors, windows and everything what is inside? In democracy (which in theory EU supports) government should be chosen in elections, not riots.

Archduke, are you kidding? Tell me, when you see militia killing few hundreds of random Ukrainians who were just walking to their work. Then you'll have right to talk about Warsaw Uprising. Or maybe some concentration camps? It's strange, but I can't find anything like that in Ukraine...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 02, 2014, 05:14:20 pm
A few broken doors and windows is all the damage those buildings suffered. Have you actually seen one video of picture of their capture? Protestors walk straight to the governors office and....Remove the presidents picture from the wall. That's it. There has been no looting, which extraordinary to say the least.

There were no barricades until January the 19th. Then the government passed anti-protest laws, which were a direct violation of the rights of the Ukrainian people. Even then, there were no barricades until the police made charges. The barricades are purely a defensive move.

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In democracy (which in theory EU supports) government should be chosen in elections, not riots.

So Russia doesn't support democracy? By the way, in a democracy, a government doesn't pass anti-protest laws that makes it illegal to write a anti-protest text. The protests are aimed at new elections. That's what they want - Democracy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 02, 2014, 05:31:47 pm
So Ukrainians aren't allowed to rebel against a non democratic government because then they are just vandals? But when someone else does it it's alright? Ok, nice we got that sorted...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 02, 2014, 05:41:55 pm
Yup I saw videos. When few militiamen (I don't know correct word :) ) hid inside such building. Peacefull protesters were charging it with battering rams and molotovs...

So they want elections? And then they will choose new govermnet and whose who support Yanukovych will start new riots? Viva democracy :-\ Concerning anti-protest law, isn't it normal that when riots starts in middle of country it's duty of government to make law which will allow them to stop these riots?

Archduke, I guess you're still talking about Warsaw Uprising? Then for God's sake read something about Nazis and their occupation of Poland and then compare it with Ukraine. Ukraine is not under occupation of enemy nation, Ukraine is not at war. Warsaw Uprising was part of war agains Germany where Poles were trying to liberate their country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 02, 2014, 05:44:12 pm
Yeah, you know the Ukrainians aren't at all trying to liberate themselves from a fascist government. There totally aren't Ukrainians being oppressed or anything.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 02, 2014, 05:49:07 pm
Yeah, you know it's normal at Ukraine to be killed in the middle of street by militia just because you're Ukrainian. Totally, hundreds of Ukrainians are every day killed in public executions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 02, 2014, 05:53:49 pm
I just find it unbelievable that you say the Ukrainian revolutionaries cause is unjust while that of the Poles was. Extremely ignorant.

Even if the circumstances are different, the cause is similar.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 02, 2014, 06:01:41 pm
Nope, it's just not.
I don't know political situation in Sweden, but what would you think, if communist/fascist/any_other opposition party started riots and demanded earlier elections. Of course, if present goverment won, protesters would say that elections were fake. Don't say that Ukrainians aren't fascist because a) some of them are (yeah, there are a lot of extreme nationalists on Maidan), b) it's not about views, it's about situation.
And what would you think, if foreign coutry invaded your country and then your nation would try to liberate?

btw. do I see it correct, that you have nazi soldier in your avatar?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 02, 2014, 06:07:20 pm
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Concerning anti-protest law, isn't it normal that when riots starts in middle of country it's duty of government to make law which will allow them to stop these riots?

NO. What on earth are you talking about? All laws concerning public safety are already in place. Making new laws that pretty much takes away your civil rights (without putting martial law in place) is a Orwellian move.

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Yup I saw videos. When few militiamen (I don't know correct word :) ) hid inside such building. Peacefull protesters were charging it with battering rams and molotovs...

Not a 'few militiamen'. More then a hundred soldiers (inner army), and not militia (Berkut)m that were garrisoning the building between the two main plazas (so behind the barricades). The attack on the building was an act of defense, as holding the building would allow the government to disconnect the two plazas. The soldiers refused to leave, after which it was attacked. And by the way, the fight took no longer then a half hour, after which there were negations. The protestors allowed medics in the building to take care of four wounded soldiers, and after a few hours the 'garrison' of the building was allowed to leave peacefully.

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So they want elections? And then they will choose new govermnet and whose who support Yanukovych will start new riots? Viva democracy

What's your point? A dictator should be kept in place because there's a slim change the ever-crimping minority that supports him (Don't even start on the 'pro-government rallies') might riot? They haven't so far. There are no pro-government militias, apart from those on the governments payroll.

And besides, it's a democracy, so his supporters have every right to take to the streets, as long as the supporters of the opposition do to.

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Don't say that Ukrainians aren't fascist because a) some of them are (yeah, there are a lot of extreme nationalists on Maidan),

Fascist and nationalist is not the same. The posts about fascist presence on the Maidan are ridiculous. One showed a big rally of fascists - In summer weather - claiming he just took that on the maidan. Sure there are a few. Maybe more then a view. The point is that they all want the same - elections. There's really no single political identity.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 02, 2014, 06:37:18 pm
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And besides, it's a democracy, so his supporters have every right to take to the streets, as long as the supporters of the opposition do to.

I have always thought that one of biggest "inventions" of democracy are free elections. You're claiming, that those who have stronger supporters ready to fight in riots should rule the country. Great vision...

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NO. What on earth are you talking about? All laws concerning public safety are already in place. Making new laws that pretty much takes away your civil rights (without putting martial law in place) is a Orwellian move.

Do you consider right to protest in masks and helmets one of your basic civil right? Or is your freedom established by right to put tents in the middle of the street to block half of the city? Or maybe by right to insult people in internet (yup, it's one of thinks that have been forbidden by "didcator laws"). Good that in all civilised countries treatening policemen isn't considered a crime. So any new laws about public safety are evil? Because all needed laws are already there? You have strange way of thinking. So what is mission of government? Just to look nice on the photos? Of course, some of the new laws were a bit too strict, but emergency situations need emergency laws.

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Don't even start on the 'pro-government rallies'

Yup, I know, Western medias claim that they were paid by government. If someone says that Euromaidan was paid by western cuntries (what in fact wouldn't be suprising thing) would you believe it that?

And at the end everything is coming to one simple fact. Klitschko is trying to sell his country to EU (don't tell me how good EU is :P I can see it just outside my doors). Take also in consideration, that Russia would simply destroy Ukraine if it join EU. Not by war of course, by gas prices which are now veeery low in Ukraine. Big part of Ukrainian economy is addicted to Russia. EU is also just waiting for opportunity to take over Ukrainian economy. So no matter whether Klitschko is right or not, he's going to destroy his country. (I know Klitschko isn't the only opposition leader, i just like to use his surname as kind of shortcut )

No you don't see correct it's a german soldier.
Heh, yeah. That's right, we shouldn't call them Nazis, they were Germans. And Germans, not Nazis started WW2. Thanks for correcting me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 02, 2014, 07:19:57 pm
The EU is a democratic institution. Nobody is forced to join it. Poland and the Ukraine couldn't chose to have capitalist governments.

I'm not seeing it as 'The glorious EU'. It's not a perfect idea. It's not even an idea. It's a collections of treaties, obligations, promises and institutions. It's just ridiculous that people blame it for all their problems. You are claiming the EU doesn't help Poland? Here people claim the Poles are stealing our money and getting too much help by the EU. Who is right? Or are both wrong?

And let's not have that nazi/anti-commie/hitlerfans/hitlerhaters-discussion. We aren't Americans.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on February 02, 2014, 08:34:13 pm
I found this to be a good documentary on the event. I know, I know, Vice, booohoo, they do make good documentaries every once in a while.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oei0AoCn2A[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 02, 2014, 09:32:08 pm
1) I dont want to go on street and perform illegal acts against goverment, doesnt matter how i view it - the new election will be in 2015, have some patience people, and choose new tyrant
2) Nothing will save this country, then a turning into federation without president and with full decentralisation.
3) I live in this country for 21 year (only 5 of them as actual citizen, when i received passport) and every year since 1991 there's persistent war for president's place. This war hadnt begun this year, it lasted for 23 years already and what is happening now is nothing more then an attempt of opposition to take over rule via illegal act - riot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 02, 2014, 09:34:43 pm
Wait, you aren't Ukrainian by birth?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 02, 2014, 09:36:36 pm
Wait, you aren't Ukrainian by birth?
I'm ukrainian by birth, i've received citizenship in 2009, when i received my passport - i reached 16 years.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 02, 2014, 09:39:22 pm
Wait, you aren't Ukrainian by birth?
I'm ukrainian by birth, i've received citizenship in 2009, when i received my passport - i reached 16 years.

How can you be Ukrainian by birth but not receive citizenship until you're sixteen?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 02, 2014, 09:41:02 pm
Wait, you aren't Ukrainian by birth?
I'm ukrainian by birth, i've received citizenship in 2009, when i received my passport - i reached 16 years.

How can you be Ukrainian by birth but not receive citizenship until you're sixteen?
Well, from my point of view, you're only counted as full citizen - when you receive passport.
But you can scratch that part if you want.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 02, 2014, 09:48:41 pm
Archduke_Sven

The _ isn't there anymore  m8  :(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: kpetschulat on February 02, 2014, 09:50:07 pm
Oh, my... For some reason, I remember you having an underscore... Haha.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on February 02, 2014, 09:51:59 pm
Mother of god, people, can there not be a discussion thread like this without the bringing up of Germany and Nazis, and inevitably the insults and accusations and arguments that come with it? I swear, you people keep it up, and there won't be any discussion threads like this one left.

Cut it out, and stay on topic. I and the other moderators will not ask many more times.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 02, 2014, 09:55:20 pm
Well, from my point of view, you're only counted as full citizen - when you receive passport.
But you can scratch that part if you want.

Considering that the majority of the people on this planet don't have passports, it's a rather odd point of view. A passport is nothing but the printed version of your identity. Confused me for a second there  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 02, 2014, 09:59:35 pm
Actually there are some nations where there aren't even any real citizens. In Morocco everyone is considered a "Subject" of the king, technically speaking none of them are actually part of the nation.

Bureaucracy is weird...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Reindly on February 06, 2014, 02:49:56 am
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9WZIWlgkbM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on February 06, 2014, 04:17:49 am
Concerning anti-protest law, isn't it normal that when riots starts in middle of country it's duty of government to make law which will allow them to stop these riots?

You mean Martial Law? Heh. That sounds like it blows over well.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 06, 2014, 10:16:02 am
 Martial law is something else entirely then those anti-protest laws.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on February 06, 2014, 06:42:11 pm
Martial law is something else entirely then those anti-protest laws.

In a positive or negative way?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 06, 2014, 11:39:49 pm
Strangely enough, positive.

You see, martial law is pretty clear. Once you declare it, you basically announce to the world you can't handle an (peacefully) demonstrating opposition and are going to use unrestricted violence. Martial law also has some strict rules as what is allowed exactly and for how long. However, by making all these pretty new laws, you basically circumvent all those disadvantages, can do what you like and defend yourself with the fact that, technically, the laws went trough the Ukrainian government. Even though apparently most of the members of parliament hadn't even had the time to read it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on February 07, 2014, 12:42:32 pm
Murika's kicking it into overdrive

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26080715

[youtube]MSxaa-67yGM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: UniversitasMetal on February 07, 2014, 01:43:56 pm
Obligatory

Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 18, 2014, 11:31:14 pm
Can I bump this topic a bit?

Just two things :) First - video of "peaceful" protesters with pistols, rifles and baseball bats. This militia seems rather to be in defence, not attack

Spoiler
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q4TaZyKv3Y[/youtube]
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Second, concerning Duuring's words about "peaceful" taking over government buildings. After attack of protesters, in the office of Party of Regions have been found body of man who was working there as bodyguard. There is no official information about cause of death, but I think that it wasn't heart attack. Information is from Interfax agency, but as I don't have link to original news, only to Polish site with it I can't give link.

Just to show that not everything is so black and white as some says :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 18, 2014, 11:44:56 pm
You say there is no official cause of death, make your own assumption and present it as a fact.

That's not how it works, you see.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 19, 2014, 12:21:42 am
Heh. No, I clearly said that there is no official cause of death. And I dared to claim, that probably it wasn't heart attack (do you really think it was?). Everything else is just your own guess. Don't blame me for fact, that you can think logically and guess what was reason of his death :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 19, 2014, 12:29:15 am
Just because you don't say it specifically, doesn't mean you aren't making your own assumptions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 19, 2014, 12:49:45 am
Everyone can make own assumptions. What's more, everyone do make own assumptions. It's what brain is for. But I didn't write it here, so I don't know why do you claim it's not fair. Probably everyone who read news about body found in building after attack of protesters will make similar assumption. You've also made it. And now you're trying to blame me for that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Matim on February 19, 2014, 11:14:19 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.polskieradio.pl%2Ffiles%2F698f5f34-50a6-4622-a0e4-a08703b8585d.file&hash=ad67cf6845fa948121b169115aa844b97ddbbc50)

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How can you peacefully overthrow a goverment that doesn't give a shit about its nation?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 19, 2014, 04:42:21 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.polskieradio.pl%2Ffiles%2F698f5f34-50a6-4622-a0e4-a08703b8585d.file&hash=ad67cf6845fa948121b169115aa844b97ddbbc50)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.de%2Fimage%2F0%2C%2C17441194_303%2C00.jpg&hash=13bc03e3571058312cee0d2d246e8213644b5fe9)

How can you peacefully overthrow a goverment that doesn't give a shit about its nation?
This called elections. And not joining EO doesnt matter not caring about their people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Joseph Graham on February 19, 2014, 04:46:04 pm
Lviv has declared de-facto independence. And the news just keeps getting better.

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'Ukraine's top security agency says that protesters have seized over 1,500 firearms, and is  announcing a nationwide "anti-terrorist'' operation to restore order. 

In a statement Wednesday, Ukraine's Security Service said that such actions by "radical and extremist groups" threaten the lives of millions of Ukrainians.'

Hm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 19, 2014, 04:55:36 pm
Lviv has declared de-facto independence. And the news just keeps getting better.
Source, pls.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Joseph Graham on February 19, 2014, 05:05:18 pm
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ukraine-facing-civil-war-lviv-declares-independence-yanukovich-rule-1437092

Dum dum Google dum.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 19, 2014, 05:16:09 pm
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ukraine-facing-civil-war-lviv-declares-independence-yanukovich-rule-1437092

Dum dum Google dum.
Any of my country sources acquired this info, however, rumor was going for a long time already. To be honest, i will be lucky to see them go.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 19, 2014, 06:26:47 pm
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To be honest, i will be lucky to see them go.

If you don't want Lviv, can Poland take it?  :)
Just kidding, don't start flamewar anyone.

As far as I know, they didn't declare independace from Ukraine, just from govermnent. So it rather means that they support opposition, not that they're going to leave Ukraine :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 19, 2014, 06:57:01 pm
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To be honest, i will be lucky to see them go.

If you don't want Lviv, can Poland take it?  :)
Just kidding, don't start flamewar anyone.

As far as I know, they didn't declare independace from Ukraine, just from govermnent. So it rather means that they support opposition, not that they're going to leave Ukraine :)
If you like a mosquitos, you're free too ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 20, 2014, 04:35:29 am
Incase anyone's interested:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=569qmPNwFlI[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dom13WorstNW on February 20, 2014, 04:43:45 pm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eTuFAR169s[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 20, 2014, 05:31:53 pm
Things got messy...

https://i.imgur.com/a/ayjcS (https://i.imgur.com/a/ayjcS)

http://www.radiosvoboda.org/media/video/25270710.html (http://www.radiosvoboda.org/media/video/25270710.html)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 20, 2014, 10:32:33 pm
Because not everybody is an ignorant fuck who only thinks about themself?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SuicideSilence on February 20, 2014, 10:34:37 pm
Haha, not all people get dark humour huh... hahahaha. It's funny TORN
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 20, 2014, 10:35:27 pm
Because not everybody is an ignorant fuck who only thinks about themself?

LWOW man

could u lik calm downs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 20, 2014, 10:38:44 pm
people dying maek my jimmies go rustle.

But seriously now. With there being live bullets shot at eachother I think there should be an intervention from the EU or Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SuicideSilence on February 20, 2014, 10:39:41 pm
people dying maek my jimmies go rustle.

But seriously now. With there being live bullets shot at eachother I think there should be an intervention from the EU or Russia.

Why people start care about Ukraine, when there is still war in Africa lands, and no one gives a F**k about them... It's sad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 20, 2014, 10:41:12 pm
Time 2 nuke Russia.

Eastern Liberation Crusade proclaimed.

people dying maek my jimmies go rustle.

But seriously now. With there being live bullets shot at eachother I think there should be an intervention from the EU or Russia.

Why people start care about Ukraine, when there is still war in Africa lands, and no one gives a F**k about them... It's sad.

Because this shit doesn't happen often in the EU.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on February 20, 2014, 10:41:52 pm
But seriously now. With there being live bullets shot at eachother I think there should be an intervention from the EU or Russia.
Don't know about that, both parts are exceedingly careful about not stepping on each others toes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 20, 2014, 10:42:07 pm
people dying maek my jimmies go rustle.

But seriously now. With there being live bullets shot at eachother I think there should be an intervention from the EU or Russia.

Why people start care about Ukraine, when there is still war in Africa lands, and no one gives a F**k about them... It's sad.
Yes ofcourse those french troops in Mali aren't doing shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SuicideSilence on February 20, 2014, 10:42:45 pm
Still, man, we gotta be friends not enemis. i luv ell of yu.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmlblogsredstatebluestate.files.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2Freal20heart-thumb-250x310-17868511.jpg&hash=cc6769788c2d591e4f0b3f123d539a6c84773442)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 20, 2014, 10:44:57 pm
There is aid for African countries really but conflicts aren't as much in the media.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on February 20, 2014, 10:49:36 pm
It's a lot closer to home, and the outcome of this conflict may have a profound effect on the overall political climate of the region.
People have a lot more reasons to be concerned about this than they do the unfortunate massacre of some hapless Africans.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on February 20, 2014, 10:50:03 pm
Seeing as how police are encouraged to use live ammunition, it's beyond the point of return. From looking at the state of the government's forces, they really won't last long anyways.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 20, 2014, 10:51:23 pm
These aren't protests/riots anymore. I'm fearing revolution or civil war :/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on February 20, 2014, 10:59:04 pm
It's really already come to that. If the police are actively encouraged to shoot live ammunition at people, it's well into one already. I saw a video earlier of paramedics picking up some dead guy, and they got gunned down by police.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on February 20, 2014, 11:00:32 pm
Dont worry, Obama or the UN will be there to help solve the crisis!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on February 20, 2014, 11:02:53 pm
The thing is that the government really can't trust its army, it's a very likely outcome that it will just end up supporting the opposition instead if the conflict escalates to full on civil war.
What they are doing now is just stalling in hope of better options other than unconditional surrender or an extended armed conflict.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on February 21, 2014, 09:54:37 am
Arms carried by both sides, but only a few in the hands of the protestors. Those pretty riot shields and construction/motorcycle helmets aren't doing much anymore.

Now you've got people beaten, bleeding, unconcious, and dead in the streets. Things may explode further and faster than what has happened and is still going on in Syria. I've known quite a few Ukrainians in the past and they are a civilized people, except the country is split in two between being a national identity as Ukraine and the others who want to be a part of Russia.

I hear some wanting to be a part of the EU. I hear some wanting a free Ukraine from the current tyrants in government. I hear those who want to protect the stability of the country against the devilish West (Yes, our governments are extremely fucked up and have no problem causing instability to get what they want) and I can agree with the last two parts.

However, I don't see this having a less violent ending. It's too far. People want vengeance on both sides for the deaths.

God Save Ukraine.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgScVTu7RqM[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 21, 2014, 10:34:08 am
It's a bit sad that 70 years after the 2nd world war, people are still dying in Europa just for the right to demonstrate.

As much as an open war seems impossible, let's not forget that Putin did it before. Georgia, anyone? Without trying to sound poetic, only time will tell what will happen in the Ukraine.

Quote
I can agree with the last two parts.

You, an American, oppose the EU? Ah well, we already know what the American government thinks about the EuroMaidan. "Fuck the EU"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on February 21, 2014, 11:40:03 am
As much as an open war seems impossible, let's not forget that Putin did it before. Georgia, anyone?

Eh?
Russia rolled several armoured columns through Georgia back in 2008. I believe the cause was Georgia wanting to join NATO creating tension, then Russia trying to claim some of the independent states in the region, or something along those lines.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on February 21, 2014, 12:02:21 pm
As much as an open war seems impossible, let's not forget that Putin did it before. Georgia, anyone?

Eh?
Russia rolled several armoured columns through Georgia back in 2008. I believe the cause was Georgia wanting to join NATO creating tension, then Russia trying to claim some of the independent states in the region, or something along those lines.

How about Georgian armed forces firing upon civillian population in the region that simply wanted independence? You do know that region contains a few dozens ethnicities and they can barely live with each other? Not to flame, but a lot of people have really strange misconceptions of what what the cause back then.

To stay on topic, "rioters" have no political program and Klichko can barely make up a sentence.

Spoiler
Split Ukraine between Poland and Russia.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 21, 2014, 01:03:57 pm
No political program? Are you serious? Been watching too much Ruski-TV?

When are the olympics done anyway?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on February 21, 2014, 02:00:07 pm
No political program? Are you serious? Been watching too much Ruski-TV?

When are the olympics done anyway?

Butthurt much?
I don't call vandalism and blaming everything that happens\happened in Ukraine on its goverment or Russian a political program. Ukraine will suffer no matter how it ends. That EU agreement was pathetic, only good for further destruction of Ukranian industry.
No matter how bad the current goverment is, placing their current leaders in charge will do no good, and especially if it's done with spilling blood.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 21, 2014, 02:07:05 pm
Duuring, stop please with blaming Russians for everything. Russian media have no more propaganda than western ones. They just show it from Russian point of view.

And concerning program, as far as I remember it's just about disbanding government, punishing president and joining EU. He doesn't have any ideas how to cure Ukraine. He seems to forget, that whole eastern Ukraine is strongly connected with Russia, that Russia is one of the most important import and export partner for Ukraine (if not the most improtant, I'm to lazy to find it out), and that now prices of gas and oil are extremely low thanks to Russian politics.

And what would you say, if Maidan wins, and then eastern part of Ukraine will start riots? Will they be fair protesters fighting for freedom, or evil Russian agents sent to destroy Ukraine?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on February 21, 2014, 02:31:00 pm
joining EU.

The thing is no one ever called them in the EU, the trade agreement was just a possible foundation of that, with terrible conditions, I must stress, which would left Ukraine another Bulgaria (EU worked out great for them, didn't it?).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 21, 2014, 04:03:51 pm
Dont worry, Obama or the UN will be there to help solve the crisis!
No no no no no, no Obama, God please no.

Well, if the current protesters will overthrow the current goverment in eligitimate way and establish new one, i shall not obey any of it orders.

Two month before i thought there wont be a civil war, no i have doubts... Situation is difficult and the red line was crossed by both sides.
 
2 Duuring, stop calling every source different from european or 'murican ones biased, just stop pls.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SuicideSilence on February 21, 2014, 04:07:20 pm
US mind your business with North Korea, Europe got this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 21, 2014, 04:16:35 pm
US mind your business with North Korea, Europe got this.
Europe better to stay out, if they dont want to make things worse, i dont want the people from abroad to order us how we need to live.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SuicideSilence on February 21, 2014, 04:19:48 pm
US mind your business with North Korea, Europe got this.
Europe better to stay out, if they dont want to make things worse, i dont want the people from abroad to order us how we need to live.

You m`rican?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on February 21, 2014, 04:20:20 pm
Well if this change in the constitution works out I don't see an overt need for any more interference.
Your glorious leader is now only in charge of the military, which is still bad, but it might work out until your new elections this December.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 21, 2014, 04:20:48 pm
Ukraine is like the abused girlfriend who always comes back to the abusive boyfriend (Russia). Its just the way things are.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 21, 2014, 04:21:24 pm
US mind your business with North Korea, Europe got this.
Europe better to stay out, if they dont want to make things worse, i dont want the people from abroad to order us how we need to live.

You m`rican?
Open my profile and read description, take care, pls.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on February 21, 2014, 04:22:21 pm
US mind your business with North Korea, Europe got this.
Europe better to stay out, if they dont want to make things worse, i dont want the people from abroad to order us how we need to live.

So if things get worse we should just stay our hand and not help out by sending in aid?

Grand, so we tax payers don't have to spend more on fruitless expiditions and lost causes (Greece)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SuicideSilence on February 21, 2014, 04:24:57 pm
Eugen is  hardcore MAN UKRAINE
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on February 21, 2014, 05:59:53 pm
Obama pls send in 5 man seal team to fix everything pl0x
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 21, 2014, 06:28:02 pm
President calls in an early vote!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26289318?r=1 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26289318?r=1)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on February 21, 2014, 06:31:42 pm
President calls in an early vote!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26289318?r=1 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26289318?r=1)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8SpihSawM0&list=UUpwvZwUam-URkxB7g4USKpg&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 21, 2014, 07:33:13 pm
So...Peace?

It's a good treaty, I'll say that much. Let's just hope people don't break it. And that goes for both the authorities and protestors.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 21, 2014, 07:33:41 pm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=A1o-IeoFSTw[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 21, 2014, 07:35:58 pm
So many vids.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Zzehth on February 21, 2014, 07:38:09 pm
Dating in Ukraine

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fd24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net%2Fphoto%2FaYbq7o7_700b.jpg&hash=971db7832f94b5583c68effcde652315de0d4d58)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SuicideSilence on February 21, 2014, 09:58:18 pm
Dating in afghanistan :


Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F4%2F4c%2FGoat_farming_Afghanistan.jpg&hash=d9a25da66b1e8bb2d797b50303948d0887ec8166)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 21, 2014, 10:00:07 pm
haha?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SuicideSilence on February 21, 2014, 10:01:13 pm
Really cruel world thesse days... Mates mates... STOP THE WAR!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 22, 2014, 07:18:17 am
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg8.uploadhouse.com%2Ffileuploads%2F18753%2F18753608bd00ceeadc3c0244e59f6deff0274d90.jpg&hash=ce87ec1a23f95ddf373d579342a5c887ae646b43)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gizmo on February 22, 2014, 09:14:06 am
le internet meme everywer xddddddddd
Title: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Diplex on February 22, 2014, 03:57:33 pm
After having seen multiple videos of the escalating violence, is it a question of time before any western power intervenes? The people of Ukraine will probably never step down now, I personally believe that it has gone too far for that. And hey, whats a government without its people?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a25_1393030880

And this one is quite nasty,

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=934_1393021284
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: John Price on February 22, 2014, 04:01:31 pm
They are extremely commited to this, i have seen video's of them not harming the police but disarming them and leaving them to flee, They are commited in a good way, and good on them, there was a livestream of the riots, but im not sure wether it is still up as i dont have the link anymore.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 22, 2014, 04:15:23 pm
Damn, that stretcher bearer guy...
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Joseph Graham on February 22, 2014, 04:44:05 pm
With Yanukovych having just accused the revolution of being fascistic and the opposition of planning a coup I feel that it isn't far off complete civil war now, although what stance the Ukrainian Armed Forces would take is beyond me. Regardless, the situation needs to be addressed.

That aside, some of the videos that have come out of Ukraine are disgusting; the incident with the medical staff dying from sniper rifles, for example. I wonder if we'll see a war crimes tribunal set up in the aftermath of all this.

EDIT; the protestors have begun to field fire mages.

(https://i.imgur.com/bdoyF5v.jpg)
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Matthew on February 22, 2014, 04:56:20 pm
Without wanting to sound callous does anyone have any times stamps of any action.

Also if I was the camera man I would of shat myself, you can hear the bullets flying quite close to him (I assume that is what they are).
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: -~Carson~- on February 22, 2014, 04:58:27 pm
I see the riots getting much worst than what they are now.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 22, 2014, 05:45:30 pm
Vive la revolution!

Ima go to Ukraine and form a small group of guerrilla fighters...THEN WE SHALL BRING SOCIALISM TO THE UKRAINE...


That'll get westerners attentions if a bunch of commies are revolting
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on February 22, 2014, 06:04:09 pm
Looks like things might actually settle down if the Russians can keep themselves from carpet bombing the country with freedom America style.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Diplex on February 22, 2014, 06:11:45 pm
Well, currently, they're sort of fighting against their Russian-friendly "socialist" government.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: William on February 22, 2014, 06:15:33 pm
My prayers go out to the people in the Ukraine, hopefully this will end soon without the need for so much bloodshed.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Rikugun Taishō Ito on February 22, 2014, 06:25:48 pm
Damn dood.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: SilentMan on February 22, 2014, 08:00:28 pm
Vive la revolution!

Ima go to Ukraine and form a small group of guerrilla fighters...THEN WE SHALL BRING SOCIALISM TO THE UKRAINE...


That'll get westerners attentions if a bunch of commies are revolting

lol socialism doesn't work you filthy liberal
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on February 22, 2014, 08:02:03 pm
Stupid slavs, wanting to join the EU lol
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 22, 2014, 08:02:03 pm
Vive la revolution!

Ima go to Ukraine and form a small group of guerrilla fighters...THEN WE SHALL BRING SOCIALISM TO THE UKRAINE...


That'll get westerners attentions if a bunch of commies are revolting

lol socialism doesn't work you filthy liberal

And Oligarchy works so well.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: SilentMan on February 22, 2014, 08:02:35 pm
Vive la revolution!

Ima go to Ukraine and form a small group of guerrilla fighters...THEN WE SHALL BRING SOCIALISM TO THE UKRAINE...


That'll get westerners attentions if a bunch of commies are revolting

lol socialism doesn't work you filthy liberal

And Oligarchy works so well.

uhh okay I don't see how that relates
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: William on February 22, 2014, 08:04:48 pm
Don't even bother Silent, Clearly is a socialist supporter (idk why anyone would ever want that sort of government).
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: El_Presidente on February 22, 2014, 08:07:25 pm
El Presidente believes the Ukrainian people should become an extension of the Tropican state until normal government can be restored.

I have already prepared my speech for the Presidential election, I seem quite popular.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rr_fcJw9b0 [/youtube]
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Death by EMP on February 22, 2014, 08:47:10 pm
The problem with Western intervention is defining who is friend and who is foe. Sure, at first glance, it may seem like the lines are obvious, but really they are quite blurred. There are soldiers assisting the civillians, civillians for the government, and then the 2 more obvious sides of the fight. It just seems like Western intervention would not only be extremely difficult, but extremely risky as well. We must not forget Russia supports the Ukranian government. How will they react if Western nations move in to support the Ukranian people? Will they consider it an act of aggression against them? Who knows, I guess time will tell because if this fighting doesn't let up, Western intervention is almost assured.

Also, that 2nd video... that shit was tense, when the guy with the stretcher got shot, made me shed a bit of a tear for him. He was a true hero, attempting to rescue that man who if he wasn't dead already, was surely doomed to die. Just look at that pool of blood. Man, let's all remember that stretcher guy as a hero.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Matthew on February 22, 2014, 08:59:53 pm
The second video is the perspective of the men being fired on in the first video by the looks of it, that is absolutely terrifying. Even the priest and medics had shields, I am they needed to shoot the priest before he attacked them with deadly holy water. 
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Death by EMP on February 22, 2014, 09:06:22 pm
Apparently Ukranian opposition leader has been freed from prison and taken authority in Kiev while the former Ukranian president has been voted out of office by Ukranian parliament. Things are starting to look up.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on February 22, 2014, 09:10:21 pm
Apparently Ukranian opposition leader has been freed from prison and taken authority in Kiev while the former Ukranian president has been voted out of office by Ukranian parliament. Things are starting to look up.

Stupid slavs, wanting to join the EU lol

You would rather them be with this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=934_1393021284 [Graphic]

A government that guns down unarmed priests trying to carry a wounded man out on a stretcher? That sounds like a perfectly safe and reasonable government.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on February 22, 2014, 09:19:23 pm
Apparently Ukranian opposition leader has been freed from prison and taken authority in Kiev while the former Ukranian president has been voted out of office by Ukranian parliament. Things are starting to look up.

Stupid slavs, wanting to join the EU lol

You would rather them be with this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=934_1393021284 [Graphic]

A government that guns down unarmed priests trying to carry a wounded man out on a stretcher? That sounds like a perfectly safe and reasonable government.

You're implying that the rioters didn't resort to violence first.
The government of the Ukraine is corrupt, but its better than to be fucked in the ass by the European Jewnion.

It annoys me how people like to simplify things into bad guys vs. good guys. There are no good guys.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on February 22, 2014, 09:25:48 pm
Apparently Ukranian opposition leader has been freed from prison and taken authority in Kiev while the former Ukranian president has been voted out of office by Ukranian parliament. Things are starting to look up.

Stupid slavs, wanting to join the EU lol

You would rather them be with this?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=934_1393021284 [Graphic]

A government that guns down unarmed priests trying to carry a wounded man out on a stretcher? That sounds like a perfectly safe and reasonable government.

You're implying that the rioters didn't resort to violence first.
The government of the Ukraine is corrupt, but its better than to be fucked in the ass by the European Jewnion.

It annoys me how people like to simplify things into bad guys vs. good guys. There are no good guys.
So because a few protesters of the bunch turned to violence, it's okay to gun down entire crowds of unarmed people who you swore to protect? In fact, most of the protester's have been trying to go about things peacefully, disarming the soldiers in Kiev and sending them home, even though they really do deserve to be shot for the crimes they committed. It's ironic you say people consider this a good vs. bad fight but you seem to think it is RU vs EU, when really it is the Ukranian people vs. the Ukranian government. You don't seem to get the big picture of this conflict.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 22, 2014, 09:30:36 pm
Yes everybody join the EU, EU is great.

Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on February 22, 2014, 09:33:54 pm
It's ironic you say people consider this a good vs. bad fight but you seem to think it is RU vs EU, when really it is the Ukranian people vs. the Ukranian government. You don't seem to get the big picture of this conflict.

"The big picture"? Are you kidding me? You are so misinformed.

The reason the protest started was the suspension of the Ukraine-EU agreement, because Russia (their biggest trading partner and ally) threatened sanctions if they kept to it. It's only recently become a protest against the government as a whole.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on February 22, 2014, 09:43:26 pm
It's ironic you say people consider this a good vs. bad fight but you seem to think it is RU vs EU, when really it is the Ukranian people vs. the Ukranian government. You don't seem to get the big picture of this conflict.

"The big picture"? Are you kidding me? You are so misinformed.

The reason the protest started was the suspension of the Ukraine-EU agreement, because Russia (their biggest trading partner and ally) threatened sanctions if they kept to it. It's only recently become a protest against the government as a whole.
You are saying the EU and RU is involved with this though. It is the Ukranian people fighting the Ukranian government. EU and RU are not involved at all. When either side sets boots on Ukranian ground and starts firing rounds, then you can say they are involved. The Ukranian people want to join the EU because their government clearly does not care for their well being. That is why the conflict started. The whole EU vs RU is just a backdrop, and that much is clear. When you see the videos of happenings in Ukraine, do you see EU/ NATO/ Western countries firing upon the RU/Ukranian government/Ukranian people or so on so forth and vice versa? No. The people you see are 1. The Ukranian Civillians and 2. The Ukranian government. Therefor, it is a conflict between the Ukranian people and the Ukranian government. The EU and RU are not involved. In fact, Putin is more concerned about how his sports teams are doing in the Olympics than what is going on in Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on February 22, 2014, 09:50:09 pm
It's ironic you say people consider this a good vs. bad fight but you seem to think it is RU vs EU, when really it is the Ukranian people vs. the Ukranian government. You don't seem to get the big picture of this conflict.

"The big picture"? Are you kidding me? You are so misinformed.

The reason the protest started was the suspension of the Ukraine-EU agreement, because Russia (their biggest trading partner and ally) threatened sanctions if they kept to it. It's only recently become a protest against the government as a whole.
You are saying the EU and RU is involved with this though.

You are putting those words into my mouth. I never said the EU and Russia was involved, I'm saying that the protesters want to sever ties with Russia and join EU and the government wants the opposite. Either way, nothing good will come of this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 22, 2014, 09:51:55 pm
It's ok untill the fact that protesters are refusing to put the guns down...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on February 22, 2014, 09:54:13 pm
It's ok untill the fact that protesters are refusing to put the guns down...
Losers have to make their move first. When the Ukranian military lays down their guns, the civillians surely will too. I'm fairly sure everyone there just wants to go home.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on February 22, 2014, 09:57:01 pm
The riots would stop if the majority were satisfied with the early election.....................unfortunately most of the opposition want

yanukovych to step down immediately.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 22, 2014, 09:57:25 pm
It's ok untill the fact that protesters are refusing to put the guns down...
Losers have to make their move first. When the Ukranian military lays down their guns, the civillians surely will too. I'm fairly sure everyone there just wants to go home.
Military lays guns dow? They can only do it by order of the president.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on February 22, 2014, 10:25:21 pm
It's ok untill the fact that protesters are refusing to put the guns down...
Losers have to make their move first. When the Ukranian military lays down their guns, the civillians surely will too. I'm fairly sure everyone there just wants to go home.
Military lays guns dow? They can only do it by order of the president.
The president was voted out of office by Ukranian parliament.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/22/oust-yanukovich-parliament_n_4837884.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on February 22, 2014, 10:29:21 pm
Yet he himself claims to be the victim of a coup, and as such claims that he is still in power for what that is worth.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on February 22, 2014, 10:32:14 pm
Yet he himself claims to be the victim of a coup, and as such claims that he is still in power for what that is worth.
I believe he is fleeing the country.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: Diplex on February 23, 2014, 12:57:16 am
Here is another video from last weeks riots.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d4f_1393102875

The first part of it not shown in any of the other ones on the first post.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 23, 2014, 01:31:48 am
Don't even bother Silent, Clearly is a socialist supporter (idk why anyone would ever want that sort of government).

1. I'm a Social Democrat

2. Because it works in every nation which has an economy that isn't based on Tourism.

I'm not a God damned Socialist in the sense of Marx.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Sanitarium on February 23, 2014, 01:41:29 am
Opposition leader Tymoshenko has been released from prison and already gave a speech on stage in maidan together with other opposition leaders. The 2004 constitution was returned, we're parlamentary-presidential republic again. Goverment announced early elections, which will be in 3 months. So yeah, things are getting more clear, almost all goals are achieved, and i hope the riots will stop, or at least will be peaceful
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 23, 2014, 01:43:58 am
Thank God for peace. Let's hope this ends out well for Ukraine.
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: SilentMan on February 23, 2014, 01:50:04 am
Don't even bother Silent, Clearly is a socialist supporter (idk why anyone would ever want that sort of government).

1. I'm a Social Democrat

2. Because it works in every nation which has an economy that isn't based on Tourism.

I'm not a God damned Socialist in the sense of Marx.

You say you aren't a socialist, but then you immediately say how well socialism works in other countries  ???

Socialism has never worked well in any country, period.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 23, 2014, 01:52:18 am
Germany, France, all of Scandinavia, Great Britain, Canada. Should I go on?

Also Social Democrat =/= Socialist
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: SilentMan on February 23, 2014, 01:56:26 am
Germany, France, all of Scandinavia, Great Britain, Canada. Should I go on?


?? I don't think you understand what socialism means. Socialism is when a government has full control of industry and the economy.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Raddeo on February 23, 2014, 01:57:55 am
Yup, and in the same time Viktor Yanukovych is in Kharkiv on the gathering of leaders of eastern parts of Ukraine. And they are not going to bend before terrorists and coup. So yeah, things are very clear - opposition has buildings in Kiev, but as most of Ukrainian industry is in eastern parts of country, they cannot in fact rule Ukraine, as long as eastern Ukraine is supporting legal government. And they are supporting it and are not going to change the side. So there is still chance for victory of legal government. Minister of foreign affairs of Russian Federation has demanded opposition to abide resolution from february 21. What's more Olimpic Games are near to the end so Russia is finally back in the game. And I don't think that they're going to leave Ukraine and their military bases on Crimea. Thing may be in fact not as close to the end as you guys believe.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 23, 2014, 01:58:05 am
I'm a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT YOU NIMROD. I'm not a fucking SOCIALIST.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Diplex on February 23, 2014, 02:11:01 am
Sweden (and Scandinavia) is a social democracy.

Research has shown that Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland all end up in the Top 10 countries to live in, based on the GDP per capita, social support, freedom from corruption, life expectancy etc.

Anyway, back on topic.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: SilentMan on February 23, 2014, 02:15:40 am
Sweden (and Scandinavia) is a social democracy.

Research has shown that Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland all end up in the Top 10 countries to live in, based on the GDP per capita, social support, freedom from corruption, life expectancy etc.

Anyway, back on topic.

They are democracies with huge taxes on corporations, not fully socialist countries.

I'm a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT YOU NIMROD. I'm not a fucking SOCIALIST.

I didn't mean any offense. I'm not saying you are a socialist, I'm saying those are not socialist countries. The only real socialist countries are China (excluding Hong Kong), North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, and Venezuela.

Yup, and in the same time Viktor Yanukovych is in Kharkiv on the gathering of leaders of eastern parts of Ukraine. And they are not going to bend before terrorists and coup. So yeah, things are very clear - opposition has buildings in Kiev, but as most of Ukrainian industry is in eastern parts of country, they cannot in fact rule Ukraine, as long as eastern Ukraine is supporting legal government. And they are supporting it and are not going to change the side. So there is still chance for victory of legal government. What is more, minister of foreign affairs of Russian Federation has demanded opposition to abide resolution from february 21. What's more Olimpic Games are near to the end so Russia is finally back in the game. And I don't think that they're going to leave Ukraine and their military bases on Crimea. Thing may be in fact not as close to the end as you guys believe.

Exactly.

The protests will not stop until Yanukovych completely steps down, and they definitely won't if he is reinstalled as president. I think this ordeal will only end with either western or Russian intervention.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Raddeo on February 23, 2014, 02:33:55 am
Foreign intervention will lead to war. Not civil war, but open war between East na West. That's why noone seems interested in such way of 'helping' Ukraine. Step down of Yanukovych won't also help. There are too many different parties on Maidan, and only one can win elections. What's more, situation of Ukraine is more difficult than people on Maidan think and new government won't be able to satisfy protesters. There are also a lot of extreme groups which won't be satisfied by any government. The only way to stop riots is using militia and army to force people to leave Maidan. And that's what earlier or later will probably happen. Doesn't matter whether Yaunkovych or opposition will win, they will have to get rid of protesters. Of course, there is a chance that protesters will leave Maidan after elections without even looking whether thay have achieved anything but change of government, but personally I don't believe in such ending.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Rikugun Taishō Ito on February 23, 2014, 05:09:29 am
I'm a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT YOU NIMROD. I'm not a fucking SOCIALIST.

much mad. such intensity. wow
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 23, 2014, 05:09:45 am
I'm a SOCIAL DEMOCRAT YOU NIMROD. I'm not a fucking SOCIALIST.

I didn't mean any offense. I'm not saying you are a socialist, I'm saying those are not socialist countries. The only real socialist countries are China (excluding Hong Kong), North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, and Venezuela.

Yeah, sorry for lashing out like that. I have no idea why William labeled me as a Socialist, I'm well aware a country like that can't function. People always call me a Commie for following the Social Democratic ideal so I get a wee bit... edgy.

Btw all the nations you listed are Communistic nations excluding Venezuela, which actually has a Marxist Socialist government structure. But I'm derailing the thread, if you want to continue the discussion, I'm happy to take it to PMs.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 23, 2014, 08:25:10 am
Yet he himself claims to be the victim of a coup, and as such claims that he is still in power for what that is worth.
I believe he is fleeing the country.
He's still in country, and he wont leave it.

When radical-minded people are refusing to lay down firearms and going to the East of country with weapons, trying to seize control over that regions. It's not a peaceful revolt, when people with weapons trying to seize goverment building in other regions, when they open fire at people without weapon, that happened in Lugansk, they attacked defenders with AK's and PM's.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 23, 2014, 01:01:01 pm
Have you seen his private palace? The toilet? The zoo? The ship? THE SIZE OF THE THING?

Anyway, yes, it's no longer a peaceful protest. I fully agree. Who is to blame? Now that's a good question...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 23, 2014, 01:39:14 pm
Question about palace, i dont care.
But things i care about are why radical people are now going in charge of Internal affairs? They're threatening to enact the repressions to thos who are speaking Russian, or to those, who are russian. It smells like mentally-disbaled guests from Western Ukraine are now got in business.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 23, 2014, 01:50:18 pm
I don't think who're is a word, whore is however.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 23, 2014, 01:56:34 pm
Well... that's revolution. After revolutions those who win always have to use terror against those who loose to keep power. History tells, that in most cases it looks like that.
Can you tell something more about what's going on in Lugansk? Our medias don't give us such informations and I can't find anything in the internet.

Duuring, it's good to know, that leaders of other countries are poor people working for charity. And that for sure they don't have private palaces and money in foreign banks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 23, 2014, 02:12:52 pm
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Question about palace, i dont care.

You don't care about the fact your president spends tax money on golden toilets, private boats and a zoo?

Our PM gets an office, a house, and a good paycheck. I think that's good enough, really. Wasting tax money on luxury isn't something anyone should defend.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 23, 2014, 02:17:12 pm
In Lugansk, local police and anti-rioters are defeding the regional goverment building against armed rioters from Right Sector, attack was repulsed, several rioters were captured, others spreaded out. For now defenders are staying unarmed, but if attacks will begin again with use of firearms they will use weapons too.

Bits about "revolutionaries"

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Golden Eagles (Berkut) were crucified by rioters in residency of Yanukovich, here's the new "face" of Ukraine. Burn in hell for what you've done.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 23, 2014, 02:17:18 pm
Sweden's king has grey hair but he's still pimping.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 23, 2014, 02:18:58 pm
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Question about palace, i dont care.

You don't care about the fact your president spends tax money on golden toilets, private boats and a zoo?
That's became a tradition in post-USSR countries, that presidents and goverments got luxury for taxes, every single previous President had the same.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 23, 2014, 02:30:05 pm
Last prime minister (supported by Maidan) was closed in jail for defraudation of national money. So I don't think that Yanukovych is anyhow special on this matter. Duuring, check your leaders' accounts in foregin banks and you'll see how nice "good paycheck" do they have. Corruption is all around us :) Also I'd like to notice, that until yesterday noone gave a fuck about this private palace. Was it hidden under invisibility cloak or was it just normal for Ukrainian people?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 23, 2014, 04:35:31 pm
You've got no idea how much checks and controls there are on our politicians. They don't get palaces. They can't slip away some money. A few months ago a politician tried declearing a couple of candles he lit in a church during a meeting, and everybody was all over him. That's how strict stuff is in my country.

You guys are pathedic. 'Yeah, everybody is corrupt, so who cares if this guy is?'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 23, 2014, 04:46:51 pm
You've got no idea how much checks and controls there are on our politicians. They don't get palaces. They can't slip away some money. A few months ago a politician tried declearing a couple of candles he lit in a church during a meeting, and everybody was all over him. That's how strict stuff is in my country.

You guys are pathedic. 'Yeah, everybody is corrupt, so who cares if this guy is?'.
In our country it became normal to give a bribes for solution of this or that problem, so if we want to clear corruption out we need to start from ourselves, but that wont be, as long is there is still no solution without bribe. This will never stop, and every person, who will become president, will take as much money as he or she can, it's unstoppable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 23, 2014, 04:48:11 pm
By not doing anything against an evil such as corruption, you are picking the side of it.

If someone shoot someone else in the head for giving a dirty look, is it suddenly ok for everyone to do that? Come on.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on February 23, 2014, 04:50:36 pm
His palace(s) is/are not the priority.
While it's no doubt shameful, and a lot of countries have to learn about corruption handling from Netherlands/Denmark/etc, it's his failure to fulfill his responsibilities as a president, that makes the case, corruption of CIS goverments only contributes to it.

You've got no idea how much checks and controls there are on our politicians. They don't get palaces. They can't slip away some money. A few months ago a politician tried declearing a couple of candles he lit in a church during a meeting, and everybody was all over him. That's how strict stuff is in my country.

You guys are pathedic. 'Yeah, everybody is corrupt, so who cares if this guy is?'.
In our country it became normal to give a bribes for solution of this or that problem, so if we want to clear corruption out we need to start from ourselves, but that wont be, as long is there is still no solution without bribe. This will never stop, and every person, who will become president, will take as much money as he or she can, it's unstoppable.

Quite stoppable, you even said how.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 23, 2014, 04:51:55 pm
We can blame all of Eastern Europes problems on communism  :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 23, 2014, 04:59:19 pm
We can blame all of Eastern Europes problems on communism  :)
Fast jump from feodalism to communism, was surely a mistake, and now jump from communism to capitalism is painful.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 23, 2014, 05:08:10 pm
Anything towards communism is a mistake.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on February 23, 2014, 05:10:38 pm
There never was any communism, just legal mass-robbing of the population at first and then state capitalism\socialism.
Which, of course, doesn't make it any better, still USSR took some part in building the system that we have today.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 23, 2014, 05:13:15 pm
I think legal mass-robbing, with the addition of a totalitarian regime and mass-murder, is a pretty good definition of Communism, yeah.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 23, 2014, 05:48:40 pm
Look what they found in his residency..


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not sure if it's true on not. :p
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on February 23, 2014, 05:57:28 pm
not sure if it's true on not. :p

But you masturbated nonetheless, just in case.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 23, 2014, 06:00:18 pm
that one nipple action is driving me crazy :p

Edit: Prince_Eugen, I've heard many things about those birds and all are lacking evidence. That it is true.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 23, 2014, 06:45:09 pm
that one nipple action is driving me crazy :p

Edit: Prince_Eugen, I've heard many things about those birds and all are lacking evidence. That it is true.
In context, that "revolutionaries" threatened, to Berkut soldiers and their families, that they will kill them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 23, 2014, 08:31:03 pm
Duuring, right, candles in church are perfect example to show that politicians have no chance to defraud money. In Poland there was huge scandal because one of ministers got new watch, but it doesn't mean, that there would be also huge scandal if he got few milions from his "friends". Think about it. Btw. "who controls those who control?" :P

I've just found two nice links from one of Canadian think-tanks
About "I am a Ukrainian" video (http://www.globalresearch.ca/exposed-viral-i-am-a-ukrainian-video-produced-by-pr-company-linked-to-regime-change-ngo/5370072)
About paying protesters (http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-and-eu-are-paying-ukrainian-rioters-and-protesters/5369316?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-and-eu-are-paying-ukrainian-rioters-and-protesters)
First informations was also confirmed by one of most important Polish news station (TVN, which is strongly pro-Maidan), so I believe that one can trust it. If pro-Maidan media shows anti-Maidan informations, they have to be true. The second one has also been confirmed by Ukrainian intelligence (or similar institution, I don't remember now). Also truth of first news somehow implicate truth of the second one. It's seems that not only pro-government groups recieved money for supporting their side.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 23, 2014, 08:54:55 pm
I'm not sure what your point is?

'If they all do it, it's okay!' ?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 23, 2014, 09:00:38 pm
that one nipple action is driving me crazy :p

Edit: Prince_Eugen, I've heard many things about those birds and all are lacking evidence. That it is true.
In context, that "revolutionaries" threatened, to Berkut soldiers and their families, that they will kill them.
I've heard it was a picture they found in the residency of the president or that protesters did do that and that those birds were in the zoo of the president of just that those are scarecrows. We really can't be sure.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: McEwan on February 23, 2014, 09:01:09 pm
Please do. I'd very much like it if this thread didn't turn into yet another idiotic scream-fest of political ideals and theories.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 23, 2014, 09:18:33 pm
Even if that are scarecrows, doing it shows that they're, hmm, mentally disabled or smth in this way.

Right now, Right sector radicals are trying to seize over the Kharkov, however, the numbers of anti-maidan movement are high there and rioters are blocked. Yanukovich is in Donetsk or Enakievo, local goverments of South-Eastern regions are staying on thier places. In Sevastopol, new mayor was elected, city proclaimed, that they're refusing to follow the orders of Kiev, same with whole Crimea, Donetsk, Odessa, Zaporizhya and other South-Eastern regions.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Bruin on February 23, 2014, 09:23:05 pm
Why don't they form testudo. That would be a lot more effective.
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Just wear heavy boots so they don't get hit in the calf of foot.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Hawke on February 23, 2014, 09:48:42 pm
The police here in the UK actually use the Testudo as a method of entering buildings.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 23, 2014, 09:59:08 pm
Scarecrows using real birds is more common than you think (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_scarer#Dead_birds)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 23, 2014, 11:00:27 pm
Even if that are scarecrows, doing it shows that they're, hmm, mentally disabled or smth in this way.

Right now, Right sector radicals are trying to seize over the Kharkov, however, the numbers of anti-maidan movement are high there and rioters are blocked. Yanukovich is in Donetsk or Enakievo,

You don't even know where your president is, lol  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 24, 2014, 06:59:36 am
Even if that are scarecrows, doing it shows that they're, hmm, mentally disabled or smth in this way.

Right now, Right sector radicals are trying to seize over the Kharkov, however, the numbers of anti-maidan movement are high there and rioters are blocked. Yanukovich is in Donetsk or Enakievo,

You don't even know where your president is, lol  :P
Enakievo is very close to Donetsk, i just didnt check info about him, by the morning he was in Enakievo and planned to visit Donetsk.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 24, 2014, 07:50:46 am
Good for him. He's no longer president, though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 25, 2014, 10:22:25 am
Crimea declared, that they will separate from Ukraine and asking for help from Russia, same feels among other regions of South-Eastern Ukraine. In Kiev, drunken "reloutionaries" keep "securing" streets of capital, even worse situation in less cities of territory controlled by new goverment. Right sector still threatening to South-East by repressions if they wont stop to resist new goverment. Peacefull revolt, democracy, yeah.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 25, 2014, 11:12:52 am
I thought you didn't care?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 25, 2014, 12:15:25 pm
I thought you didn't care?
Didnt care about what?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 25, 2014, 12:58:14 pm
About this entire thing. You cared little about the creation of Orwellian laws, but now you do seem to care when your ex-president get kicked out of powder by your elected government. And once again, nobody is claiming this is a peaceful revolt, but I wonder whose to blame.

I've seen, read or heard nothing about real seperastic movements in the Ukraine. Sure, the general idea, but never any 'WE GUNNA DU IT!'. Either show some sources or I'm forced to consider it nothing but a story.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 25, 2014, 01:06:33 pm
About this entire thing. You cared little about the creation of Orwellian laws, but now you do seem to care when your ex-president get kicked out of powder by your elected government. And once again, nobody is claiming this is a peaceful revolt, but I wonder whose to blame.

I've seen, read or heard nothing about real seperastic movements in the Ukraine. Sure, the general idea, but never any 'WE GUNNA DU IT!'. Either show some sources or I'm forced to consider it nothing but a story.
I didnt care about what happened in Kiev, because i knew, what that would look like, when they will enforce their stupid demands, look what is happening today, the country is splitted, because protesters want to seize the industrial and economical heart of country. The new orders and laws of unlegitimate goverment are insane. They want to forbid russian language in regions where amount of russian speaking people is over 60%.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 25, 2014, 01:12:17 pm
Is that a requested or a passed law?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 25, 2014, 01:29:29 pm
Is that a requested or a passed law?
Well, the previous law about language politics was canceled (russian language was claimed as second language in 17 provinces from 25), and now there is a requested law about forbid of russian language at all, as well as forbid of broadcast of russian TV channels in Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 25, 2014, 01:46:22 pm
So nothing has passed yet?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 25, 2014, 02:31:43 pm
So nothing has passed yet?
Law about canceling of status of language has passed, and the law about forbid is on prepairing stage.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 25, 2014, 05:31:04 pm
I thought only officials for the governement weren't allowed to speak russian in those regions and that the law was requested by the elected parliament.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: DaMonkey on February 25, 2014, 06:14:46 pm
The police here in the UK actually use the Testudo as a method of entering buildings.

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Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Hawke on February 25, 2014, 06:17:11 pm
As a method of entering buildings with criminals in, not just any building. :P
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: TheBoberton on February 25, 2014, 06:27:20 pm
Why don't they form testudo. That would be a lot more effective.
Just wear heavy boots so they don't get hit in the calf of foot.

Because such a thing doesn't work when you're hit with a liquid that happens to be lit on fire. I believe there are videos floating around of the Ukrainian riot police doing something similar, and paying dearly for it.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Rival on February 25, 2014, 06:36:16 pm
I've seen multiple videos ranging from a water cannon killing a protestor by breaking his neck to snipers picking off people one by one. Gotten a little out of hand in a few months.

How will this go on?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 25, 2014, 07:34:31 pm

Well it's not like the Russians tried killing national minorities' culture before? hm hmm, Russification.

I don't really see the rebels as some kind of liberal minded revolutionaries anymore. Day by day they are just seeming more and more like dumb nationalists who are as inept as the original government. The fact they made a revolution to be as dumb is now seeming really ridicoulus.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 26, 2014, 01:14:20 am
Ah nationalism, the murderer of all possible good things.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 26, 2014, 01:24:39 am
Give it time. They still have a government and an intern-president. That's as good as you can get after a revolution.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on February 26, 2014, 01:44:34 am
Give it time. They still have a government and an intern-president. That's as good as you can get after a revolution.

It's funny how they protested against a corrupt government who was bankrupting this country, but with this "revolution" they have just plunged it into further debt.

By the way, does anyone here even know why Yulia Tymoshenko was jailed in the first place?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_cases_against_Yulia_Tymoshenko_since_2010

She was convicted 7 years for abuse of power, bribery, and an involvement in murder.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 26, 2014, 02:13:23 pm
Give it time. They still have a government and an intern-president. That's as good as you can get after a revolution.
For me parliament is ilegitimate, same goes for new president.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 26, 2014, 02:24:03 pm
Why?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 26, 2014, 02:25:59 pm
Why?
Legitimate goverments are created on elections, ilegitimate - on armed revolts.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 26, 2014, 02:42:38 pm
The elected government removed him.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Smithy on February 26, 2014, 04:44:49 pm
Why don't they form testudo. That would be a lot more effective.
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Just wear heavy boots so they don't get hit in the calf of foot.

They have done this in more than a few situations.  However as previously stated, it does not help so much against Molotovs. 


Here is a great site for videos.

http://www.pravda.com.ua/photo-video/2014/02/23/7015996/

Also on the cRPG forum is a large discussion on this topic.  Several Ukrainians and Russians have been giving their input, and its quite informative.  Here's a link to that if anyone is interested.

http://forum.melee.org/general-off-topic/meanwhile-in-ukraine/


One last thing, primarily to Americans:  it is "Ukraine" not "the Ukraine".  ;)
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Augy on February 26, 2014, 05:03:03 pm
My Ukrainian friends are largely pessimistic, essentially the government of Ukraine will end up either back in Putin's pocket or in the pocket of the West.... neither outcome will be good for the people.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Duuring on February 26, 2014, 06:38:06 pm
So what's the solution, oh great and wise Augy?
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Gizmo on February 26, 2014, 06:50:11 pm
So what's the solution, oh great and wise Augy?
Anarchy of course.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: TORN on February 26, 2014, 07:08:11 pm
Seeing videos like this i'm happy i live in a country where people are to lazy to take it to the streets.

+Is that a semi with a minigun attached to the front ? o_O Those easterlings.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Duuring on February 26, 2014, 07:27:43 pm
Russia should help Ukraine, I don't want to pay for Ukraine just like:
Greece
Spain
Iceland
etc.

Yeah, fuck the rest of the world, who cares, as long as we can pay 125 euro a year tax less.

So what's the solution, oh great and wise Augy?
Anarchy of course.

Of course, stupid of me to ask.

Seeing videos like this i'm happy i live in a country where people are to lazy to take it to the streets.

+Is that a semi with a minigun attached to the front ? o_O Those easterlings.

That's because Belgium doesn't have the kind of problems Ukraine has. Plus, I'm pretty sure any Belgian protestors would be too confused about which of your five governments they actually are protesting.  :P

Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: TORN on February 26, 2014, 07:48:39 pm
pls we have 4 governements and 4 communities. So we could have 8 revolutions running at the same time!!!! Beat that world
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Shortshorts on February 26, 2014, 07:50:59 pm
I'm honestly astounded that you haven't torn yourselves to shreds Balkan style yet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 26, 2014, 08:00:47 pm
The elected government removed him.
Hmm, by whom? I didnt see something liek elections  :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 26, 2014, 09:13:43 pm
wot is Ukraine

sounds like a fancy Soviet dish m8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 26, 2014, 09:25:45 pm
The elected government removed him.
Hmm, by whom? I didnt see something liek elections  :-\

The government has a right to remove the president from power by vote. They are all elected representatives and by law they represent the will of the people who voted for them. They've also issued a date for new elections (Somewhere in May I believe?) so there's nothing you can complain about. Just because you don't agree with the removal of the ex-president doesn't mean it's illegitimate. Just wait for the next election and vote.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Duuring on February 26, 2014, 09:29:15 pm
pls we have 4 governements and 4 communities. So we could have 8 revolutions running at the same time!!!! Beat that world

Wasn't it 3 communities, 3 states and one federal, with the Flemish state and the Flemish community being the same institution?

Wait, that makes six. Now I'm confused. Stupid Belgium.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 26, 2014, 10:31:15 pm
He won't have chance to vote for Yanukovych, as new government issued arrest warrant of ex-president. So he cannot now take part in next elections. As always, after revolution new government eliminated ex one to make sure that they will not have a chance to return... So elections in Ukraine will be very similar communistic ones - "you can vote, but only for those from our faction". Probably for the first time there won't be any opposition candidates during elections. Vivat democracy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 26, 2014, 10:33:19 pm
To be fair, Yanukovych was a corrupt bastard. Losing a chance to vote for him is not great loss.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 26, 2014, 10:34:55 pm
Yanukovych is on trail for mass-murder. Of course he can not be re-elected. But you can't possibly want him back? Or do you?

I still find it hilarious you literary said you didn't care about this, and now you are on the losing side, and now you care.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sweeney on February 27, 2014, 03:54:39 am
So...Vive la Revolution?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 27, 2014, 03:55:59 am
So...Vive la Revolution?
Vive la Revolution Vive la Revolution, comrades
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 27, 2014, 12:39:48 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcs14115.vk.me%2Fc540106%2Fv540106227%2Fc8ed%2FIk3frDbVI2w.jpg&hash=9c98351e93b3e4d020676ed61c694d98cb4544be)

Hmm, ok.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Joseph Graham on February 27, 2014, 12:45:07 pm
Ukraine's image could honestly be a movie poster; and I wouldn't be surprised that in years to come it was.

That aside, the regional government and parliament headquarters in the Crimea was allegedly seized today, and acting president Oleksandr Turchynov has issued a warning to Russia that any movement of its troops from their naval base in the southern Crimea region “will be considered military aggression."

Hum. I don't usually lend them any credence but those that promote the line of thought that the Cold War never truly came to an end seem more the wiser now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 27, 2014, 12:46:55 pm
That image is actual Kiev central place, not a poster.

Placing US marines in Kiev and calling for NATO intervention "to clear separatists" is ok? Double standarts, for sure.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Joseph Graham on February 27, 2014, 12:49:08 pm
That image is actual Kiev central place, not a poster.

I'm aware of that, hence;

Ukraine's image could honestly be a movie poster; and I wouldn't be surprised that in years to come it was.

Probably could have worded that better myself, but it's too early in the morning. That aside, the placement of a NATO-led armed deterrent in the Ukraine will only incense Russia further.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 27, 2014, 02:08:00 pm
It was stormed by 30 armed guys. They killed two and wounded others and claimed the Crimea is Russian. Not exactly the same situation as in the west.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 27, 2014, 02:17:01 pm
It was stormed by 30 armed guys. They killed two and wounded others and claimed the Crimea is Russian. Not exactly the same situation as in the west.
No one died, btw.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 27, 2014, 02:18:58 pm
I've got a (Dutch) article right here claiming otherwise. Can you show me proof on the contrary?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 27, 2014, 02:29:15 pm
I've got a (Dutch) article right here claiming otherwise. Can you show me proof on the contrary?
http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/3312086-v-rezultate-mytynha-v-symferopole-postradalo-35-chelovek-dvoe-umerlo-mynzdrav-ark

Two died in fighting yesterday, not today...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 27, 2014, 03:29:10 pm
So still people died?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 27, 2014, 03:51:19 pm
So still people died?
In collisions between tartar protesters and local protesters of anti-maidan movement, which took place yesterday, not in capturing of building.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 27, 2014, 04:02:21 pm
Say that then.

I read that the Tartars make like 12% of the population of the Crimea and 60% are Russians, put there by Stalin because Stalin was a dick. Let's hope we don't get the 'THIS CLAY IST MINE'-discussion.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on February 27, 2014, 04:49:39 pm
Say that then.

I read that the Tartars make like 12% of the population of the Crimea and 60% are Russians, put there by Stalin because Stalin was a dick. Let's hope we don't get the 'THIS CLAY IST MINE'-discussion.
Is of Ukrainian clay. Ukraina stronk! Ukraina relevant!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 27, 2014, 05:56:22 pm
Say that then.
I've got a (Dutch) article right here claiming otherwise. Can you show me proof on the contrary?

Two died in fighting yesterday, not today...
Hmm, i said.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 27, 2014, 06:16:08 pm
No one died, btw.

Say that then.

I read that the Tartars make like 12% of the population of the Crimea and 60% are Russians, put there by Stalin because Stalin was a dick. Let's hope we don't get the 'THIS CLAY IST MINE'-discussion.
Is of Ukrainian clay. Ukraina stronk! Ukraina relevant!

UKRAINE CAN INTO RELEVANCE!

Okay, apparently the ex-president is now in Moskou and is going to give a press conference tomorrow. WORLD WAR 3! IT'S GUNNA HAPPAH!
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: TORN on February 27, 2014, 07:21:13 pm
We have talent to make simple things over-complicated.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 27, 2014, 07:46:32 pm
No one died, btw.
No one died during the capture i meant.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Coconut on February 28, 2014, 11:48:09 am
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Inu_-0dcSU[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 28, 2014, 03:25:36 pm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Inu_-0dcSU[/youtube]
Sweet lies, right now this sector is claiming that they will scorch the lands of South-Eastern Ukraine. Oh scratch this, my view is biased, it's only peacefull revolutionaries, silly me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on February 28, 2014, 04:05:17 pm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Inu_-0dcSU[/youtube]
MUH DICK
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 04:30:57 pm
Pretty interesting Ukrainians refer to groups as if its World war 2, aka Facists versus Commies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 28, 2014, 05:34:39 pm
Pretty interesting Ukrainians refer to groups as if its World war 2, aka Facists versus Commies.
SS Galichina well, in many things Right Sector are successors of that shite.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 05:48:59 pm
As far as Ukranian SS'ers go, it was either the Nazi's or the commies. Plus, after two decades of commie rule as that in Ukraine...Hell, even I had joined the Germans. I wonder how many people can say differently.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 28, 2014, 06:16:22 pm
As far as Ukranian SS'ers go, it was either the Nazi's or the commies. Plus, after two decades of commie rule as that in Ukraine...Hell, even I had joined the Germans. I wonder how many people can say differently.
Well, myself i'm part of Anti-maidan movement, and i'm against right sector.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 06:24:53 pm
That was not the point of that statement.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 28, 2014, 09:08:23 pm
This just in.

2000 russian soldiers land 'armed invasion' of Crimea. They 'occupy' Crimea airports...

This isn't looking good guys.

http://www.reddit.com/live/3rgnbke2rai6hen7ciytwcxadi (http://www.reddit.com/live/3rgnbke2rai6hen7ciytwcxadi) link if you want to stay updated.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Diplex on February 28, 2014, 09:23:28 pm
INVASION TIME.

http://youtu.be/ZUthbNCA1nc?t=11s
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 28, 2014, 09:23:56 pm
What the hell? Isn't this effectively declaring war on Ukraine??
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 28, 2014, 09:26:37 pm
Pretty interesting Ukrainians refer to groups as if its World war 2, aka Facists versus Commies.
SS Galichina well, in many things Right Sector are successors of that shite.

Don't they rather believe that they are successors of Ukrainian Insurgent Army?

TORN, Russians claim that they don't occupy any part of Ukraine. They said, that those airports are property of Russian Army (Russians have own military base on Crimea), so even if they do block those airports, it's not any kind of 'invasion'. There are some 'unidentified' soldiers on Crimea, but they don't have any signs. Officially we can't say that they are Russians, Ukrainians or anyone else.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on February 28, 2014, 09:28:50 pm
I'm guessing they're doing the Georgia thing again, "peacekeeping" and all that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 28, 2014, 09:50:56 pm
Isn't 'peacekeeping' strategy of USA, not Russia?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 28, 2014, 09:52:32 pm
Why not both?
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Onii on February 28, 2014, 09:53:44 pm
About time Russia, been teasing us for a while now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on February 28, 2014, 10:01:23 pm
Russia de-facto made only one invasion for past 20 years. USA, hmm, looks like at least 6. Ok then, so who is warmonger?


Spoiler
Me and my biased opinion are back.
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 28, 2014, 10:05:01 pm
summary of what happend today
(https://i.imgur.com/edDvHBt.jpg)
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Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: TORN on February 28, 2014, 10:11:57 pm
I don't like this at all....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 28, 2014, 10:17:07 pm
If Arseniy Yatsenyuk thinks that Russia invaded Ukraine why doesn't he order army to defend the country? He want to rule country, so he should also take responibility for it's safety.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 28, 2014, 10:18:54 pm
Ukraine vs. Russia...... I wonder how that would work out. I think they're waiting for help on the outside.

The UNSC is having a closed-door session about Ukraine as we speak.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 28, 2014, 10:20:08 pm
If Arseniy Yatsenyuk thinks that Russia invaded Ukraine why doesn't he order army to defend the country? He want to rule country, so he should also take responibility for it's safety.

You really think the Ukrainians would last long against Russia? Have we forgotten Georgia?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 10:36:59 pm
Eugen, your nation has just been invaded. Russia just simply says 'Sorry, you don't get to decide about your own land'. And still you think they are the good guys? You said you consider yourself an Ukrainian, so what? You also consider yourself a Russian? You think Ukraine and Russia are the same country?

You are either very loyal or just really stupid.

TORN, Russians claim that they don't occupy any part of Ukraine. They said, that those airports are property of Russian Army (Russians have own military base on Crimea), so even if they do block those airports, it's not any kind of 'invasion'. There are some 'unidentified' soldiers on Crimea, but they don't have any signs. Officially we can't say that they are Russians, Ukrainians or anyone else.

That's bullshit. Those airports are on Ukrainian land and the Russian army has no right of even being there, let alone invading it with weapons. All the 'unidentified' soldiers are Russians. Russian High Command acknowledged that.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 10:37:51 pm
This is basically an act of war. Just because it hasn't been declared means shit.

This is pretty big. Watch your interwebs guys.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on February 28, 2014, 10:37:56 pm
No, I don't think they can. But before revolution there was no risk of Russian attack. Anti-russian politics of new government also is important in this matter. They started revolution, now they have to take responsibility of results of their actions. If they don't do it, it will mean that anyone can do whatever he wants with Ukraine because now government doesn't control own country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 28, 2014, 10:40:30 pm
You know the anti-language laws probally will get vetoed?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 10:42:07 pm
Russia is just doing this to secure their own military bases. To save face. To look awesome. It's shitty, and people are going to die because of it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 28, 2014, 10:44:24 pm
Ukraine's airforce has currently been put on combat alert.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 10:51:25 pm
I read a tweet that the Russians are trying to force an autonomous Crimean state.

Pretty much, they are just taking the part of Ukraine they find important.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on February 28, 2014, 11:01:50 pm
Imagine seeing this along with Russian APC convoys rolling through your street.

Spoiler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYFh2lABg48&feature=player_detailpage
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on February 28, 2014, 11:02:34 pm
You do understand that more than a half of Crimea's population is Russian, yeah?
So you basically deny them their right for self-governing.

Spoiler
Another biased opinion here.
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 28, 2014, 11:04:04 pm
Majority of Wallonia is french-speaking so France has the right to invade Belgium....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 28, 2014, 11:04:17 pm
Funny, last I checked Crimea was home to the Tatars not a bunch of Russians who showed up and took the land.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 11:10:47 pm
Stalin kicked them out. 12% is Tatar, about 60% is Russian.

You do understand that more than a half of Crimea's population is Russian, yeah?
So you basically deny them their right for self-governing.

Spoiler
Another biased opinion here.
[close]

Right, so that gives Russia an excuse to invade?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on February 28, 2014, 11:14:08 pm
Point still stands.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on February 28, 2014, 11:20:24 pm
From the last official time they checked it:
Spoiler
російська
1 890 960
78,75%
 
кримськотатарська
230 237
9,59%

українська
228 250
9,51%
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Who said anything about "excuse for invading"?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on February 28, 2014, 11:24:08 pm
Way I see it

Yanukovych legged it from his capital, not even 24 hours after signing a deal with the opposition, abandoned his capital and then his country, having the nerve to flee across Ukiraine, across the Black Sea t find sanctuary in Russia and then declare "Oh, yeah, I'm still totally legit President, I didn't run away"
So the morning after the deal was signed those protesters wake up to find no government, no police and no President, so the Parliament takes over, that, in my opinion, made the parliament the legitimate power, Yanukovych lost all legitimacy when he fled the country. He's lost support from everyone, even those who had supported him. I think Ukraine should be worried about Yanukovych still being around, because he's clearly a dictator who won't give up the Presidency that the majority of the country has demanded he leave, if he cared at all about democracy or his people, or the spilling of blood, he'd throw the towel in and leave quietly.

As for the Crimea, hopefully the new Interim government can negotiate with the leaders of the pro-russians involved and sort it out, since there is nothing the new government will do to them because they already made clear they wanted strong ties with the EU AND Russia.

As for Russia, I don't buy for a moment that all these frigates and helicopters and tanks and 150,000 troops have been coincidentally "drilling" on the borders with Ukraine, no way is that all coincidence, if any kind of war or invasion were to happen, I have no doubt Russia would be the initiator.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 11:25:23 pm
From the last official time they checked it:
Spoiler
російська
1 890 960
78,75%
 
кримськотатарська
230 237
9,59%

українська
228 250
9,51%
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Who said anything about "excuse for invading"?

We don't speak Russian.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on February 28, 2014, 11:33:13 pm
UNSC probaly won't do anything because Russia is a veto-wielding permanent member and could veto any action.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 11:34:46 pm
Those vetos...God...It's just a plaything.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: William on February 28, 2014, 11:39:20 pm
Looks like the opening act is done, we now present the main show, starring, Russia.

Edit: Look at this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russian-troops-take-over-airports-in-crimea/2014/02/28/659fbec0-a082-11e3-a050-dc3322a94fa7_story.html (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russian-troops-take-over-airports-in-crimea/2014/02/28/659fbec0-a082-11e3-a050-dc3322a94fa7_story.html)
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 11:43:11 pm
Quote
“No subdivision of the Black Sea Fleet has been advanced into the Belbek area, let alone involved in blocking it,” the spokesman said. “Given the unstable situation around the Black Sea Fleet bases in the Crimea, and the places where our service members live with their families, security has been stepped by the Black Sea Fleet’s anti-terror units.”

And just a few hours later they admit it was a total lie. And still claim it's legit.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: William on February 28, 2014, 11:49:26 pm
This is really beginning to worry me. This isn't some stupid NK thing that distracts the world by saying they're going to blow us the fuck up, this is an actual entry of troops by the Russian Federation with no rights or permission to be there. Lets hope diplomacy will prevail, otherwise, shit might just hit the fan.

My favorite part from the article:
Quote
A man who identified himself as an officer of the Black Sea Fleet told the agency: “We are here . . . so as not to have a repeat of the Maidan.” He referred to the popular uprising at Kiev’s Independence Square that led to the ouster of pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych last weekend
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on February 28, 2014, 11:55:54 pm
From the last official time they checked it:
Spoiler
російська
1 890 960
78,75%
 
кримськотатарська
230 237
9,59%

українська
228 250
9,51%
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Who said anything about "excuse for invading"?

We don't speak Russian.

That shouldn't be a problem, considering it's not in Russian. Hurr hurr hurr. The three populations are "Russian", "Crimean-Tatar" and "Ukrainian" respectively.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2014, 11:57:29 pm
I suck at languages. I admit it. and thanks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on March 01, 2014, 12:08:17 am
I'd like to know where those figures are from though. The 2001 census only puts Russians at 58.3% in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, at 60.4% if you include Sevastopol special region.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 04:48:33 am
I think this ordeal will only end with either western or Russian intervention.

Called it.

This is really beginning to worry me. This isn't some stupid NK thing that distracts the world by saying they're going to blow us the fuck up, this is an actual entry of troops by the Russian Federation with no rights or permission to be there. Lets hope diplomacy will prevail, otherwise, shit might just hit the fan.

My favorite part from the article:
Quote
A man who identified himself as an officer of the Black Sea Fleet told the agency: “We are here . . . so as not to have a repeat of the Maidan.” He referred to the popular uprising at Kiev’s Independence Square that led to the ouster of pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych last weekend

That's actually mainstream media bullshit, those were ethnic Russian militia groups. Not Russian troops.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Wolfy on March 01, 2014, 08:47:09 am
While I would like to believe that they are just " ethnic Russian militia groups " I didn't know militia groups had armoured personnel carriers. I am really starting to wonder how far this will all go.  :-\
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 01, 2014, 09:27:19 am
Ooooooh there is gonna be a war
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on March 01, 2014, 10:22:56 am
Their own numbers from 2001. I briefly tried to find more recent numbers but couldn't.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Diplex on March 01, 2014, 10:26:03 am
The Crimean peninsula would be a juicy piece of land for Russia..
Title: Re: [UKRAINE RIOTS] How far will the riots go? (Videos & Discussion)
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 01, 2014, 10:28:16 am
The Crimean peninsula would be a juicy piece of land for Russia..
Why? It has no valuable resources, it's basemement doesnt have strategical importance.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Diplex on March 01, 2014, 10:37:10 am
Based on what? I thought it was obvious.

Crimea has political, cultural, geographic links to Russia and high strategic value. It would allow Russia to gain further control of the Black Sea.

Also, more troops.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4c4_1393660988
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Hadhod on March 01, 2014, 10:40:53 am
It has no strategical importance? That's why the Black Sea fleet is garrisoned in Sewastopol?
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Augy on March 01, 2014, 10:47:04 am
Crimea is the only region in Ukraine that doesn't have a majority of Ukrainians. It's a Russian enclave in Ukraine. I know military spending has been cut back so that makes a lot of angry militarists and government contractors (russian companies mainly). Just wait and see as there's a possibility of miscalculation and events escalating out of control. Just seeing it as a piece of land is very bourgeois and imperialst way of seeing the world. - there's working class people living in the middle of this shit who aren't represented yet, the maidan protests was mainly middle class kids and fascist symphatisers.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Hadhod on March 01, 2014, 11:02:25 am
That's the way to go, because the right wing parties were in the front the whole protesters are fascist. Duuh...
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Diplex on March 01, 2014, 11:09:45 am
The fascist could have appeared to be the more violent side, but ive seen numerous of videos and interviews with protestors who say that it doesnt matter if you're a leftist or fascist, they're in it together.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 01:15:17 pm
So we have the exact same casus giving 60% and 80%? Uhm...okay...

So Russia pretty much invaded the Crimea and, if you ask me, is making it look like they are protecting the Crimean Russians cos Freedom and democracy. GG Putin, you did it again.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 01:18:32 pm
Crimea is the only region in Ukraine that doesn't have a majority of Ukrainians. It's a Russian enclave in Ukraine. I know military spending has been cut back so that makes a lot of angry militarists and government contractors (russian companies mainly). Just wait and see as there's a possibility of miscalculation and events escalating out of control. Just seeing it as a piece of land is very bourgeois and imperialst way of seeing the world. - there's working class people living in the middle of this shit who aren't represented yet, the maidan protests was mainly middle class kids and fascist symphatisers.

Sure Augy, sure.

Russia is doing a grant job making it look like they are doing this all on the wishes of the Ethic Russians. And there will be a 'referendum' whether to stay in Ukraine or join Russia. Of course, it will be a 99% Join-Russia-Result.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 01, 2014, 01:33:47 pm
Crimea is the only region in Ukraine that doesn't have a majority of Ukrainians. It's a Russian enclave in Ukraine. I know military spending has been cut back so that makes a lot of angry militarists and government contractors (russian companies mainly). Just wait and see as there's a possibility of miscalculation and events escalating out of control. Just seeing it as a piece of land is very bourgeois and imperialst way of seeing the world. - there's working class people living in the middle of this shit who aren't represented yet, the maidan protests was mainly middle class kids and fascist symphatisers.

Sure Augy, sure.

Russia is doing a grant job making it look like they are doing this all on the wishes of the Ethic Russians. And there will be a 'referendum' whether to stay in Ukraine or join Russia. Of course, it will be a 99% Join-Russia-Result.
South-Eastern region of Ukraine is giving Western region above of 50% of it's income as dotation (dont know how it in english). Ofc, personally, i dont want to pay money from my taxes to people, who arent working, and calling me russian slave.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 01, 2014, 01:35:13 pm
So we have the exact same casus giving 60% and 80%? Uhm...okay...

So Russia pretty much invaded the Crimea and, if you ask me, is making it look like they are protecting the Crimean Russians cos Freedom and democracy. GG Putin, you did it again.
Same feeling, when USA protecting their freedom in Libya or Somalia, or even in Syria. GG White House, gg.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 01:38:26 pm
Libya was on full-scale civil war. Somalia had a genocide. They could not intervene in Syria because Russia blocked it, to protect their ally.

Oh, by the way, the new 'elected' PM of the Crimea is a member of the Russian Unity party, which has 4 out of 100 seats in the Crimean parliaments, and none in the national.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 01:39:04 pm
Well, good job on supporting Russia, because you can kiss the Crimea goodbye.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 01, 2014, 01:41:22 pm
Well, good job on supporting Russia, because you can kiss the Crimea goodbye.
Good job on supporting USA, good bye.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Hawke on March 01, 2014, 01:46:26 pm
Eastern Europe cannot into normal.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 01:56:00 pm
Well, good job on supporting Russia, because you can kiss the Crimea goodbye.
Good job on supporting USA, good bye.

Not that I do, but anyway, I'm not going to lose (a rich) part of my country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 01, 2014, 01:58:03 pm
Yeah somehow this is USA's fault?
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: TORN on March 01, 2014, 02:00:53 pm
So you're okay with Russia invading Crimea?
With that logic the Netherlands can invade Flanders because we pay those 'jobless' Walonians... pls Duuring liberate us Russian style :'(
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 02:03:21 pm
I've mobilized all our forces. The full might of the Dutch army is moving forth. IT'S THE TEN DAYS CAMPAIGN ALL OVER AGAIN! (without the French)


By the way, I feel this is a pretty good drawing on the current situation.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bhl3oeZCcAEHRvg.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 01, 2014, 02:16:09 pm
Duuring, you know that 'full scale civil war' in Libya was probably caused by USA?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 02:17:13 pm
Here come the conspiracy theories.

Thing is, you probably believe it, and oppose it. But at the same time you support Russian invasions? Why like the one and hate the other?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 01, 2014, 02:19:28 pm
I guess Khadafi had nothing to do with Lybia
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Suede on March 01, 2014, 02:57:40 pm
Ukraine loose this, and now is clearly, that at least Crimea, but could be also few South and East regions will be Russian.
The question is, how it will be:
1. Like in Georgia in 2008
2. Like in Czechoslovakia in 1938

Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 02:59:34 pm
What is the difference between those situation?
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Suede on March 01, 2014, 03:07:35 pm
1. with war/conflict
2. without
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: TORN on March 01, 2014, 03:10:44 pm
Russia is just honoring the treaty of Pereyaslav.
They have a valid casus  ;)

Spoiler
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Naveki.jpg)
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Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Karth on March 01, 2014, 03:21:44 pm
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jmSemS_bHDAhE2vp-q1dF1tgvJxw?docId=ee80b6e0-f887-4c2c-bde0-1a4628e65ac3
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Mr T on March 01, 2014, 03:31:09 pm
Putin's ignoring everything the international community is telling him not to do, its all down to the Russian Parliament but knowing Putin he'll do it anyway.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: TORN on March 01, 2014, 03:36:16 pm
Parlement approved use of force

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/russian-parliament-approves-use-of-force-in-crimea/article5739708.ece (http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/russian-parliament-approves-use-of-force-in-crimea/article5739708.ece)
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Augy on March 01, 2014, 04:07:49 pm
What angers me is that the fascists are using anarchist flags, colours and raised fist.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26394980
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 04:10:45 pm
Because the anarchists have full copyright on raised fists...

Besides, they aren't fascists, stop saying they are. Not everyone that's not an anarchist is a fascist, you know.

Putin's ignoring everything the international community is telling him not to do, its all down to the Russian Parliament but knowing Putin he'll do it anyway.

The Russian parliament barely opposes Putin. It's just a show.

I think that what we have here is undeclared war.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Mr T on March 01, 2014, 04:14:34 pm
Putin's using the BS excuse that its to "protect Russian citizens" when its the Russian/pro-Russian peoples in control of Crimea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 01, 2014, 04:16:22 pm
Here come the conspiracy theories.

Thing is, you probably believe it, and oppose it. But at the same time you support Russian invasions? Why like the one and hate the other?
So if anyone opposes the mainstream narrative of the blatant bias western media they're a conspiracy theorist? I welcome that title.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 04:16:31 pm
I said this before, but here again, the new PM of the Crimea is the leader of the Russian unity party, which has 4 out of 100 seats in the Crimean Parliament.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 04:18:20 pm
Libya is not the topic at hand, but anyway, I agree that probably not everything is what it looks like, because it never is. That being said, I consider a full 'USA made the rebellion'-conspiracy concerning Libya to be utter bullshit. And now back to Ukraine.

Nice avatar, by the way.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Tibbert on March 01, 2014, 04:24:40 pm
God bless Russia.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Hadhod on March 01, 2014, 04:28:48 pm
Putin's using the BS excuse that its to "protect Russian citizens" when its the Russian/pro-Russian peoples in control of Crimea.
That's the reason Germans had to settle westwards after WW2 so that Germany could not reclaim the territory because of its German inhabitants.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 01, 2014, 04:57:45 pm
Russia just asked to recall their ambassador to the US... pretty big deal diplomacy wise
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TheZach_Attack on March 01, 2014, 05:00:53 pm
oh sheet manye
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 05:06:13 pm
Ukranian parliament has thrown the ideas to remove Russian as a 2nd official language out of the window.

So, Russians are no longer in danger (not that they ever were), Putin can draw back his army and peace and harmony will reign forever. Da?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 01, 2014, 05:17:00 pm
"No! You want strongest ties to EU but still want strong ties with Russia? HOW DARE YOU!"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 01, 2014, 05:43:19 pm
Ukranian parliament has thrown the ideas to remove Russian as a 2nd official language out of the window.

So, Russians are no longer in danger (not that they ever were), Putin can draw back his army and peace and harmony will reign forever. Da?
Too late.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 05:48:32 pm
Because people should die because the Russian language wasn't stripped of its official status.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 01, 2014, 05:55:47 pm
Because people should die because the Russian language wasn't stripped of its official status.
No one hears new parliament, tbh.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 07:26:13 pm
You idiots watch the mainstream news too much. There is no good or bad guy here. The EU wants to increase influence in the region, and Russia wants to increase influence in the region. There are radicals on both sides (the armed Ukrainian fascists/the armed ethnic-Russian gunmen). Please, stop trying to simplify things.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 01, 2014, 07:33:32 pm
http://rt.com/news/yarosh-nationalist-address-umarov-380/ (http://rt.com/news/yarosh-nationalist-address-umarov-380/)

the nationalists don't take the invasion lightly

atleast hitler was a good guy about it.
(https://i.imgur.com/zfJxhoZ.png)
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Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: TORN on March 01, 2014, 07:36:42 pm
You idiots watch the mainstream news too much. There is no good or bad guy here. The EU wants to increase influence in the region, and Russia wants to increase influence in the region. There are radicals on both sides (the armed Ukrainian fascists/the armed ethnic-Russian gunmen). Please, stop trying to simplify things.
we aren't, we aren't saying the EU is the good guys no one is in this situation.
But the EU doesn't have over 8000 troops in Ukraine.

So shut the fuck up calling us idiots. Read before you comment.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 01, 2014, 07:37:46 pm
SilentMan is a hipster, mainstream news is too mainstream...
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Mr T on March 01, 2014, 07:38:27 pm
Gerd damn hippehs
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Death by EMP on March 01, 2014, 07:53:15 pm
here is footage of the invasion

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=287_1393605865

thought it was pretty cool

Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 07:58:16 pm
we aren't, we aren't saying the EU is the good guys no one is in this situation.
But the EU doesn't have over 8000 troops in Ukraine.

So shut the fuck up calling us idiots. Read before you comment.

Because the Crimean peninsula is more important to Russia than it is to the EU, if the new Ukrainian government were to kick Russia out of Crimea, Russia would lose its strategic naval base in the Black Sea. Please inform yourself  :-X

SilentMan is a hipster, mainstream news is too mainstream...

Nope, I'm just not a sheep who believes everything that our government tells us.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Joseph Graham on March 01, 2014, 08:03:24 pm
I for one support our new Russian overlords.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: TORN on March 01, 2014, 08:26:15 pm
As far as I know those airports and tv-stations weren't part of Russian territory.
I've informed myself but technically Russia broke the treaty of Budapest.
You may not be a sheep of the governement but don't assume we all are. (Sorry we aren't as edgy as you)

Treaty of budapest
Ukraine had 2900 nuclear missle post-soviet stored in their country and they agreed with the UK, US and Russia they would give up those missles in exchange those countries would defend them in case of an invasion.
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The fact the Ukraine armed forces are put on combat alert means the governement doesn't want the Russians there.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Shortshorts on March 01, 2014, 08:32:50 pm
Mate, mate please. Their government is clearly illegitimate, anything it says or does is to be disregarded without hesitation or afterthought.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 01, 2014, 08:34:19 pm
good bye ukraine, ur 20 years of independence must have been great

gg no re
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 08:35:41 pm
As far as I know those airports and tv-stations weren't part of Russian territory.

Uhh okay? I did not say they were. Those were actually ethnic Russian militia groups.  And you say you are not a sheep who believes what the news says.  ::)

The fact the Ukraine armed forces are put on combat alert means the governement doesn't want the Russians there.

But the eastern half of Ukraine wants to be with Russia. Honestly, if you believe that the new Ukrainian government is legitimate there is no point arguing with you.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: TORN on March 01, 2014, 08:44:11 pm
Ethnic Russian militia groups so where are the troops Russia confirmed were in Crimea?
Honestly you believe the majority of the people living want to be with Russia? + because of this doesn't give Russia a legitimate reason for an 'invasion'.

I don't know which Ukrainian government is legitimate but if you still believe the previous one is still legitimate why should I argue with you because you would support a president who fled his country and still sees himself president.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 09:06:53 pm
Ethnic Russian militia groups so where are the troops Russia confirmed were in Crimea?

The Russian troops have not taken control of any territory. They are just stabilizing the region as of now.

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Honestly you believe the majority of the people living want to be with Russia? + because of this doesn't give Russia a legitimate reason for an 'invasion'.

Again, you are trying to put words into my mouth. I did not say the majority of the Ukraine wants to be Russian. Russia is certainly not invading, they are stabilizing the Crimean peninsula and making sure the new Ukrainian government does not retaliate against the anti-maidan protestors.

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I don't know which Ukrainian government is legitimate but if you still believe the previous one is still legitimate why should I argue with you because you would support a president who fled his country and still sees himself president.

Maybe he fled because the revolutionaries wanted him dead?  ::)
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: McEwan on March 01, 2014, 09:10:27 pm
SilentMan, stop being so coarse. There is no need for crude remarks, so keep them to yourself.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Death by EMP on March 01, 2014, 09:16:49 pm
SilentMan, stop being so coarse. There is no need for crude remarks, so keep them to yourself.
He's using Ad Hominem, it is a legitimate strategy for debate and discussion... just not so much over the internet.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 09:18:32 pm
I'm pretty sure he's the one who told me to shut the fuck up.  ::)
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Death by EMP on March 01, 2014, 09:22:20 pm
http://4chanint.wikia.com/wiki/Russian For my comrades in Kiev, Ukrainian or not, might want to start reading, just in case.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Suede on March 01, 2014, 09:29:23 pm
The Russian troops have not taken control of any territory.
They blocked the entry to the Crimea, roads and airports, ukrainian troops in their base, administrative buildings and patrolling capital. How can you named that?

They are just stabilizing the region as of now.
Stabilizing from what?what there were unstable before those military groups appears?
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Shortshorts on March 01, 2014, 09:31:42 pm
UN peacekeepers are so overrated anyway.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Jelly on March 01, 2014, 09:34:04 pm
UN peacekeepers are so overrated anyway.
Possibly the most definite description of the UN ever.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 10:01:55 pm
Over a hundred people die in the streets of Kiev, Russia does nothing.

There are some fights between pro and anti-protestors, 2 people die, and Russia sends in 6.000 troops and armored cars. Stabilizing, my ass. They are just grabbing the bit of Ukraine they need.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 10:03:26 pm
When things get extreme, people get extreme. You'll see more people choosing sides, and a group of people that does something will, sadly, always be more appealing to the masses.

See? This is why civil war sucks.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 10:09:59 pm
They blocked the entry to the Crimea, roads and airports, ukrainian troops in their base, administrative buildings and patrolling capital. How can you named that?

That's just not true. Those are pro-russian militia groups. Please read the other posts.  ::)

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Stabilizing from what?what there were unstable before those military groups appears?

They want to make sure there is no escalating violence between the ethnic Russians and the Ukrainians.
The unrest in the Crimea started with anti-maidan protests, then pro-russian militia groups started to form.

Over a hundred people die in the streets of Kiev, Russia does nothing.

There are some fights between pro and anti-protestors, 2 people die, and Russia sends in 6.000 troops and armored cars. Stabilizing, my ass. They are just grabbing the bit of Ukraine they need.

They are reacting to a legitimate concern, that the majority of people in the Crimean peninsula want to be part of Russia.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Menelaos on March 01, 2014, 10:11:00 pm
Spoiler
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTCkuHc__ZQ[/youtube]
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Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Vincenzo on March 01, 2014, 10:11:40 pm
Then simply hold a fair election.

It isen't fair if your staring down barrels of russian soldiers.

Hell, since when are fair elections beeing held there...
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 10:13:38 pm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/03/01/5-things-you-should-know-about-putins-incursion-into-crimea/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 01, 2014, 10:14:12 pm
Merged the two topics about Ukrain.
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 10:16:20 pm
Then simply hold a fair election.

It isen't fair if your staring down barrels of russian soldiers.

Hell, since when are fair elections beeing held there...

Look at this:

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F2%2F26%2F%25D0%2594%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D1%2582%25D1%2583%25D1%2580_2010_%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BE_%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BA%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B0%25D1%2585-en.png&hash=cc68ff5664014ed743f09ed390bff2386c4e480f)
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Most of them are pro-russian/yanukovich.

edit: I forgot to link this http://rt.com/news/ukraine-crimea-referendum-future-014/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/03/01/5-things-you-should-know-about-putins-incursion-into-crimea/

Ok, linking an article to forbes is not a valid argument, please try again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 10:19:13 pm
If they want to be Russian, there's a democratic way of achieving that. A Russian invasion is not the way.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 01, 2014, 10:22:59 pm
The results of the 2010 elections aren't relevant anymore either, Yanukovych has lost support over the years and his flight from the country has made him even more unpopular, even amongst those who used to support him because he's shown incredible weakness, and in mosts eyes, cowardliness.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 10:24:57 pm
If they want to be Russian, there's a democratic way of achieving that. A Russian invasion is not the way.

Again, what makes you think this is an invasion? The Russian military is trying to make sure the new Ukranian government does not prevent a legitimate movement for secession.

The results of the 2010 elections aren't relevant anymore either, Yanukovych has lost support over the years and his flight from the country has made him even more unpopular, even amongst those who used to support him because he's shown incredible weakness, and in mosts eyes, cowardliness.

Not true.
http://rt.com/news/donetsk-kharkov-ukraine-protest-365/ (I know RT is biased, but you can't ignore that many Ukrainians do in fact support Yanukovych.)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 01, 2014, 10:28:43 pm
Our colleage Admiral, Native Ukranian can tell you all about how much the election in 2010 was rigged.

For instance, due to stupid rules his address on purpose was put wrong on his voting card, when you vote you need to proove your current addres. So in fact he could not vote and so close to an election he couldent get a new voting card.
This did not happen to just him, he was there at the local office to get a correct voting card, days before the vote, lines and lines of people, usually people that would probably vote for the one the russians dont want you voting for. (high educated etc.) all could not get a correct voting card.

Also in his home region the votes were on purpose rigged, i think i can simply quote him on it.
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7:17 PM - FSE_Admiral: first time I wasn't even allowed to vote because of some stupid mistake
7:18 PM - FSE_Admiral: the results were so questionable that they decided for reovting on my district
7:18 PM - FSE_Admiral: and I actually took part, but the vote was falsified
7:18 PM - FSE_Admiral: basically, there was an oppositional candidate
7:18 PM - FSE_Admiral: and the pro-government candidate
7:19 PM - FSE_Admiral: but the pro-government candidate claimed he had nothing to do with the government and was for the EU and the revolution
7:19 PM - FSE_Admiral: as to the opposition candidate, they found and registered two people with exactly same surnames
7:19 PM - FSE_Admiral: to take part on the same district
7:19 PM - FSE_Admiral: and made fake organizations which they represented, sounding almost similar to the real oppositional organization
7:20 PM - FSE_Admiral: even I almost made a mistake when voting
7:20 PM - FSE_Admiral: obviously, most of the voters aren't aware of the candidate's full name or the full name of the party or organization, so quite a number of actual opposition votes was spread between theese two technical candidates


I remember back then it was even in the news that the vote was very questionable as said by western overwatchers.


I'd say, whatever happens in any vote, russia makes sure that what they want wins.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 01, 2014, 10:32:03 pm
That's just not true. Those are pro-russian militia groups. Please read the other posts.  ::)
Sergei Aksenov, who calls himself the Prime Ministers of Crimea, acknowledged that to the protection of important objects are involved military forces of Russian Black Sea Fleet.
http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2014/03/1/7016750/
may you stop avoid obvious things?

and other...i can't find anything to say on it, this is utterly shit, sorry.
You are a Russian, SilentMan, aren't you?
Title: Re: [UKRAINE CRISIS] Russian Invasion
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 10:34:25 pm
Sergei Aksenov, who calls himself the Prime Ministers of Crimea, acknowledged that to the protection of important objects are involved military forces of Russian Black Sea Fleet.
http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2014/03/1/7016750/
may you stop avoid obvious things?

and other...i can't find anything to say on it, this is utterly shit, sorry.
You are a Russian, SilentMan, aren't you?

The Russian military is not blocking off anything. They are making sure no more turmoil happens at the government buildings, like when the parliament was raided. I'm not Russian.

I'd say, whatever happens in any vote, russia makes sure that what they want wins.

Yanukovych is corrupt and I have admitted that. But whatever happened during the election is irrelevant in my opinion, this issue is about how many of eastern-Ukrainians want to be closer to Russia, and especially in the Crimean peninsula. edit: The voting may have been rigged, but the people in the Crimea have demonstrated that they want to be part of Russia. If the Crimeans want to secede, Russia is doing a good job by protecting them from the new government who might see the secessionist movement as illegitimate.

That is all I have to say for today. I didn't mean to create such a shitstorm, lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 01, 2014, 10:45:54 pm
Pray silence for the word of the all-knowing, non-mainsteaming SlientMan
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2014, 11:02:43 pm
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but the people in the Crimea have demonstrated that they want to be part of Russia. If the Crimeans want to be independent, Russia is doing a good job by protecting them from the new government who might see the secessionist movement as illegitimate.

What is it? Independent or part of Russia? And actually, no, they did not show that. All they have done is remain calm while their land gets invaded, which is an understandable move. Troops aren't being greeted or cheered. There has been no vote, no actions by the new Ukrainian government, nothing. The 'new' PM of the Crimea is a fraud that was placed in power by the Russians.

And above all, Russia has no business in meddling with Ukrainian national affairs unless it's under UN mandate or if things reach an extreme level, and it's pretty clear that it isn't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 01, 2014, 11:05:01 pm
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a08_1393696962

Oh how the tides have turned. Just last week that was Ukranian nationalists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 01, 2014, 11:53:24 pm
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but the people in the Crimea have demonstrated that they want to be part of Russia. If the Crimeans want to be independent, Russia is doing a good job by protecting them from the new government who might see the secessionist movement as illegitimate.

What is it? Independent or part of Russia? And actually, no, they did not show that. All they have done is remain calm while their land gets invaded, which is an understandable move. Troops aren't being greeted or cheered. There has been no vote, no actions by the new Ukrainian government, nothing. The 'new' PM of the Crimea is a fraud that was placed in power by the Russians.

And above all, Russia has no business in meddling with Ukrainian national affairs unless it's under UN mandate or if things reach an extreme level, and it's pretty clear that it isn't.

ugh, You still don't know what you are talking about.
That was just a mistake, quit trying to act like you defeated my argument.

See:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a08_1393696962

Thanks Crunch.

Now that, for sure, is all I'm posting today.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 01:53:24 am
There's a pretty big major difference between being independent and being part of Russia. It's not just a typo. And why do you ignore the other 4/5 part of my post?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 02, 2014, 08:45:58 am
Ukraine will end up switching from one oligarchical faction to another -- neoliberals, neofascists, or Kremlin tools.  All of whom eventually produce more of the same shitty life that leads to the next revolution. i look to the workers' protests now in Bosnia. They actually call democratic assemblies and forums to debate and formulate independent, working class demands.
The ukrainian movement has been used as a lever by the pro-EU politicians in their power struggle with Yanukovych and his pro-Russian backers.

http://www.dreamdeferred.org.uk/2014/02/no-tears-for-yanukovych-no-cheers-for-the-new-regime-or-the-fascists-in-its-midst/

http://pando.com/2014/02/24/everything-you-know-about-ukraine-is-wrong/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 02, 2014, 10:38:59 am
Pfft, peacefull revolters lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GkiSPMpTp_I
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 02, 2014, 11:07:41 am
There is a minority that are facists... but most of the actual revolution and revolt against the president were normal people like me and you.

There are facists on both sides, hell I remember seeing screenshots of the facebook page of the Berkut (the ukranian armed police that killed protestors and such) with hate against jews and so on.;
http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2014/01/25/7011293/

Nobody likes facists, the most ukranian people don't like them... This is another nice news item; OMG FACISTS THEIR ALL FACISTS..
So much bias wow.

They are a minority and will remain to be.

The same berkut that killed people and violated human rights are now handed russian passports and given asilum in russia;
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 02, 2014, 12:00:01 pm
Aye, of course, most of people from Maidan were normal Ukrainians. But those who were (and are now) in power, those who lead them, are extreme nationalists and/or fascists. Some can say that part of Germans during WWII were normal, but it in fact doesn't matter, because leaders were Nazis and thus we had WWII.

Vincezo, the same rioters who killed militia in Kiev are now ruling country. Berkut was fighing to stop riots and help legal government because that's what militia is for. So don't talk about them like if they were kind of murderers and criminals. People from Maidan killed militia, and they are murderes. In normal country someone who killed policemen would end in jail, and now on Ukraine those who killed militia are in new governments as national heroes. And it's good that now your friend Admiral will be able to choose whether he want to vote for opposition or for opposition. Just sad that half of nation won't be able to find their candidates at all. But well... I guess that's what we call democracy.

If they want to be Russian, there's a democratic way of achieving that. A Russian invasion is not the way.

Democratic... hahaha... Aren't you the one who support taking decisions rather by riots and using force than votings and elections?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 12:09:11 pm
Protests. Not riots. Before this thig turned ugly, there were months of peaceful protests. And then some laws came which basicily said 'yeah protesting is now against the law'. That's throwing oil on the fire.

Are any of the protestors who used actice violence even in the government? That's what you all keep claiming, but I remember distinctly most protest leaders calling people up to remain calm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 02, 2014, 12:09:27 pm
"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 12:12:50 pm
Says the one wanting to live in Venezuala instead of the Netherlands. Cos everybody knows life is so much fairer there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 02, 2014, 12:19:32 pm
don't put words in my mouth, only i speak for me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 12:25:57 pm
Go to any of those nations you so admire and shout, from the top of your lungs, in a crowded market place with police present: "[Leader] is an idiot and his ideas are stupid and I want a new leader!"

Now do the same thing in the Netherlands(because you're Dutch too) and then talk about 'fascists'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 02, 2014, 12:42:31 pm
The Russian military is not blocking off anything.
Yes, they are
The latest from blocking Ukrainian military unit
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153827660015507&set=pcb.10153827662415507&type=1&theater
They continue demand to surrender and put down weapons to all blocked units.
who might see the secessionist movement as illegitimate.
Secessionist movement that needs a few thousand of soldiers to protect it is illegitimate itself.
There is a normal ways to to this in legal way, but they can't use it, because they didn't have enough support.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 02, 2014, 12:43:19 pm
So Obama phoned Putin talking about Putin withdrawing his men back to the bases and Putin basically said that he had no intention of "retreating", and is probably going to go further to "secure his country's interests".

Now he's got Ukraine in a state of panic and so they've fully mobilized their armies, the next move is critical on both sides
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 12:45:02 pm
"Ze shootinjs begin!"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Loyal on March 02, 2014, 12:45:43 pm
I still don't understand what is happening there right now
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 02, 2014, 01:02:43 pm
"BBC Russian Service correspondent Oleg Boldyrev is near the gates of Ukraine's marines base in Feodosia, where a standoff is taking place after marines refused to pledge loyalty to the new Pro-Russian government in Crimea.
"Despite threats to attack the base, local Cossacks, who act as law and order here, continue to stand in a chain near the gates," he reports."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 01:09:05 pm
I've read one Dutch journalist say that the deserting Ukrainian soldiers have actually no free choice. Though he stupidly gives no further information.

In any regard, we have a civil war at our hands, it seems.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 02, 2014, 01:45:30 pm
I've read one Dutch journalist say that the deserting Ukrainian soldiers have actually no free choice. Though he stupidly gives no further information.

In any regard, we have a civil war at our hands, it seems.

I'm not sure that 'civil war' means what you think it does. A war between Ukrainian and Russian forces is not a civil war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 02:40:37 pm
Eastern Ukrainians are still Ukrainians. Russia likes to pretend they are Russian, because that make them look legit. Personally I'm not sure what to think, other then that Russia has gone too far.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 02, 2014, 02:45:10 pm
Well, its soon time for all civilized countries to put an end to Russian aggression.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 02:55:53 pm
Easy to say sitting behind a computer. Goes for me as well. None of us ever really have been in a war, let alone fought in it. I know enough warstories to understand that war indeed sucks.

That being said, my nation has inactive draft which can be activated by the means of a parliamentary meeting and a two-weeks waiting period, and I'm in the latest year, and by law, the youngest drafts go before the older ones. I do hope this all goes down peacefully, but I just can't see a good peaceful ending to this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 02, 2014, 02:58:11 pm
Well, the international community can't let Russia get away with this. The bully gas to be stopped by force.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 02:59:56 pm
I agree, I 100% do, but we are talking about peoples lives here. A big European war is not something we need.

Let's not forget that Russia is still an Ex-communist state, and economic blockades might even do a better way of crushing her then any bullet could.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 02, 2014, 03:02:02 pm
Why has China been so quiet in all this?...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 03:04:20 pm
Don't be ridiculous. China doesn't give shits. They got enough problems of their own.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 02, 2014, 03:05:47 pm
A treaty signed in 1994 by the US and Britain could pull both countries into a war to protect Ukraine if Putin’s troops intervene.

The Budapest Memorandum was signed by Bill Clinton, John Major, Boris Yeltsin and Leonid Kuchma – the then-rulers of the USA, UK, Russia and Ukraine – as part of the denuclearization of former Soviet republics after the dissolution of the Soviet Union

Technically it means that if Russia has invaded Ukraine then it would be difficult for the US and Britain to avoid going to war.

Sir Tony Brenton, who served as British Ambassador from 2004 to 2008, said that war could be an option ‘if we do conclude the [Budapest] Memorandum is legally binding.’

It promises to protect Ukraine’s borders, in return for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons.

Today Kiev has demanded the agreement is activated after insisting their borders had been violated.

In response Mr Brenton said in a BBC radio interview: ‘If indeed this is a Russian invasion of Crimea and if we do conclude the [Budapest] Memorandum is legally binding then it’s very difficult to avoid the conclusion that we’re going to go to war with Russia’.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on March 02, 2014, 03:09:43 pm
Let's consider what Putin stands to gain from annexing Crimea, I'm fairly certain that he's no more willing to start a larger conflict than we are.
Economic pressure, military pressure, whichever doesn't really matter. It shouldn't take much for this to become an incredibly poor investment of resources.

Of course you could flip that around and presume that the Russians are thinking that this is exactly why we will never do anything about it, it's a massive game of chicken I suppose.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 03:18:36 pm
Russians are a proud people and this entire invasion will just feed their feeling of greatness. If it comes to war, it might teach them a lesson or or it might explode in uber-nationalism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 04:14:00 pm
God I don't want war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on March 02, 2014, 04:39:26 pm
You said it. My 18th birthday in two weeks is suddenly looking less exciting...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 04:41:38 pm
Aren't you willing to share some 'Murica Freedumz around the globe?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on March 02, 2014, 04:44:48 pm
Personally I just care about getting to college. :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 02, 2014, 04:46:57 pm
Why has China been so quiet in all this?...

"China has voiced concern over the continuing crisis in Ukraine and urged talks to resolve it. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China sticks to the principle of non-interference in any country's internal affairs and respects Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity, official Xinhua news agency reports"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 04:49:34 pm
Why has China been so quiet in all this?...

"China has voiced concern over the continuing crisis in Ukraine and urged talks to resolve it. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China sticks to the principle of non-interference in any country's internal affairs and respects Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity, official Xinhua news agency reports"

Makes sense. They don't want anyone meddling with their affairs neither.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 02, 2014, 05:01:50 pm
Pretty fucked up:

'Up to 27,000 people have marched through Moscow to show support for the Kremlin's policy on Ukraine, pro-Kremlin demonstrators are dressed in World War Two army uniforms and carrying replicas of Soviet Army banners reading "Ukrainian Front".'
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akame on March 02, 2014, 05:09:17 pm
Russia really has to back off, I don't know how the other EU countries are reacting to this, but there's been talk of readying for war in my country's media at least and demonstrations at the embassies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 05:15:11 pm
Russia really has to back off, I don't know how the other EU countries are reacting to this, but there's been talk of readying for war in my country's media at least and demonstrations at the embassies.
You're an American?
Anyways here in Belgium people are being awfully quiet about the whole thing. During the riots there was alot of media attention on it but now suddenly alot less.

And today I learned McEwan is the same age as me :p
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akame on March 02, 2014, 05:18:58 pm
Russia really has to back off, I don't know how the other EU countries are reacting to this, but there's been talk of readying for war in my country's media at least and demonstrations at the embassies.
You're an American?
Anyways here in Belgium people are being awfully quiet about the whole thing. During the riots there was alot of media attention on it but now suddenly alot less.

And today I learned McEwan is the same age as me :p
No I'm Finnish.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Krotan on March 02, 2014, 05:21:06 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26405635
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 05:28:48 pm
Well i'm guessing Russia will see that as very provocative.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 02, 2014, 05:35:19 pm
Knowing Putin, probably, but the Ukrainians are panicking, and can't blame them really.

The Russians are digging trenches and fortifications on the border between Crimea and Ukraine, there can be no doubt surely now of Putin's intention to fight for Crimea.

"The Ukrainian State Border Service's regional HQ in Simferopol has been stormed and captured by "unidentified armed men", the service says in a statement circulated by UNIAN news agency. The headquarters of the Simferopol border detachment has also been taken.  According to the report, the attack was started by a group of plain-clothed men wearing bullet-proof vests and helmets, who were later joined by members of the Russian military."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 02, 2014, 05:36:16 pm
Well, shit. Instead of being sent to Afghanistan I'll be in Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on March 02, 2014, 05:36:44 pm
The second Crimean war is about to start.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 02, 2014, 05:37:49 pm
Any Florida nub wanna join me in making an apocalypse shelter for the coming world war?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 02, 2014, 05:41:37 pm
Sweden, forever neutral :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 02, 2014, 05:42:45 pm
The second Crimean war is about to start.

Well at least it's warm there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on March 02, 2014, 05:53:06 pm
Excellent, a war! What a nice development.

+1 for exact same circumstances and failures by the same countries and organisations going up to WW2.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 05:54:51 pm
Sweden, forever neutral :D

Wouldn't be too sure about that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 02, 2014, 05:56:03 pm
I doubt itll be a global war... maybe Russia will invade rest of Eastern Ukraine but no one will militarily stop them. 
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pls no us i took rotc scholarship and am committed fawk
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 02, 2014, 05:57:17 pm
If the Russians fully invaded Ukraine, the EU would have to go to war. Hell the US would need to go in to support it's allies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 02, 2014, 05:59:04 pm
If the Russians fully invaded Ukraine, the EU would have to go to war. Hell the US would need to go in to support it's allies.
Countries need to do a lot of things, doesn't mean they do them. And believe me, the US does NOT need to do this, we may have signed a treaty, but intervening in a European war that barely involves us is the worst political decision we could make right now. Should just let Germany and the EU deal with it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on March 02, 2014, 06:01:05 pm
THE EMPIRE STANDS READY. NEVER SURRENDER.

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[youtube]http://youtu.be/DYLq0zUMN0A?t=1m36s[/youtube]
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1:36

ADOLF PUTER WILL PAY. THE EMPIRE UNITES ONCE MORE.

# Stand up to Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 02, 2014, 06:02:25 pm
Where do I sign up for the Russian Foreign Legion?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Jelly on March 02, 2014, 06:02:43 pm
Would it be possible for the world to isolate Russia? For example: not allowing people with Russian passports to enter the country, refusing to participate in Russian events (such as the Sochi Olympics).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 06:04:12 pm
Would it be possible for the world to isolate Russia? For example: not allowing people with Russian passports to enter the country, refusing to participate in Russian events (such as the Sochi Olympics).

That's entirely possible. In fact, that's a greater possibility then open war.

Where do I sign up for the Russian Foreign Legion?

They keep saying they are fighting fascists, so I don't think you are welcome.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MagicTeatowel on March 02, 2014, 06:04:40 pm
I don't want a Crimean War 2.0
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7V6FAoTLc[/youtube]
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 02, 2014, 06:04:56 pm
A guy emailed the BBC saying this:

"My wife is Russian and is horrified by the events in Ukraine, but not surprised. Putin is unpopular with many younger, savvier Muscovites. It was reported earlier that 27,000 people marched in Moscow in a show of strength for the Kremlin, but this figure is deceiving. I have friends in Moscow who tell me that many were forced to go by their companies (government employees, teachers, civil servants, those who work for large Russian corps) but they do NOT agree with Russian military intervention. Putin only aims to bring civil war to Ukraine, then his presence is justified there."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hammerstout on March 02, 2014, 06:06:46 pm
I'm pretty sure the average Russian wouldn't be welcoming war this isn't the Soviet era anymore.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 02, 2014, 06:08:16 pm
A guy emailed the BBC

Coming from BBC, the most biased news source in the world.  ::)

I will say this again and again. Quit simplifying this conflict. There are no good guys.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on March 02, 2014, 06:08:37 pm
Bah, talking is useless. Putin can't back down now. Who knows what will happen? But Putin is past the point of no return.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 02, 2014, 06:09:27 pm
I'd imagine Crimea staying Ukranian would be the best course of action though. Losing the Black Sea Ports would cripple Ukraine's economy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 02, 2014, 06:10:51 pm
I'd imagine Crimea staying Ukranian would be the best course of action though. Losing the Black Sea Ports would cripple Ukraine's economy.

..they have other ports. What would damage the Ukrainian economy is if eastern Ukraine broke away, which contains most of the industry and contributes the most to the economy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 06:12:08 pm
That's like saying 'What does it matter if the UK loses London? They got other cities!"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 02, 2014, 06:12:47 pm
NATO forces in Afghanistan would be so fucked if war broke out lol
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 02, 2014, 06:13:38 pm
That's like saying 'What does it matter if the UK loses London? They got other cities!"
+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 02, 2014, 06:15:23 pm
Spoiler
That's like saying 'What does it matter if the UK loses London? They got other cities!"

holy fuck dude, will you just quit it already? why do you have such a boner for my posts? That is a ridiculous comparison. The Crimea is nowhere near as important as London is to the UK. Just. Stop. Posting. You don't know how to talk politics.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 06:16:30 pm
"You're stupid! You can't post! Nor question my posts!"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Jelly on March 02, 2014, 06:17:39 pm
Seems like SilentMan is pro-politician.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 02, 2014, 06:18:00 pm
"You're stupid! You can't post! Nor question my posts!"
You're embarrassing yourself.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on March 02, 2014, 06:18:20 pm
"You're stupid! You can't post! Nor question my posts!"
Spoiler
That's like saying 'What does it matter if the UK loses London? They got other cities!"

holy fuck dude, will you just quit it already? why do you have such a boner for my posts? That is a ridiculous comparison. The Crimea is nowhere near as important as London is to the UK. Just. Stop. Posting. You don't know how to talk politics.
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"You're stupid! You can't post! Nor question my posts!"
You're embarrassing yourself.
This kind of talk will not happen here. Last warning.

And Duuring, it may just be for the best if you let others reply to SilentMan.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 02, 2014, 06:18:24 pm
I think SilentMan is implying he is very knowledgeable in politics, probably more cunning then most of us. Why do i have a hard time believing him...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 02, 2014, 06:19:58 pm
C'mon, clearly we are all dwarfed in brain capacity compared to the non-mainstream newsreader, SilentMan, lets hope he continues to enlighten us with the absolute truth to this whole conflict, clearly only he understands whats going on and everyone else knows nothing, not even those journalists over there reporting it, or those people with first hand experiences of whats going on.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 06:21:30 pm
Silentman you're putting words in people's mouths. you keep repeating "stop simplifying, there are no good guys"

We aren't simplifying and never in this thread someone said who was a good guy and who was a bad guy. We're just dicussing the fact that there are russian troops on Ukrainian soil and what the consequenses could be.

silentman you clearly don't know how to talk politics because you make weird statements and get angry when people reply to your comments.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 02, 2014, 06:23:32 pm
Well, to clear things out. Crimea:
1. Cant supply themselves by fresh water.
2. Crimea's economics isnt important. Neither port are more important, then Nikolayev, Odessa or Illichevsk.
3. The lands of Crimea are unsuit for agriculture.

Crimea's income is mostly built on tourists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on March 02, 2014, 06:23:49 pm
What happened to the post ww1 days when the world was so calm and nations minded their own business, and the European empires worked towards development and prosperity for all, albeit slowly.

... US and Russian problems.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 06:24:47 pm
Well if Russia loses its naval base in Crimea it loses it's status as a global power.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 02, 2014, 06:28:34 pm
What happened to the post ww1 days when the world was so calm and nations minded their own business, and the European empires worked towards development and prosperity for all, albeit slowly.

... US and Russian problems.
All this shit was began by EU, their effort by "colonizing" Ukraine cant be unseen by Russia in any time. It's not a secret, that maidan was supplied by moneys of USA and EU, but everything went not as planned, when Eastern Ukraine raised against the new goverment. Yesterday, in almost every city and town people went on streets and raised Russian flags over goverment building, hundreds thousands of people went to show their opinion about new goverment. Oh, yeah, western media wont show it, ofc.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 02, 2014, 06:29:50 pm
Do you support Russia invading your country?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 02, 2014, 06:30:58 pm
Guys, you're overreacting. Russian soldiers are already in Ukraine and you know what... world didn't even give a fuck about that :P Putin will probably take what he want and noone will oppose him. Of course, EU, Nato, UN and organisations like them will try to use their most powerful weapon - they will express concern, but I don't think that anyone will do anything more.

Eugen, it's russian propaganda! It can't be true! Ukraine want into EU!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 02, 2014, 06:34:02 pm
Do you support Russia invading your country?
I find it better then EU occupation and nationalists, leading country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MagicTeatowel on March 02, 2014, 06:34:17 pm
Well if Russia loses its naval base in Crimea it loses it's status as a global power.
Russia could just move its fleet to another port. I mean Novorossiysk is a pretty big port with decent infrastructure as it has to deal with all the grain imports. It has the cranes, docks and I imagine space for the ships and 11,000 people, a bit of expansion might be needed though.

Here is the website for the commercial stuff http://www.nmtp.info/en/

Im not expert, Im just guessing. So please be nice to me :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 06:38:32 pm
Prince_Eugen is probably right. Joining Russia, where Putin had been in power for, oh, I dunno, 15 years, is much more democratic.

It isn't the EU occupying your country. It's your countrymen removing a corrupt president, and it's Russia trying to take as much stuff they can. Face it. If they get the Crimea, they'll do fuck about you guys, because that would make it look 'aggressive'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 02, 2014, 06:39:28 pm
Not as if the EU is democratic..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 06:40:39 pm
Yeah, the parliament that's directly elected by EU citizens and which has gone trough a variety of different leaders since its start, clearly shows it's undemocratic nature.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 02, 2014, 06:42:38 pm
Crimea isn't important for it's economical benefits, it's important for it's military benefits.....

Also, SilentMan gets his news from Reddit, therefor he is mentally superior to us, guys. There is no use questioning him, we could never get more informed than that of a Reddit reader.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 02, 2014, 06:42:57 pm
Well if Russia loses its naval base in Crimea it loses it's status as a global power.
Russia could just move its fleet to another port. I mean Novorossiysk is a pretty big port with decent infrastructure as it has to deal with all the grain imports. It has the cranes, docks and I imagine space for the ships and 11,000 people, a bit of expansion might be needed though.

Here is the website for the commercial stuff http://www.nmtp.info/en/

Im not expert, Im just guessing. So please be nice to me :D

I'm not sure whether it's true, but today Polish TV said that there's something wrong with ports in Russia and thus they need Crimea. Sea is not deep enough or bottom of the sea is somehow too sludgy or something like that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 02, 2014, 06:44:12 pm
Well if Russia loses its naval base in Crimea it loses it's status as a global power.
Russia could just move its fleet to another port. I mean Novorossiysk is a pretty big port with decent infrastructure as it has to deal with all the grain imports. It has the cranes, docks and I imagine space for the ships and 11,000 people, a bit of expansion might be needed though.

Here is the website for the commercial stuff http://www.nmtp.info/en/

Im not expert, Im just guessing. So please be nice to me :D

I'm not sure whether it's true, but today Polish TV said that there's something wrong with ports in Russia and thus they need Crimea. Sea is not deep enough or bottom of the sea is somehow too sludgy or something like that.
Crimea leads into Black Sea, that would not benefit Russia's international navy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 06:44:32 pm
That, and pride/history. Russia losing their major naval base which they had for two centuries will be a great loss of prestige.

I actually realized this isn't even about the Ukrainians anymore.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 02, 2014, 06:45:28 pm
It never was about the Ukranians. Both sides just want what benefits them, you honestly think they give two shits about the people actually living there?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 06:50:12 pm
Besides, if the NATO does shit now, people fear it will be an invitation to Putin 'Yeah sure invade whatever you like'. It's basically a revival of the cold war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 06:52:28 pm
I get all my news from reddit so I don't get why silentman acts like he's so superior towards us?
And MagicTeatowel Russia has a military Naval base in Crimea and losing that will lose their only warm water naval port which would be a blow to them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 02, 2014, 06:54:38 pm
I get all my news from reddit
reddit
mate..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 02, 2014, 06:55:42 pm
Reddit is truth, reddit is best source ever.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 02, 2014, 06:56:40 pm
lmao.... oh internet you always manage to make me laugh.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 02, 2014, 06:56:55 pm
Yeah, the parliament that's directly elected by EU citizens and which has gone trough a variety of different leaders since its start, clearly shows it's undemocratic nature.
I don't recall having an election.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MagicTeatowel on March 02, 2014, 06:57:14 pm
I get all my news from reddit so I don't get why silentman acts like he's so superior towards us?
And MagicTeatowel Russia has a military Naval base in Crimea and losing that will lose their only warm water naval port which would be a blow to them.
Oh, I was under the illusion that the black sea never freezes because it is on the same latitude as the South of France, weather does crazy things :D

-> Blame it on them pesky winds!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Henry_Collins on March 02, 2014, 07:17:52 pm
This is called a serious discussion. Refrain, please.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 02, 2014, 07:18:21 pm
llll
Banned
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Henry_Collins on March 02, 2014, 07:27:55 pm
Fascists are serious, I come here to support the Ukrainians for a fascist state!

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Henry_Collins,

You have received a warning for making an inflammatory/unhelpful post in the attached discussion thread. Please cease these activities and abide by the rules located here, or further action will be taken.


Really?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 02, 2014, 07:30:29 pm
who are you, mysterious based poster?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on March 02, 2014, 07:31:49 pm
Fascists are serious, I come here to support the Ukrainians for a fascist state!

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Henry_Collins,

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Really?
This is a thread about the current happenings in Ukraine, not another ridiculous political ideology thread, so as I said, please refrain.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 07:38:34 pm
Yeah sorry I just read the twitter account of FOX news. So I get all my info from there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Henry_Collins on March 02, 2014, 07:44:27 pm
Might be... but still I support them. Sorry for breaking the rules.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on March 02, 2014, 07:52:16 pm
Give Putin Crimea, let him deal with years of Tatar Insurgency.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 02, 2014, 09:27:53 pm
What Putin is doing currently is basically what Hitler was doing in 1938 with the Czech Republic. And as back in that time, the world will stand by and do nothing about it. It was like that in 2008 in Georgia, it will be like this this time in Ukraine. Now we'll just have to wait until Putin wants some territory that another major power does not want them to have and we have the third World War.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 09:29:20 pm
Found this russian cartoon.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs7.pikabu.ru%2Fpost_img%2F2014%2F03%2F01%2F11%2F1393694350_1653702166.jpg&hash=69b5529ceac68e58e0fbc64213b05b5174214bd4)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 02, 2014, 09:30:58 pm
That looks awful. However drew that is a shit drawer (if he is doing that for a living).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 02, 2014, 09:32:39 pm
Hired by Putin himself I believe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 09:39:31 pm
I find it amusing that the blade of the scythe is the Israeli flag.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 02, 2014, 09:41:27 pm
I find it amusing that the blade of the scythe is the jewish flag.

Israel I'd say
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 02, 2014, 09:42:05 pm
Yeah you're right.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 02, 2014, 09:44:37 pm
Guys on Taleworlds there is a Ukraine thread aswell, with actual Ukrainians reporting what's going on, with videos etc. Pretty interesting read.

http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,295688.0.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 02, 2014, 09:59:40 pm
What Putin is doing currently is basically what Hitler was doing in 1938 with the Czech Republic. And as back in that time, the world will stand by and do nothing about it. It was like that in 2008 in Georgia, it will be like this this time in Ukraine. Now we'll just have to wait until Putin wants some territory that another major power does not want them to have and we have the third World War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

Putin is our saviour.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 02, 2014, 10:01:49 pm
Putin has massive balls.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 10:04:14 pm
Putin might become responsible for the greatest conflict in a decade. We don't need the jokes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on March 02, 2014, 10:06:44 pm
Funny how just a week ago he was more concerned about his teams in Sochi.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 02, 2014, 10:09:50 pm
What Putin is doing currently is basically what Hitler was doing in 1938 with the Czech Republic. And as back in that time, the world will stand by and do nothing about it. It was like that in 2008 in Georgia, it will be like this this time in Ukraine. Now we'll just have to wait until Putin wants some territory that another major power does not want them to have and we have the third World War.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

Putin is our saviour.
Well the comparison is inevitable, don't you think?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 02, 2014, 10:12:42 pm
Ukrainian tank battalion in preparation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pKD_-9I8JM

This guy uploads videos of the current situation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 02, 2014, 10:34:35 pm
Concerning that drawing, here's the original version (or at least I think it's original version).
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(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.kwejk.pl%2Fsite_media%2Fobrazki%2F2014%2F03%2F9dc49f8d4a2a47363efbdfdab8ce11b4_original.jpg%3F1393674439&hash=a0ea52963d64dda48fe0e8665b53e66a1fa5c304)
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It seems that Russian have edited it a bit. But if we take into consiceration that during riots inspired by USA over 100 people have died and during Russian invasion noone has died so far, this drawing isn't very far from truth...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 02, 2014, 10:35:12 pm
Would anyone of the prorussian people here explain to me why they think Putin and Russia is acting correctly here? I'd like to understand the other side's point of view.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 02, 2014, 10:36:30 pm
. But if we take into consiceration that during riots inspired by USA over 100 people have died and during Russian invasion noone has died so far, this drawing isn't very far from truth...

You can't seriously be claiming that the hundred people who died in the riots died because of the USA.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Aiello on March 02, 2014, 11:03:25 pm
Would anyone of the prorussian people here explain to me why they think Putin and Russia is acting correctly here? I'd like to understand the other side's point of view.

Not exactly what you're looking for but, in his latest podcast (http://www.dancarlin.com//disp.php/csarchive), Dan Carlin makes an argument from the pro-Russian perspective and makes a theoretical situation for Americans if a similar situation was happening in the US. He acknowledges that the US and EU is covertly supporting a pro-EU government in the Ukraine and asks how mad Americans would be if Russia was attempting to support a pro-Russia government in Mexico or Canada. If you have some time to listen to the entire episode its extremely worth it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 02, 2014, 11:45:15 pm
You can't seriously be claiming that the hundred people who died in the riots died because of the USA.

Can't I? Riots on Ukraine were inspired by USA (and in smaller part also by rest of the West). People there were dying because USA told them, that they will have better life after revolution (some of them even recieved money for taking part in riots). I should also mention there people who used to shoot to rioters in one moment, and in the next turn around and open fire to militia just to instigate more fights (aye, there are probably even videos with such people, you should be able to find them if you want). How do you think, who ordered them to do such things? Russia? Yanukovych? Or maybe glorious USA? (don't stick now to the second part of my sentence, first one is more important ;) )

By the way, do you still suport this 'revolution'? Now, when you know what are its results? That because of it Ukraine is weak, occupied by foreign army, people are protesting in most of eastern cities and whole world may be one the egde of third world war. Do you still think that starting of revloution was good idea?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 02, 2014, 11:46:21 pm
So you're blaming the protesters instead of the nation that actually invaded.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 02, 2014, 11:48:53 pm
Raddeo blames everything on the West.

It's hard to understand extremists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 03, 2014, 12:04:52 am
Archduke, yup, in this situation I blame everything on the West. You won't understand, don't even try :P

ClearlyInvsible, no, you don't understand me. I'm just telling, that Ukraine isn't a country in the a void and everyone knows that. Only those who started revolution seems to forgot about that. If you do anything in politics, you should also take into consideration foreign politics. Klitschko, Yatsenyuk, EU, USA, all of them knew what will be result of revolution. They knew, that Russia is their neighbour, that half of population of Ukraine is more Russian than Ukrainian, and that Putin is dangerous player. But despite that, they started revolution and started anti-Russian politics just because 'EU gut, Russia evil, Ukraine can into west'. Politician cannot do what he want, he have to do what he can and what is good to his country. Yanukovych was doing his best to keep Ukraine alive. Russia was strong ally, economy was quite good, country was not involved in any kind of conflict. He wasn't perfect president, but at least he was a president. Now Ukraine have government which do nothing, army which do nothing, allies which do nothing, and neighbour who is taking part of Ukrainian territory. And all of that because of revolution...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 03, 2014, 12:07:54 am
Thinking this would end in WW3 gives me a good view on how biased you are.

Majority Russian? Only 17% of the population is Russian.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 03, 2014, 12:08:13 am
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Archduke, yup, in this situation I blame everything on the West. You won't understand, don't even try :P

ClearlyInvsible, no, you don't understand me. I'm just telling, that Ukraine isn't a country in the a void and everyone knows that. Only those who started revolution seems to forgot about that. If you do anything in politics, you should also take into consideration foreign politics. Klitschko, Yatsenyuk, EU, USA, all of them knew what will be result of revolution. They knew, that Russia is their neighbour, that half of population of Ukraine is more Russian than Ukrainian, and that Putin is dangerous player. But despite that, they started revolution and started anti-Russian politics just because 'EU gut, Russia evil, Ukraine can into west'. Politician cannot do what he want, he have to do what he can and what is good to his country. Yanukovych was doing his best to keep Ukraine alive. Russia was strong ally, economy was quite good, country was not involved in any kind of conflict. He wasn't perfect president, but at least he was a president. Now Ukraine have government which do nothing, army which do nothing, allies which do nothing, and neighbour who is taking part of Ukrainian territory. And all of that because of revolution...
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And how is that the USA's fault? You still haven't provided a single reason of how that is the USA's fault. I'm not even sure why I'm taking you seriously, judging by the fact you are fascinated by a show made for young girls, I'm guessing you are not very old/ or mature yet.

Also, you claimed the USA (lol) was paying rioters in Ukraine to do just that? I find this hilarious because there has been numerous interviews of Ukranian protesters who were for the Ukranian government admitting the government was paying them large sums of cash to protest and show opposition to the other protesters, the government was even supplying them food, supplies and camps. So assuming you are correct about the statement the USA was paying protesters in Ukraine, you are also saying that the Ukrainian government is exempt from that charge? Because if they weren't, you would be blaming the situation on the Ukranian government, not the Western countries for the current troubles. Of course this is using your logic, so to everybody else, I know it is completely wrong.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 12:08:24 am
So you suggest one does nothing about a bad situation out of fear of the new one? And that if you do, that makes you an extremist?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 03, 2014, 12:30:04 am
Death by EMP, you've been watching western media, haven't you? I've posted somewhere in this topic link to Canadian (CANADIAN! It's West!) organisation where you can read about how those protesters received money. In other sources I've also read about that. I'm talking mainly about those who were taking part in fighting against militia. Your logic at the end of post was too difficult even for me to understand :/ I don't know whether government were paying people to protest. Maybe they were I don't know. Now for sure they are not (old government is no more if you've noticed) and there are still protests in east of Ukraine.
Please, if you negate news from eastern media, do negate also news from western media. You can't claim that western are good and eastern evil, because our discussion will have no sense then.

I won't even answer your bullshit about my maturity. You're fascinated by Asian cartoons for kids so you know... Still, I'm the one who have Tolstoy in his signature, and you're the one who has there even more cartoons.

TORN, more that 30% is using Russian language as native language. Percent of people who use Russian more often than Ukrainian is probably much higher. Over 54% want to return to USSR (following 2011 research by Research&Branding Group). On the east of the country those numbers are much higher. I didn't say that majority is Russian, I said, that majority is more Russian that Ukrainian.

Duuring, no, I suggest one doesn't do anything stupid when he's in bad situation. Characteristic thing in bad situation is that it's not easy to make it better, but it's very easy to make it worse. And thus one should be very careful when he takes any decisions. Ukrainian opposition was not. It was simply stupid. Unfortunatelly I don't understand your last sentence.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on March 03, 2014, 12:33:38 am
You're fascinated by Asian cartoons for kids so you know...
Woah, woah. Not all anime is for kids.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 03, 2014, 12:35:25 am
AAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!! OVER 54% want to return to the USSR?!! hahahahah i'm sorry i'm now seriously laughing at you!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 03, 2014, 12:38:12 am
Killington, he's jugding me using his very limited knowledge, can't I do it also? :P I know, in theory anime is not only for kids. But I don't know it from practice, as I've never watched any anime. My aim wasn't to offend fans of anime (well, I'm fan of ponies, do I have right to jugde fans of other cartoons? :) ), just to show him how stupid was his post.

TORN, in opposition to you, I'm basing on professional research. You're basing on your limited knowlegde about USSR and eastern world.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 03, 2014, 12:39:05 am
Yes and you look at unbiased eastern media  ::)
please I know my communism and every reasonable person can agree that the USSR is the worst example of communism
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 12:40:32 am
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Duuring, no, I suggest one doesn't do anything stupid when he's in bad situation.

Stupid? Holding protests at a insanely corrupt government is stupid?

The Warsaw insurrection was stupid? Polish soldiers fighting for the Western allies were stupid? Polish PoW joining the soviets were stupid? The landless Poles in Napoleons service were stupid? The Poles following Napoleon after Leipzig were stupid? All of these situations were pretty bad, I'm sure you'll agree?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 03, 2014, 12:44:20 am
Death by EMP, you've been watching western media, haven't you? I've posted somewhere in this topic link to Canadian (CANADIAN! It's West!) organisation where you can read about how those protesters received money. In other sources I've also read about that. I'm talking mainly about those who were taking part in fighting against militia. Your logic at the end of post was too difficult even for me to understand :/ I don't know whether government were paying people to protest. Maybe they were I don't know. Now for sure they are not (old government is no more if you've noticed) and there are still protests in east of Ukraine.
Please, if you negate news from eastern media, do negate also news from western media. You can't claim that western are good and eastern evil, because our discussion will have no sense then.

I won't even answer your bullshit about my maturity. You're fascinated by Asian cartoons for kids so you know... Still, I'm the one who have Tolstoy in his signature, and you're the one who has there even more cartoons.
That's Canadian, not US, and it is 1 company, not the government. Any company can do that if they want, it's public war/crisis subsidies. In the same way people donate to Japan or Haiti when they have their natural crisis, people donate to Ukraine and Egypt when they have their political crisis. How do you blame what companies do with their own money (which happens to be backing up people who are fighting for the same political ideals the company has) on an entire people/ country/ government. I'm 100% sure Russian and Ukranian identites have been funding different insurrections in Ukraine as well. Also, your statement about anime is completely wrong and uninformed. Unlike MLP which has always been made and directed to young girls, with childish themes, anime is just a cartoon style, and has many different shows directed for all different groups of people, just as western cartoons have stuff for children (MLP) or stuff for older audiences (Family Guy, King of the Hill).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: The Respected Man on March 03, 2014, 12:48:05 am
You're fascinated by Asian cartoons for kids...
He says when he watches 'My Little Pony', i don't agree with Russia's justification to invade Ukraine, UN is about to wisely apply economic sanctions on Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Millander on March 03, 2014, 12:48:49 am
You can't seriously be claiming that the hundred people who died in the riots died because of the USA.

Can't I? Riots on Ukraine were inspired by USA (and in smaller part also by rest of the West). People there were dying because USA told them, that they will have better life after revolution (some of them even recieved money for taking part in riots). I should also mention there people who used to shoot to rioters in one moment, and in the next turn around and open fire to militia just to instigate more fights (aye, there are probably even videos with such people, you should be able to find them if you want). How do you think, who ordered them to do such things? Russia? Yanukovych? Or maybe glorious USA? (don't stick now to the second part of my sentence, first one is more important ;) )

By the way, do you still suport this 'revolution'? Now, when you know what are its results? That because of it Ukraine is weak, occupied by foreign army, people are protesting in most of eastern cities and whole world may be one the egde of third world war. Do you still think that starting of revloution was good idea?

As an American I can confirm we topple governments for fun...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 03, 2014, 12:49:50 am
TORN, again, in opposition to you I'm looking at both - biased eastern media and biased western media. And I know that both of them are biased. Your arguments are getting worse with every post.
Your communism? Is there communism in Belgium? Or was it there?

Duuring, are you serious now? I thought that you're intelligent person. With wrong views, but intelligent. Now you're trying to look more stupid than you in fact are. Learn something about history, then take encyclopedia and read definition of words 'independence', 'occupation', 'war', 'country' and 'Nazis'.

Death, you didn't read report of that Canadian organisation, did you? Read it, then try to talk about that, because you're now saying completely off-topic things. No sense to discuss with you. We were talking about Ukraine, and now, when you cannot win in discussion, you're trying to offend me by offending my taste and interests.

Respected Man, four post below yours there is already answer to that.

Millander, I'm not sure whether you're serious ot not :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 03, 2014, 12:50:49 am
No he's serious, the US government loves fucking over people. Look a Iran, Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, ect...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Millander on March 03, 2014, 12:52:29 am

Millander, I'm not sure whether you're serious ot not :)

 Oh I am man. We Americans are evil as fuck and topple Eastern block countries for fun.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 12:53:24 am
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Duuring, are you serious now? I thought that you're intelligent person. With wrong views, but intelligent. Now you're trying to look more stupid than you in fact are. Learn something about history, then take encyclopedia and read definition of words 'independence', 'occupation', 'war', 'country' and 'Nazis'.

Excuse me? I'm stupid? Because those situations were wildly different? They weren't. All these situations have groups of people fighting for what they believe against all odds. Fighting for their nation. Just because one situation had Nazis and Soviets, one had Prussians and Russians and one has modern Ukraine and modern Russia doesn't make them incomparable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 03, 2014, 12:59:19 am
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TORN, again, in opposition to you I'm looking at both - biased eastern media and biased western media. And I know that both of them are biased. Your arguments are getting worse with every post.
Your communism? Is there communism in Belgium? Or was it there?
So you look biased Eastern media and biased Western media? This makes you superior to all of us? And please how can you know I don't watch Eastern and Western media?
And with I know my communism. I meant with that is 'I know what communism is and USSR wasn't communism'
Your arguments are utter shit if I can call it that. Not do you condemn everything the west does but you also seem to have a no problem if your country does it.



Millander, I'm not sure whether you're serious ot not :)

 Oh I am man. We Americans are evil as fuck and topple Eastern block countries for fun.
Indeed.

Ukraine 10/10
Would topple again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on March 03, 2014, 01:00:57 am
In regards to your Canadian article I have to show a bit of apprehension.
Looking at the mans history of writing articles I can pretty much summarize it like this; "Western imperialism will be the doom of mankind, screw Obama."
It is also rather clearly stated in a disclaimer that the site in question really isn't responsible the articles of their writers, meaning that they can write complete nonsense and no one would give a rats arse.

I'm not saying that he's definitely wrong in this particular case, but given his general tone and lack of convincing sources I have to conclude that it's very likely to be complete bullshit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 03, 2014, 01:02:39 am
No he's serious, the US government loves fucking over people. Look a Iran, Guatemala, Panama, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, ect...
Implying Poland and other countries weren't involved in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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TORN, again, in opposition to you I'm looking at both - biased eastern media and biased western media. And I know that both of them are biased. Your arguments are getting worse with every post.
Your communism? Is there communism in Belgium? Or was it there?
Not do you condemn everything the west does but you also seem to have a no problem if your country does it.
He seems to have forgotten the fact that his country, Poland, was involved in numerous NATO strikes in both Iraq and Afghanistan and fought along US troops numerous times. He can blame us though, Eastern Media forgets to mention Poland's involvement.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 03, 2014, 01:19:25 am
Duuring, I didn't say that you're stupid. I just said, that you want to look stupid. That's big difference. If you got offended, then I have to apologize you, it wasn't my intention. And back on topic. Those situations are incomparable. Let stick to Napoleonic Era. So situation in Ukraine is rather like Poles declaring war to France and then asking Britain for help. That would be stupid. And that's what Ukrainian did. They turned against their only ally (which was in fact an ally, but rather kind of good lord, similar to relations between Poland and France in at the beginning of XIX century, Napoleon needed Poles, and thus helped us, not because he liked us) and then they wanted help from other enemy of this old ally. Britain wouldn't give a fuck about us and Napoleon would destroy during campaign against Russia. But Poland didn't do it, Poland supported its ally in fight against Russia. There was good effect for some time, so it wasn't 100% stupid decision. Maybe helping Russia would be better, maybe we would get independence as ally of Russia and then together live happily ever after. Who knows... Of course this situation still is different than Ukrainian, as Ukraine is independent country and duty of Ukrainian is to do their best to make it stronger, not destroying government and turning country into hopeless ruin. By the way, I'm now 'fighting for what I believe against all odds'. Am I a hero now? :)

Death, stop attacking Poland, it's not a topic of this discussion. I don't have to support everything my country is doing, and I in fact do not. You can make new topic 'Which of Polish actions Raddeo doesn't support' and then we will talk about it. Or maybe you want to make topic 'Why is anime better than ponies'? Go ahead, it will be nice flamewar discussion.

Sorry guys, it's enough for today, I have to go to bed :P See you tomorrow, I can guess that discussion won't move any further until tomorrow :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 01:23:25 am
this wall of text gives me a headache
Duuring, I didn't say that you're stupid. I just said, that you want to look stupid. That's big difference. If you got offended, then I have to apologize you, it wasn't my intention. And back on topic. Those situations are incomparable. Let stick to Napoleonic Era. So situation in Ukraine is rather like Poles declaring war to France and then asking Britain for help. That would be stupid. And that's what Ukrainian did. They turned against their only ally (which was in fact an ally, but rather kind of good lord, similar to relations between Poland and France in at the begining of XIX century, Napoleon needed Poles, and thus helped us, not because he liked us) and then they wanted help from other enemy of this old ally. Britain wouldn't give a fuck about us and Napoleon would destroy during campaign against Russia. But Poland didn't do it, Poland supported its ally in fight against Russia. There was good effect for some time, so it wasn't 100% stupid decision. Maybe helping Russia would be better, maybe we would get independace as ally of Russia and then together live happily ever after. Who knows... Of course this situation still is different than Ukrainian, as Ukraine is independent country and duty of Ukrainian is to do their best to make it stronger, not destroying government and turning country into hopeless ruin. By the way, I'm now 'fighting for what I believe against all odds'. Am I a hero now? :)
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The point that you conveniently ignore that all these situations had people in bad situations who did not do the 'logical' thing, aka the stupid thing. Fighting the Nazi's in '44 was stupid, cos they lost. Joining the Western Allies to free their country was stupid, because it was taken over by the Soviets and those veterans were prosecuted. Don't give me the 'but that was different' crap!

Besides, the entire conflict is about the fact that Ukrainians do not want Russia as their overlord. It's not their ally and it has never been. Allies don't attack each other and steal land.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 03, 2014, 01:31:28 am
Death, stop attacking Poland, it's not a topic of this discussion. I don't have to support everything my country is doing, and I in fact do not. You can make new topic 'Which of Polish actions Raddeo doesn't support' and then we will talk about it. Or maybe you want to make topic 'Why is anime better than ponies'? Go ahead, it will be nice flamewar discussion.
Oh my god the hypocrisy is off the charts LMAOO! You're the one who started off by saying the US was the whole cause for this, now all of a sudden no other countries but Ukraine are a topic of this discussion? ...my sides are violently convulsing from laughter... Seems to me you just are saying this because your hypocrisy has been pointed out.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 03, 2014, 01:41:31 am
8 pages later and this thread is still full of idiots lol
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 03, 2014, 01:45:21 am
8 pages later and this thread is still full of idiots lol
>implying that you aren't an idiot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 03, 2014, 01:45:33 am
8 pages later and this thread is still full of idiots lol
>implying that you aren't an idiot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 03, 2014, 01:49:09 am
Ok kids keep acting like you know what you are talking about  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 03, 2014, 01:51:32 am
Duuring, if you don't have country and your enemy is shooting to you in the middle of street just because you're Polish then you don't have anything you can loose. And you can do stupid thing then. But as long as you have own country you can loose everything. And you are not allowed to do stupid things. That's a difference. What is more, Ukrainians had a chance to change their situation in wise way. New elections were planned next year. And that's why these situations are different. There are things important and less important. And independence is for sure more important than new cars, higher salaries and new government (and that's what they were fighting for). Concerning Russia as overlord, one cannot always take what he want. And that's called politics. It's an art of making situations in which one can take what he want. Ukraine was not in such situation.

Death, sorry, but you're clearly stupid. I was talking about US but in matters connected with Ukraine. You were talking that Poland is evil because it took part in war in Afghanistan. Can you see anything Ukrainian in Afghanistan?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 03, 2014, 01:53:39 am
Ok kids keep acting like you know what you are talking about  ::)

>implying he knows any better when he shows no proof
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: kpetschulat on March 03, 2014, 02:01:27 am
I've since learned that Raddeo is a very biased ultra-nationalist, and trying to argue with him is like trying to have a conversation with a wall. You can't. Save yourselves the trouble and just don't bother with Raddeo.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 03, 2014, 02:02:57 am
Ok kids keep acting like you know what you are talking about  ::)

>implying he knows any better when he shows no proof

This is coming from a guy who thinks socialism works lol
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 02:05:56 am
I've since learned that Raddeo is a very biased ultra-nationalist, and trying to argue with him is like trying to have a conversation with a wall. You can't. Save yourselves the trouble and just don't bother with Raddeo.

I'm gonna go with that advice.

I'm going to bed too now. 3rd night in a row I fear I'll wake up with my nation at war.

This is coming from a guy who thinks socialism works lol

It works here, and mighty fine too. What? I'm sorry, I can't hear you over my affordable healthcare.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 03, 2014, 02:07:07 am
Ok kids keep acting like you know what you are talking about  ::)

>implying he knows any better when he shows no proof

This is coming from a guy who thinks socialism works lol

We've been over this. Don't say things you know are false.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 03, 2014, 02:11:58 am
It' just so funny that Raddeo doesn't even know what he's talking about. Raddeo, if you believe that all the Ukranians are/were fighting for, is more money you can get out of this thread please. Inform yourself before you start spreading bullshit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 03, 2014, 02:32:55 am
Raddeo is partially right...this conflict is nothing more than the EU and NATO competing with Russia for influence in the region.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on March 03, 2014, 02:36:23 am
Ok kids keep acting like you know what you are talking about  ::)

>implying he knows any better when he shows no proof

This is coming from a guy who thinks socialism works lol
SilentMan, stop trying to take the intellectual high ground if you're going to say stuff like that, which has been explained to be false for you in previous discussions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: George385 on March 03, 2014, 02:41:38 am
guyz!11! wurld wor tree is cumming!!!11!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dom_ on March 03, 2014, 02:43:15 am
guyz!11! wurld wor tree is cumming!!!11!
can't wait for the cod game based on it
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 03, 2014, 02:44:28 am
Guys North Korea fired 2 missiles off of their eastern coast! World war 3!

Spoiler
no but really Ukraine and Russia won't be another global war, I'll bet anyone that
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on March 03, 2014, 02:50:26 am
If war breaks out I doubt it will be any longer than the Gulf War.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: George385 on March 03, 2014, 02:54:15 am
If war breaks out I doubt it will be any longer than the Gulf War.

wont last very long at all now that we have nukes...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: kpetschulat on March 03, 2014, 03:06:11 am
The talk typically is that it will be another cold war.

US: We'll nuke you Red bastards!
RU: Oh, yeah? We'll nuke you back, you yank fucks!
UN: US, chill the fuck out, we're going to do this diplomatically.
US: Fuck that. I say we nuke them.
RU: If you nuke us, we'll nuke you.
US: Fuck you, faggot. We'll even let you nuke us first. Lay it on us.
RU: Oh, yeah? Fine.
US: Wait, if you nuke us, we'll nuke your nukes that are on flight to nuke our nuking silos that have nukes to nuke your country.
RU: Fuck this. I give up. Ukraine can have its land back:
UA: Yay! We get our shit back, fucking stupid Sowjets.
RU: Hey, fuck you Ukraine, we said we'll give you your land back. Prepare to get nuked!
UA: Don't nuke us!
US: Don't nuke them or we're going to nuke you.
UN: No one is going to nuke each other, we can talk this out...
Skip to the year 2033.
RU: We still have three nukes and two cities left, including our last city Cracchnisvopestiypoldock.
US: Oh yeah? We have four nukes, and still have two cities, NEW NEW NEW YORK CITY in Idaho and Woodtown! Our last few thousand people are still alive.
RU: Wait, this has gone too far.
UN: Yeah, it has. Every country from Poland to Belgium is wiped off the globe.
US: I'm sorry, Russia. We need to stop this.
RU: You're right, we do. Hey, where's the Ukraine?
UN: Completely flattened from all the nukes...
RU: So, there's no more Ukraine left? At all?
US and UN: Nope.
RU: Sukiy. This was all for nothing, guess we'll nuke ourselves.
RU shoots last nukes onto their last city of Cracchnisvopestiypoldock finalizing the removal of RU entirely.
US: Well, I guess that's that. The world's over now.
UN: Yup.
The end.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MapleSyrupSmugler on March 03, 2014, 03:38:32 am
I am autistic and what is this?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Josef Lenin on March 03, 2014, 03:59:29 am
The talk typically is that it will be another cold war.

US: We'll nuke you Red bastards!
RU: Oh, yeah? We'll nuke you back, you yank fucks!
UN: US, chill the fuck out, we're going to do this diplomatically.
US: Fuck that. I say we nuke them.
RU: If you nuke us, we'll nuke you.
US: Fuck you, faggot. We'll even let you nuke us first. Lay it on us.
RU: Oh, yeah? Fine.
US: Wait, if you nuke us, we'll nuke your nukes that are on flight to nuke our nuking silos that have nukes to nuke your country.
RU: Fuck this. I give up. Ukraine can have its land back:
UA: Yay! We get our shit back, fucking stupid Sowjets.
RU: Hey, fuck you Ukraine, we said we'll give you your land back. Prepare to get nuked!
UA: Don't nuke us!
US: Don't nuke them or we're going to nuke you.
UN: No one is going to nuke each other, we can talk this out...
Skip to the year 2033.
RU: We still have three nukes and two cities left, including our last city Cracchnisvopestiypoldock.
US: Oh yeah? We have four nukes, and still have two cities, NEW NEW NEW YORK CITY in Idaho and Woodtown! Our last few thousand people are still alive.
RU: Wait, this has gone too far.
UN: Yeah, it has. Every country from Poland to Belgium is wiped off the globe.
US: I'm sorry, Russia. We need to stop this.
RU: You're right, we do. Hey, where's the Ukraine?
UN: Completely flattened from all the nukes...
RU: So, there's no more Ukraine left? At all?
US and UN: Nope.
RU: Sukiy. This was all for nothing, guess we'll nuke ourselves.
RU shoots last nukes onto their last city of Cracchnisvopestiypoldock finalizing the removal of RU entirely.
US: Well, I guess that's that. The world's over now.
UN: Yup.
The end.
THIS
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on March 03, 2014, 04:13:59 am
Well, this thread has taken an... interesting turn, so I unfortunately feel compelled to lock it until tomorrow. Just take a bit to calm it down.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SeanBeansShako on March 03, 2014, 06:18:17 am
While it is locked, certain people should also reconsider their posts attacking people on a personal level now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 03, 2014, 09:19:43 am
And unlocked.

Argue against the argument, not against the person saying it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Krotan on March 03, 2014, 11:29:47 am
Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 03, 2014, 11:38:01 am
Isn't it somewhat obvious that putin just wants to have control of some key ports in the crimea? And doesn't care about the population of supposedly "russians" living there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: GoldenEagle on March 03, 2014, 12:08:28 pm
Socialist countries is the ones with highest living standards. Look at norway, sweden, netherlands, denmark. All socialist and all rich countries.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 03, 2014, 12:19:59 pm
The following is a communique of the “Borotba” union and of the Centre of Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine. It first appeared at borotba.org.

Spoiler
Ukraine is on the brink of fascist dictatorship.

The fascist threat... During the last year the former power and the forces of liberal opposition in Ukraine have made enough so that to make these words sound harmless and prevent Ukrainians from addressing the threat seriously. The pro-government forces used to organize, for their self-advertisement some pseudo-“anti fascist marches” though they failed to take effective actions to prevent the rise of power of the armed nationalist organizations. The oppositional block of liberals and nationalists could easily hit the clumsy rhetoric of the Ukrainian government. As a result, the term “fascism” has become vulgarized, deprived of its historical meaning and even used with a certain irony. Meanwhile, the process of legalization of the extremist far-right ideology in Ukraine was going on at a full pace.

What is fascism? Fascism is a generalized term denoting a bunch of political movements sharing some common ideologic features:

- The idea of superior position of some nations over others. The pervasive belief that a nation and its interests are more important than human rights and freedoms. (while the mere content of the “nation's interest” is being defined by leaders of such movements themselves and mass debates over the issue are suppresed).

– It’s blind praising of “historical traditions” (again, as they are understood by the right­wing idea-mongers). It’s the intrusive belief that the society needs no development, modernization and progress, but rather peculiar “return to the roots”, seen as a some magic means that are able to resolve all the problems and contradictions.

– It’s a hatred towards communism, socialism, ideas of egalitarism and social justice. The fascists set off against these ideas the doctrine of limitless power of the self­ proclaimed “social elite” that can ‘drive the cattle into stall’.

– The cult of force and violence. Readiness to kill all the political opponents.

And the ideologies of many different nationalist forces that set up a tone to modern Ukrainian policy – from the parlamentary party “Svoboda” to newborn “Right Sector” - correspond to these criteria.

Hundreds of thousands came out to the streets of Ukraine so that to protest against the corrupt regime of Janukovich late 2013. Naturally, not all Maydan-­protesters are right­wing radicals (as it was ludicrously claimed by some reactionary propagandists of great­ Russian ­chauvinism – esp. notorious Russian TV star Kysylev and the like). The protest against the bankrupt ruling has gathered people of various beliefs. However, numerous protesters failed to notice that the leadership in this movement was seized by bearers of openly fascist ideology.

It should be stressed that on the Maydan scene there was actually no room to discuss social justice issues or even the most moderate economic reforms that are quite necessary for those who care about interests of the majority of the Ukrainian population, namely - the working class. Along with shoutings “Glory to the nation! Death to the enemy!” the so­-called ‘revolutionaries’ have brought to the streets and squares not only red-­black nationalist flags but also the overtly nazi symbols and flags with celtic crosses. Moreover, there appeared a lot of the disgust “wolf crosses” (signs associated with SS) on the walls. Brutal assaults and beatings of political opponents, covered up by so-­called fight against “titushky” or governmental provocators, have become a daily normal practice. And the liberal groups of the protesters have quite consciously turned a blind eye to all these facts, proclaiming a union with far-right extremists a “revolutionary” need and a ‘temporal phenomenon’.

Well, Janukovich's regime has fallen. A new “people's power” has seized control over the most country. Is it high time, maybe, to follow democratic values that were so much discussed at the Maydan? Sadly, the reality suggests that such a hope is futile.

The very first days after the “victory of revolution’ saw the destruction of many monuments to V. I. Lenin. One can treat Soviet heritage differently but it is evident that the demolishion of the monuments without any approval of city councils and communities has nothing in common with democratic values.

While repeating ferocious proclamations about the necessity to fight separatist sentiments, MPs of the new majority in Parliament (Rada) remove the law that determines principles of the state language policies, therefore, they limit drastically the rights of Russian and other languages of national minorities in Ukraine. How can this step lead to the unity of the country? On the contrary – it will only deepen the contradictions between people in different regions.

Whilst indulging in resonating about the freedom of speech, the our “revolutionaries” introduce the most rigid censorship. The website of the movement “Stop censorship” (while criticizing one of the TV companies in Vinnitsa) threatens the journalists with a visit of armed fighters from the notorious “Right Sector”. In the meantime, MPs of “Svoboda” party propose a law limiting the broadcasting of foreign TV channels.

At the same time we witness a real terror-campaign against ideological opponents. Following the pogrom in the central office of the Communist Party of the Ukraine (that was close to the ex-power) , the far-right militants attacked Kiev office of ‘Borotba’ union that supports neither former regime nor the present one. The activists of ‘Borotba’ are threatened with death. And MP Javorivsky proposed the bill that cancels penalty for negation or public apology of nazi crimes.

The new power has immidiately promised to fight severely against any forceful actions of the opponents to Maydan­. That’s why it approved the violence of the militarized nationalists. The new power immediately started legal proceedings against Yevgeny Zhilin, the leader of Kharchiv ‘Anti­-maidan’ movement “Oplot”. But the leaders of the ‘Right Sector’ (like Alexander Musychko, who recently came to the session of Rivne regional council with an assault rifle) are promised to get positions in the Ministry of Interior Affairs

We have to acknowledge the very unpleasant fact: Ukraine is under a threat of imposing the worst type of dictatorship of the Third World countries: an alliance between the supporters of neoliberal economic policy and the fascist political practice. With the help of such system of rule – the new government pushes unpopular reforms that would lead to further impoverishment of the people. And coercive support to such kind of reforms is provided by far-right paramilitary units that should suppress any social protest.

The union “Borotba” calls all citizens of Ukraine opposing to such a development trend - to take part in the activity of the Centre of Anti­fascist Resistance. Anti­-fascism now is not about support of the bankrupt and deposed regime of Janukovich. It is about self­-organizing and uniting all those citizens who don't want to see our country slipping into the abyss of fascist dictatorship.

Instead of a misanthropic ideology of the far-righters, we put forward a set of top-priority demands that should lay a basis for social movement striving to real changes in the country:

1. To guarantee equal rights and freedoms for all citizens of the country, regardless of the language used and region of their living.

2. To stop the commercialisation of healthcare and education system, as well as the process of destruction of hospitals and schools. The public services should be accessable to everyone. Otherwise we’ll face the further extinction and degrading of our people.

3. To introduce full public control over the process of seting prices and tariffs for public utilities, primary necessities and public transport.

4. To ensure complete realization of the labor legislation as well as decent wages in all enterprises regardless of the form of property. To introduce the system of workers’ control in state enterprises.

5. To nationalize the largest enterprises and bring back the control over process of natural resources extraction to the people of Ukraine.

6. To abolish pension reform that raised the pension age. To prevent privatization of pension funds.

7. To liquidate offshore schemes used for transferring out of Ukrainian economy the capital created by labor of millions of Ukrainian people.

8. To create the necessary conditions for open democratic elections of central and local authorities, without predatory practice of bailment for the registration of candidates and party lists. To broaden the power of local authorities. To vest the results of national and regional referenda the with power of laws being mandatory to execute.

You can contact centre of anti-fascist resistance via e mail front@borotba.org. Join our common movement. Start to act now! Together we can save our country!
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 03, 2014, 12:34:34 pm
tldr

Socialist countries is the ones with highest living standards. Look at norway, sweden, netherlands, denmark. All socialist and all rich countries.
Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Monaco

and btw, i dont care who "wins" in this situation, i really dont give 2 shits about the ukraine

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftw.greywool.com%2Fi%2Fopa-c.jpg&hash=913a435d51ea1464adb302bc58fddba734fe61ce)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 03, 2014, 12:35:03 pm
The following is a communique of the “Borotba” union and of the Centre of Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine. It first appeared at borotba.org.

Spoiler
Ukraine is on the brink of fascist dictatorship.

The fascist threat... During the last year the former power and the forces of liberal opposition in Ukraine have made enough so that to make these words sound harmless and prevent Ukrainians from addressing the threat seriously. The pro-government forces used to organize, for their self-advertisement some pseudo-“anti fascist marches” though they failed to take effective actions to prevent the rise of power of the armed nationalist organizations. The oppositional block of liberals and nationalists could easily hit the clumsy rhetoric of the Ukrainian government. As a result, the term “fascism” has become vulgarized, deprived of its historical meaning and even used with a certain irony. Meanwhile, the process of legalization of the extremist far-right ideology in Ukraine was going on at a full pace.

What is fascism? Fascism is a generalized term denoting a bunch of political movements sharing some common ideologic features:

- The idea of superior position of some nations over others. The pervasive belief that a nation and its interests are more important than human rights and freedoms. (while the mere content of the “nation's interest” is being defined by leaders of such movements themselves and mass debates over the issue are suppresed).

– It’s blind praising of “historical traditions” (again, as they are understood by the right­wing idea-mongers). It’s the intrusive belief that the society needs no development, modernization and progress, but rather peculiar “return to the roots”, seen as a some magic means that are able to resolve all the problems and contradictions.

– It’s a hatred towards communism, socialism, ideas of egalitarism and social justice. The fascists set off against these ideas the doctrine of limitless power of the self­ proclaimed “social elite” that can ‘drive the cattle into stall’.

– The cult of force and violence. Readiness to kill all the political opponents.

And the ideologies of many different nationalist forces that set up a tone to modern Ukrainian policy – from the parlamentary party “Svoboda” to newborn “Right Sector” - correspond to these criteria.

Hundreds of thousands came out to the streets of Ukraine so that to protest against the corrupt regime of Janukovich late 2013. Naturally, not all Maydan-­protesters are right­wing radicals (as it was ludicrously claimed by some reactionary propagandists of great­ Russian ­chauvinism – esp. notorious Russian TV star Kysylev and the like). The protest against the bankrupt ruling has gathered people of various beliefs. However, numerous protesters failed to notice that the leadership in this movement was seized by bearers of openly fascist ideology.

It should be stressed that on the Maydan scene there was actually no room to discuss social justice issues or even the most moderate economic reforms that are quite necessary for those who care about interests of the majority of the Ukrainian population, namely - the working class. Along with shoutings “Glory to the nation! Death to the enemy!” the so­-called ‘revolutionaries’ have brought to the streets and squares not only red-­black nationalist flags but also the overtly nazi symbols and flags with celtic crosses. Moreover, there appeared a lot of the disgust “wolf crosses” (signs associated with SS) on the walls. Brutal assaults and beatings of political opponents, covered up by so-­called fight against “titushky” or governmental provocators, have become a daily normal practice. And the liberal groups of the protesters have quite consciously turned a blind eye to all these facts, proclaiming a union with far-right extremists a “revolutionary” need and a ‘temporal phenomenon’.

Well, Janukovich's regime has fallen. A new “people's power” has seized control over the most country. Is it high time, maybe, to follow democratic values that were so much discussed at the Maydan? Sadly, the reality suggests that such a hope is futile.

The very first days after the “victory of revolution’ saw the destruction of many monuments to V. I. Lenin. One can treat Soviet heritage differently but it is evident that the demolishion of the monuments without any approval of city councils and communities has nothing in common with democratic values.

While repeating ferocious proclamations about the necessity to fight separatist sentiments, MPs of the new majority in Parliament (Rada) remove the law that determines principles of the state language policies, therefore, they limit drastically the rights of Russian and other languages of national minorities in Ukraine. How can this step lead to the unity of the country? On the contrary – it will only deepen the contradictions between people in different regions.

Whilst indulging in resonating about the freedom of speech, the our “revolutionaries” introduce the most rigid censorship. The website of the movement “Stop censorship” (while criticizing one of the TV companies in Vinnitsa) threatens the journalists with a visit of armed fighters from the notorious “Right Sector”. In the meantime, MPs of “Svoboda” party propose a law limiting the broadcasting of foreign TV channels.

At the same time we witness a real terror-campaign against ideological opponents. Following the pogrom in the central office of the Communist Party of the Ukraine (that was close to the ex-power) , the far-right militants attacked Kiev office of ‘Borotba’ union that supports neither former regime nor the present one. The activists of ‘Borotba’ are threatened with death. And MP Javorivsky proposed the bill that cancels penalty for negation or public apology of nazi crimes.

The new power has immidiately promised to fight severely against any forceful actions of the opponents to Maydan­. That’s why it approved the violence of the militarized nationalists. The new power immediately started legal proceedings against Yevgeny Zhilin, the leader of Kharchiv ‘Anti­-maidan’ movement “Oplot”. But the leaders of the ‘Right Sector’ (like Alexander Musychko, who recently came to the session of Rivne regional council with an assault rifle) are promised to get positions in the Ministry of Interior Affairs

We have to acknowledge the very unpleasant fact: Ukraine is under a threat of imposing the worst type of dictatorship of the Third World countries: an alliance between the supporters of neoliberal economic policy and the fascist political practice. With the help of such system of rule – the new government pushes unpopular reforms that would lead to further impoverishment of the people. And coercive support to such kind of reforms is provided by far-right paramilitary units that should suppress any social protest.

The union “Borotba” calls all citizens of Ukraine opposing to such a development trend - to take part in the activity of the Centre of Anti­fascist Resistance. Anti­-fascism now is not about support of the bankrupt and deposed regime of Janukovich. It is about self­-organizing and uniting all those citizens who don't want to see our country slipping into the abyss of fascist dictatorship.

Instead of a misanthropic ideology of the far-righters, we put forward a set of top-priority demands that should lay a basis for social movement striving to real changes in the country:

1. To guarantee equal rights and freedoms for all citizens of the country, regardless of the language used and region of their living.

2. To stop the commercialisation of healthcare and education system, as well as the process of destruction of hospitals and schools. The public services should be accessable to everyone. Otherwise we’ll face the further extinction and degrading of our people.

3. To introduce full public control over the process of seting prices and tariffs for public utilities, primary necessities and public transport.

4. To ensure complete realization of the labor legislation as well as decent wages in all enterprises regardless of the form of property. To introduce the system of workers’ control in state enterprises.

5. To nationalize the largest enterprises and bring back the control over process of natural resources extraction to the people of Ukraine.

6. To abolish pension reform that raised the pension age. To prevent privatization of pension funds.

7. To liquidate offshore schemes used for transferring out of Ukrainian economy the capital created by labor of millions of Ukrainian people.

8. To create the necessary conditions for open democratic elections of central and local authorities, without predatory practice of bailment for the registration of candidates and party lists. To broaden the power of local authorities. To vest the results of national and regional referenda the with power of laws being mandatory to execute.

You can contact centre of anti-fascist resistance via e mail front@borotba.org. Join our common movement. Start to act now! Together we can save our country!
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Sounds like soviet propaganda... lol.. just read their points.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 03, 2014, 12:43:05 pm
Aye, they follow revolutionary marxism... not my strait but i'm all for labor rights.

If that isn't enough, Internationalists and anarchists from Russia and elsewhere have issued a declaration condemning both the Russian and Ukrainian governments, arguing that the working class in both countries should reject nationalism and fight for their own interests.

Here is the declaration in its entirety:
Spoiler
     Declaration of Internationalists against the war in Ukraine

    War on war! Not a single drop a blood for the "nation”!

The power struggle between oligarchic clans in Ukraine threatens to escalate into an international armed conflict. Russian capitalism intends to use redistribution of Ukrainian state power in order to implement their long-standing imperial and expansionist aspirations in the Crimea and eastern Ukraine where it has strong economic, financial and political interests.

On the background of the next round of the impending economic crisis in Russia, the regime is trying to stoking Russian nationalism to divert attention from the growing workers' socio-economic problems: poverty wages and pensions, dismantling of available health care, education and other social services. In the thunder of the nationalist and militant rhetoric it is easier to complete the formation of a corporate, authoritarian state based on reactionary conservative values and repressive policies.

In Ukraine, the acute economic and political crisis has led to increased confrontation between "old" and "new" oligarchic clans, and the first used including ultra-rightist and ultra-nationalist formations for making a state coup in Kiev. The political elite of Crimea and eastern Ukraine does not intend to share their power and property with the next in turn Kiev rulers and trying to rely on help from the Russian government. Both sides resorted to rampant nationalist hysteria: respectively, Ukrainian and Russian. There are armed clashes, bloodshed. The Western powers have their own interests and aspirations, and their intervention in the conflict could lead to World War III.

Warring cliques of bosses force, as usual, force to fight for their interests us, ordinary people: wage workers, unemployed, students, pensioners... Making us drunkards of nationalist drug, they set us against each other, causing us forget about our real needs and interests: we don`t and can`t care about their "nations" where we are now concerned more vital and pressing problems – how to make ends meet in the system which they found to enslave and oppress us.

We will not succumb to nationalist intoxication. To hell with their state and “nations”, their flags and offices! This is not our war, and we should not go on it, paying with our blood their palaces, bank accounts and the pleasure to sit in soft chairs of authorities. And if the bosses in Moscow, Kiev, Lviv, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Simferopol start this war, our duty is to resist it by all available means!

No war between "nations"-no peace between classes!

    KRAS, Russian section of the International Workers Association
    Internationalists of Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Israel, Lithuania
    Anarchist Federation of Moldova
    Fraction of the Revolutionary Socialists (Ukraine)

    The statement is open for signature
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drums are beating
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 03, 2014, 12:44:33 pm
Damn that's some edgy stuff.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 01:59:41 pm
Pff, what a bullshit. All this ukrainian-nazi-revolution topic is completely generated by the russian propaganda. The forces that started and carried out the revolution in their majority have nothing to do with the nazism. Couple of nationalistic organizations took part, and those organizations might have some sort of nazi wings or supporters, but none I've personally whitnessed or heard of. If such groups existed, they'd still be one small drop in an ocean, since hundreds of organizations and movements joined the revolution, from russian liberals to footbal fans from eastern Ukraine. The newly appointed governent also didn't do anything that could've been regarded as "nazi" so far. In fact, they've appointed this man
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, a honorable head of the largest jewish organization in Ukraine and well known oligarch, as the governor of one of the largest and most profitable regions. Also, the collective of the popular revolutionary internet news and stream channel "HromadskeTV" was invited to broadcast their production on the only state TV channel in the country, and since the cold war with Russia started they're doing it daily. The frontman of the HromadkeTV is Mustafa Nayem, born in Afganistan, currently the most popular journalist in Ukraine. Sounds like typical decisions nazis would make, huh? Also, the revolution was rather international, as well as it's casualties. The first man shot down was the armenian guy living in Ukraine, the second one was a belorussian temporarily residing in Ukraine because of having been repressed at his homeland. At least one georgian died from a sniper, and, though I'm not sure if any russians died, I know for sure that many took part and many were beaten, including not only the local russians, but also people who travelled here from Russian Federation specifically to take part. Some of them explained themselves by claiming Russia will never be free and democratic if the revolution will be supressed in Ukraine.

 Now, talking about nazism, you should probably know that the riot police that is now being praised by the russian government and propaganda, has been accused of nazism and antisemitism on many occasions. At the break of the street conflict some journalists got an access to the closed riot police "Berkut" squad social network community and discovered tonns of antisemit and nazi propaganda like this
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or this
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. The basic direction was that the opposition leaders are all jews and the revolution is carried out by the nazis and organized by the jews or masons from the western countries. The communities were deleted as soon as the press published screenshots and scandal grew large enough. Also, there were two or three cases when the local jews were attacked during the revolution, but two largest jewish organizations of Ukraine published their announcements, claiming that the assaults were almost surely carried out by the pro-governmental mercenaries, since the police refused to investigate them, even while one of them involved knife wounds. All mentioned cases happened before the revolution won. In addition, one of the mentioned organizations released another specific announcement, stating that antisemitis is not spread among the protestors and that the revolution shouldn't be regarded as nazi.

 There are no problems with the public order aswell, at least not in Kiev. I am competely sure since I actually reside there. All public order problems were caused by the police and the small criminals, so called "titushki", that were hired by the people connected to our already ex-president specifically for the provocations and to simulate the public disorder. Many locals think their plan was to use that people for massive slaughter, which had to be used as a reason to introduce the military state, and military state would then be a reason to shoot the protestors down, shut down all TV channels but for one and turn off the internet. Hovewer, the provocations in Kiev failed twice because of the massive resistance by ordinary citizens. For a first time it was kind of surprise, but many reacted, rushing out of their homes in the middle of the night with baseball bats, axes and sometimes firearms, charging down the criminals and catching them. Two of my friends personally took part in the event and their group took seven prisoners, all of whom confessed they were paid for an action. The prisoners dropped bats, metalic staffs and knives, some had rubber shooters and drugs. The latter attempt failed even more. It was way more massive, but people were way more organized this time. Basically ,they used Zello aplication, created a channel for each city district, where hundreds and thousands of citizens were exchanging info. Some were forming groups and car crews to patrol the streets, other were setting an observation points from their windows and reporting any strange activity outside, which was later checked by the car crews that turned out to be nearby. It was basically a local, self-organized militia, and it saved the city from pro-governmental criminals, since the city police and the road police, which back then were still under control of the old government, were COMPLETELY removed from the streets. Thus the citizens had to do everything themselves, and they did, even up to creating block-posts and checking the documents and car content. This way hundreds of criminals were caught and either sent home or sent to police. It was also rumoured that our awesome ex-President didn't take care to pay all that criminals before he ran away, so they had no money to go back home or even feed themselves, which made them try to plunder and steal. I know exactly they were plundering in three districts and even were able to set one city market on fire, but later the local citizens formed and repelled them everywhere. After about three days of daily and nightly patrolling the city was as quiet and safe as never before. Personally I think this city should reduce the ammount of street police and launch some sort of a social programme of citizen militia instead, as it turned way more effective then the police itself.

 The problems with the public order are still to be seen on the east, however, where the russians are trying to justify their about-to-happen armed invasion. Now, when I say "russians", I want you to understand me correctly. Unfortunately, in English one word" russians" is used for a bunch of things, while I mean a specific category of people - the Cremlin authorities. Basically, you can speak of ethnical russians in general ( русские), the citiizens of Russian Federation (россияне), and the ones who support the Kremlin politics (кремлевские). There's a large difference between three categories, since not all citizens of russian federation support the cremlin politics, and far not all russians support the cremlin politics and are the citizens of Russian federation. In fact, it lately turned out that a lot of local russians ( ethnic russians, living and Ukraine and being citizens of Ukraine) are actually supporting the revolution and the ukrainian national state, speaking out loud against any forms of russian military intervention. Many of them are even claiming that in case of the further agression they will join the ukrainian army to fight the russian forces back. In return, even the ukrainian nationalists are positioning themselves as being against the russian state and armed forces, but not against the local or foreign russians. This is a sort of a new thing, since previously many people feared the local ukrainian russians will all support the russian state and rise against us. Now this fear is gone for long and good.

 In terms of separatism now. According to the poll, carried out previous year or at the beginning of this year, the ammount of people voting for separation of their provinces and adding them to the Russian Federation was over 10-15 per cents in only four regions out of 24. The highest rate of 40 per cents of votes was in Crimea, then there were Lugansk and Donetsk regions with smth between 30 and 20, Kharkiv with less then 20, the rest was 15-0 or so, mostly - 5 to 0. Crimea is quite a specific case, since Russia have always regarded it as the zone of their " special interests". Simplified, it means they need a harbour in Sevastopol, since they do not have another military port of that class anywhere else in the Black sea. That is why they were always boosting the local separatism by the means of massive propaganda and russian agents activity. That wasn't difficult, since over 50 per cents of population of Crimea is of russian origin, and many are illegally having both ukrainian and russian citizenship. Basically, the whole area is under russian media screen, they broadcast maximun two or three ukrainian channels, with the rest being russian central channels known for the ammount and quality of daily propaganda. I've heard that since the beginning of the revolution the local government have closed an access to any channels that were more or less independant, so the people just didn't receive enough information. Currently, when the Crimea is completely occupied by russians, they receive even less, as well as we receive quite a few info on Crimea because the occupational forces wouldn't let most of the journalists and streamers in. Either way, you might also be interested to know that the person who has now self-proclaimed himself as a new Crimean prime-minister, is not the most popular politic around. His party took part in the latest local parliamentary elections, winning only four seats out of more then hundred total in the parliament.  Most of the seats were won by the communists and ex-governing party, both using expremely pro-russian slogans and programmes to get massive support in that area. However, none of the communists or old government members seemed to have agreed with the russian plans of intervention, so the Kremlin had to find another politic that would agree for anything. That is how they picked the locat " prime minister", who is rumored to having been a bandit and criminal 15 years ago.

 The scheme that was used in Crimea and is now being attempted in the Estern provinces is in fact simple. They first fake the local protests by hiring and bribing some people to take part, organized the provocations during the protests to show that the cituation is unpredictable and dangerous. Then they" elect" the new leader of a province, who immediately turns to Russia and asks for military assistance.  In Crimea it went slightly wrong, since when the 2k of "protestors" showed up in front of the parliament, they were met by the way larger group of local Ukrainian state supporters and had to give ground. Apparently this is the reason russians had to use their army units to capture the parliament and other important buildings. I do hope that noone belives in completely equipped and armed men being the local " self-defence squads". I live in Kiev, a city with way more wealthier inhabitants, and I've seen the local squards of self defence, but they were never equipped that way. Neither they were all armed with AK-74 and PKM mashineguns. Anyways, two days ago, yesterday and today the same scenarios were attempted in a number of provinces of Eastern Ukraine, namely in Kharkiv, Donets, Lugansk. There were also two completely failed attempts in Kherson and Dniepropetrovsk on the South, where the separation supporters were so few against the Ukraine supporters that they didn't even try to provoke and disperced. In Kharkiv, Donetsk and Lugansk, however, the " protests" were much more serious, partly joined by the ordinary citizens supporting the position. In Kharkiv they broke in the local administration, protected by some peaceful pro-Ukraine protestors, and caused an outslaught, in which two pro-ukrainian protestors were beaten to death and much more people were badly injured. The russian flags were raised above the governmental buldings. It was later discovered that at least some of those people were from the neighbouring russian provinces, and the one raising the flag over Kharkiv government bulding turned out to be from Moscow - identified by comparing the pictures from the spot with a facebook profile pictures. Following the events, the people who proclaimed themselves "new governors" asked for russian support at least in Donetsk and Lugansk, which may now be used as a reason of intervention there. Russian TV propaganda claims people are being repressed and forced to escape in that provinces, which is completely false and makes no sence. Let me just say that the new government in Kiev didn't even change the local governors in that regions untill yesterday, with the new governors being the known local figures too. Appart from changing the governors and, possibly, changing the heads of local police, no other actions were performed in tha provinces, so it was even technically impossible to start " repressing" someone, not saying that nobody would actually do that. To prove the fact of repressions and massive ammount of fugitives the russian channel showed a video from the ukrainian customs station, that was later identified as the customs station on the western ukrainian border between Ukraine and Poland.

Overall, the european and world media and networks are now being filled with the russian propaganda to justify mr Putin's intervention to Ukraine, which, in fact, looks nazi itself and smells exactly like 1938 affair mr. Hitler performed. Both mrs claim their motivation being to protect their "brothers" from repressions in foreign states. If the invasion takes place, however, it will end up with massive casualties and guerilla warfare, since the majority of  ukrainians and other nationalities living here, even regardless of wether they are supporting the latest revolution or not, are against the military invation and eager to fight back. I only wrote all this to make sure you won't be completely filled with the russian propaganda, as the previous posts gave me an impression many of you are. I'm neither a nationalists, nor a nazi, and I didn't even take part in the fighting part of the conflict, though I've been on almost every meeting before the street fighting started and helped with food, clothes and some cash afterwards, and I saw and heard quite a lot of things,and definitely more then you guys had, soI assure you you can believe me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 03, 2014, 02:12:06 pm
Putin fears the spread of protest, and popular participation into Russia. This whole Crimean operation can not solve Putin’s problems. His regime is not built on strong foundations. Russia is slipping back into recession, the only reason their economy able to maintain itself is thanks to high oil prices.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 03:24:08 pm
So, Admiral, as an Ukranian, do you think this really can come to war?

I mean, I, as a Dutchman, have my opinion but yours is probably more relevant.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 04:12:35 pm
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So, Admiral, as an Ukranian, do you think this really can come to war?

I mean, I, as a Dutchman, have my opinion but yours is probably more relevant.

 Yes, the war is more than possible. I think that two decisive factors here are the reaction of the western countries, mainly the NATO, and the level of mobilization within the ukrainian society. Putin have made the first step, now he is valuating both factors. Depending from the results he will or he will not start the full-scale invasion.

 The level of mobilization is way higher then I could've expected to be honest. The people were extremely mobilized during the revolution, but now they're even more mobilized. Even before the parliament decided to summon reservists into the army, there were queves of people in front of the doors of the military stations demanding to sign them in. Many are eager to fight back whatever comes from the russian side, even knowing pretty well that our army is in ruins and doesn't stand a chance. The russian group of armies that is currently gathered close to our borders for "maneuvering" is of the size of the whole ukrainian army. We also lack aviation, artillery and tanks to some extent, though we're said to have one of the best anti-aircraft systems and staff around. Back in 2008 our specialists were involved in a war on a side of Georgia, ant it is believed they've destroyed over 20 russian airplanes there.

 The level of international support is rather disappointing so far, but I can't say anyone expected better reaction. Most of people still remember 2008 and Russia simply cutting two regions out of Georgia without any serious consequenses. There is also an impression that the russian propaganda is seriously working in Europe and in the US, I've already seen a couple of materials that do fit into their propaganda line and general explanations as to why they are in Crimea. I've also seen comments on the news websites which might have been written by the russian lobbists. This sort of propaganda is widely spread in our part of the region because of being cheap, easy to perform and quite effective. One lobbist can create dozens of accounts and keep trolling and posting from all of them ,suppressing any sound or serious comments from the real users. Another method is DDOSing, a number of ukrainian news sites has been DDOS'ed throughout the revolution, and the strong attacks were noticed today. Unfortunutely, our government isn't wise enough to take some steps in order to counter that, so the public has to organize everything relying on the private initiatives. Whole ukrainian facebook is currently filled with the pleas and requests to reach western/russian resources and  firght the russian propaganda by telling the truth. For instance:

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 Overall I start having a feeling there will be a war, as the russian propaganda keeps going, and the attempts to fake protests and local government overthrowing never stopped during four days in a row already. The Kremlin wouldn't spend their time and cash resources on that if they were not preparing to advance. As well as they wouldn't have issed Putin with the official approval to use military in Ukraine two days AFTER the russian army have actually captured the whole Crimea but for the territories of ukrainian military bases, which are still staying there, refusing to surrender and declining the attempts to provoke them to shoot or steal the property and vehicles.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 03, 2014, 04:16:26 pm
The Russian currency fell 13%, so much that their central bank had to raise interest rates just to keep their economy "stable".. Their entire economy can plummet from not receiving enough foreign investments, so if they do start a war then it will just hurt them even more.  (Yea all global economies are hurting at the same time, but not as much as Russia's right now)  Along with many countries imposing economic sanctions..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 03, 2014, 04:17:49 pm
Seems like it that the Russian Military have given a ultimatum to the Ukranian troops on the Crimea...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 04:22:20 pm
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The Russian currency fell 13%, so much that their central bank had to raise interest rates just to keep their economy "stable".. Their entire economy can plummet from not receiving enough foreign investments, so if they do start a war then it will just hurt them even more.  (Yea all global economies are hurting at the same time, but not as much as Russia's right now)  Along with many countries imposing economic sanctions..

Yeah, that steps have turned out to be unexpectably effective at the date, probably because the russian economy was at decline already for the last couple of months. Still I'm afraid that might not stop Putin. That would definitely scare the russian elites and oligarchs, but I'm not sure wether they are independent enough to play against him. Ukrainian oligarchs enjoyed much more independance, but neither of them did a single thing to support the revolution untill the president ran away.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Kitty on March 03, 2014, 04:30:17 pm
I just hope and pray that Klitschko and other wealthy families see the urge to donate money if this ends in war to have proper shielded warriors and not potatoesack covered cannonfoder against him.

Stay save Admiral FSE needs you
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Krotan on March 03, 2014, 04:33:10 pm
Russia's Black Sea Fleet has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until 5:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday to surrender or face an all-out assault, according to Ukrainian defence ministry sources quoted by Interfax-Ukraine news agency. "If by 5am tomorrow morning they do not surrender a real assault will begin on units and sections of the Ukrainian armed forces all over Crimea," defence ministry officials are quoted as saying. So far there is no further confirmation of the ultimatum from other sources.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 04:35:59 pm
Hah, donations won't help that much, and they're being made already from what I've heard. People have also suggested to open the accounts so that anyone could donate for the army. I do like this idea and would donate, though if they do mobilize me, I'd prefer to personally purchase everything but for the gun and ammo. Specially the boots of good quality, or standart army boots are only good for turning your legs into powder.

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Russia's Black Sea Fleet has given Ukrainian forces in Crimea until 5:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Tuesday to surrender or face an all-out assault, according to Ukrainian defence ministry sources quoted by Interfax-Ukraine news agency. "If by 5am tomorrow morning they do not surrender a real assault will begin on units and sections of the Ukrainian armed forces all over Crimea," defence ministry officials are quoted as saying. So far there is no further confirmation of the ultimatum from other sources.

Indeed, that is what they say here. The russian army maneuvering on our borders are supposed to end today and the troops should be sent to constant locations. I assume they might try to use this ultimatum to clear the Crimea and at the same time use their "maneuvering" armies to attack through the eastern border.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 05:16:53 pm
Well, my country is part of the NATO, so if it comes to war, the army will (or might) go and they will tell us civilians 'no no, everything is fine, carry on making money and keep the economy okay!'.

We might see the draft act being activated again - and guess who's in the latest draftyear?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 05:37:24 pm
The lack of sources posted here for 'facts' hurts my soul  :'(

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 03, 2014, 05:40:13 pm
only poland can save us now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 05:42:28 pm
only Montenegro can save us now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 03, 2014, 05:47:07 pm
only Yorkshire can save us now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hawke on March 03, 2014, 05:50:06 pm
We all know that Serbia's the future, guys.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 05:54:31 pm
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The lack of sources posted here for 'facts' hurts my soul  :'(

THAT.

Actually, my largest hopes are on Poland and Turkey.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on March 03, 2014, 05:56:14 pm
Well, my country is part of the NATO, so if it comes to war, the army will (or might) go and they will tell us civilians 'no no, everything is fine, carry on making money and keep the economy okay!'.

We might see the draft act being activated again - and guess who's in the latest draftyear?

Time to dig up the letter the Defense Ministry sent us eh?  :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 05:59:35 pm
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The lack of sources posted here for 'facts' hurts my soul  :'(

THAT.

Actually, my largest hopes are on Poland and Turkey.

The thing is - if this ultimatum is legit, it was a huge mistake by Russia. Without it, the whole situation would have left the Russians in control of the Crimea and Ukraine being angry about it. Now, if the Russians do take violent action to secure the Crimea more than they already have - someone will be forced to react. Be it just Ukraine, Poland, NATO, whoever. An actual violent action taken will kick up a shitstorm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 03, 2014, 06:00:46 pm
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The lack of sources posted here for 'facts' hurts my soul  :'(

THAT.

Actually, my largest hopes are on Poland and Turkey.
Poland would probably get involved, as would turkey, then america and britain, possibly france and germany later, kinda the factions of the last crimean war with a few more.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Aiello on March 03, 2014, 06:05:57 pm
only Russia can save us now.

Wait I think i did something wrong.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 03, 2014, 06:06:50 pm
This whole Ukrainian crisis will be an interesting piece of history soon. Weird thing is, nobody i know is actually talking about it :/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 06:08:54 pm
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Poland would probably get involved, as would turkey, then america and britain, possibly france and germany later, kinda the factions of the last crimean war with a few more.

I'd say that given that Russia will not use the nukes, Turkey, Poland and our army could be enough. Turkish army is 700k and well equipped, Polish is roughly 150k as it seems and well equipped aswell,  and our is around 150, disorganized, poorly equipped but in high spirits and not worse then most of russian units. I'd say we should have had way more artillery though.

In any case, I really hope the military part will never come. Over 100 kia during the street fights of the revolution is way too many already :(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 03, 2014, 06:09:35 pm
Enough. Stop posting here since you can't take it seriously.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on March 03, 2014, 06:10:20 pm
Enough. Stop posting here since you can't take it seriously.

You really arent helping. At all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 06:10:35 pm
I've noted that too. I'm afraid people won't care until the consensus is to do so. Concerning Poland and Turkey; Turkey is a bit of a loose cannon, but I really don't see Poland doing anything without NATO support.

In 12 hours we might have a Ukraine-Russia war at our hands, and what happens after that...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 06:12:03 pm
I've noted that too. I'm afraid people won't care until the consensus is to do so. Concerning Poland and Turkey; Turkey is a bit of a loose cannon, but I really don't see Poland doing anything without NATO support.

In 12 hours we might have a Ukraine-Russia war at our hands, and what happens after that...

I wish my friends were like you guys, all I've seen is people spouting off about "world war 3" and nukes.

Enough. Stop posting here since you can't take it seriously.

Judging by your other posts on this forum I wouldn't be surprised if you think this is legit :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 03, 2014, 06:12:32 pm
Why would Turkey do anything? Im confused...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 03, 2014, 06:14:16 pm
only Poland can save us now.

In fact Poland is probably on of the most involved countries. Our politics were on Maidan very often, Now we are the ones who are trying to force NATO and EU to act. And that's why this drawing was made.

By the way, I've also found nice drawing about Ukraine. It's shows pretty well what has happened.
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Admiral, don't count on me. I'm not going to die to protect ones who cheerfully cries 'heroyam slava!', glorify UIA and prefer to choose new governments in riots than in democratic votings. So most of my folks don't want to go on such war.

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We might see the draft act being activated again - and guess who's in the latest draftyear?
It sounds that you're against Russia just to aviod going to army, not to help Ukraine.

SilentMan, in Poland it's quite popular joke now :) 'Due to difficult situation between Ukraine and Russia, France has decided to sign act of capitulation' :P

Archduke, because of Tatars...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 03, 2014, 06:16:44 pm
Turkey is a member of the NATO i think that would be the main reason of it's involvement?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 03, 2014, 06:19:03 pm
Raddeo pls stop calling me Archduke q.q

Its Sven ;)

Turkey is a member of the NATO i think that would be the main reason of it's involvement?

But Nato isnt getting involved thus far.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 03, 2014, 06:21:23 pm
I've already told you, that I'm just showing you how much I do respect you. And that's why I'm using title instead of name :P But serioulsy, I just used to use first part of nickname and everytime I forgot that I shoud use second one in your case :) I'll try to change that habit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 06:21:56 pm
Turkey is a member of the NATO i think that would be the main reason of it's involvement?

Borders, and because lots and lots of ethnic Turks (Tatars) live in Eastern Europe (Ukraine.)

NATO is not compelled to react unless they are being attacked. Just because someone in NATO starts, or becomes involved in a war, doesn't been that the rest of NATO has to get involved. It is a defensive treaty.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 06:23:17 pm
I love how the Poles make jokes about the French, who without we would not have a Poland today. Anyway, I bet you'd like some help of Poland decided to attack Poland.

NATO is not compelled to react unless they are being attacked. Just because someone in NATO starts, or becomes involved in a war, doesn't been that the rest of NATO has to get involved. It is a defensive treaty.

But this is a defensive action.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 06:23:37 pm
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Turkey is a member of the NATO i think that would be the main reason of it's involvement?

Nope, the main reason are the crimean tatars, ex-national majority in Crimea, which were the subject of the soviet repressions in 1940-s. They were all deported from the Crimea, many of them died, and the remnants were only allowed to return home in 1989. Returning home they realised all their houses were taken by the russians who resettled there in 1950-1980-s. Both ethnic groups are quite unhappy with other, as well as tatars are muslims. Many ukrainians fear there might be a russian attempt to carry out the ethnic cleanings in the Crimea ( ukrainians and tatars are in friendly relations in the modern history)
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Admiral, don't count on me. I'm not going to die to protect ones who cheerfully cries 'heroyam slava!', glorify UIA and prefer to choose new governments in riots than in democratic votings. So most of my folks don't want to go on such war.

I can see your point. The only thing I could put in is that "heroyam slava" has lately become rather universal saying, and doesn't link to the УПА anymore, at least not for the ones who took part in the protest. After hundreds of people were shot down or killed, the saying started reffering to them mostly. Of course it is probably going to retain it's old meaning on the West, but the center and the east,where it is being introduced for the first time, will understand it differently.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 06:25:55 pm
I could be wrong, but wasn't it the Ukrainian government that outed the president and which has not changed its form (so many seats for that party etc)anyway?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 06:27:02 pm
I love how the Poles make jokes about the French, who without we would not have a Poland today. Anyway, I bet you'd like some help of Poland decided to attack Poland.

NATO is not compelled to react unless they are being attacked. Just because someone in NATO starts, or becomes involved in a war, doesn't been that the rest of NATO has to get involved. It is a defensive treaty.

But this is a defensive action.

Sorry who in NATO is being attacked here? Ukraine is not part of NATO. Poland, or any other NATO force, attacking Russia in defense of Ukraine does not make them the victim and won't trigger a NATO defense.

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What does Article 5 mean?

Article 5 is at the basis of a fundamental principle of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. It provides that if a NATO Ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked.

This is the principle of collective defence.

source: http://www.nato.int/terrorism/five.htm
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 06:29:18 pm
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I could be wrong, but wasn't it the Ukrainian government that outed the president and which has not changed its form (so many seats for that party etc)anyway?

Not exactly. It was the parliament, and indeed, the parliament's cast is the same, just that some deputees changed the factions and the new majority was formed. After that they switched to the old constitution of 2004, which made Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential state. That constitution has been illegally cancelled by Yanukovich back in 2010.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 06:30:38 pm
Russia is saying the ultimatum was nonsense. It could have been Russians loosely giving it in hope Ukrainians would surrender Crimea, or Ukraine making it up to invoke an international response.

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However, a short while later various news outlets reported that Russia's defence ministry had dismissed the ultimatum as "utter nonsense".
http://www.channel4.com/news/ukraine-russia-hague-putin-g7-war

edit; moar http://rt.com/news/russia-dismiss-ultimatum-ukraine-644/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2014, 06:43:31 pm
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I could be wrong, but wasn't it the Ukrainian government that outed the president and which has not changed its form (so many seats for that party etc)anyway?

Not exactly. It was the parliament, and indeed, the parliament's cast is the same, just that some deputees changed the factions and the new majority was formed. After that they switched to the old constitution of 2004, which made Ukraine a parliamentary-presidential state. That constitution has been illegally cancelled by Yanukovich back in 2010.

Thanks. This is pretty major. People can shut up about their 'illegal revolutionary governments'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 03, 2014, 06:47:03 pm

Sorry who in NATO is being attacked here? Ukraine is not part of NATO. Poland, or any other NATO force, attacking Russia in defense of Ukraine does not make them the victim and won't trigger a NATO defense.



As in a NATO nation or Ukraine?

Are they not already a victim, seeing as they have been invaded by Russia? Wouldnt an attack now simply be in defense?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 06:47:45 pm
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Thanks. This is pretty major. People can shut up about their 'illegal revolutionary governments'.

If you mean the local ukrainian people, most of them didn't even open the mouth. All local parliaments in the provinces, including the eastern provinces completely controlled by ex-president supporters, claimed they represent the new government. But Russia had a different plan.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 06:55:26 pm

Sorry who in NATO is being attacked here? Ukraine is not part of NATO. Poland, or any other NATO force, attacking Russia in defense of Ukraine does not make them the victim and won't trigger a NATO defense.



As in a NATO nation or Ukraine?

Are they not already a victim, seeing as they have been invaded by Russia? Wouldnt an attack now simply be in defense?

Ukraine are indeed a victim, but they are not a NATO nation.

 The only defense pact, as far as I know, which Ukraine is part of is the Budapest Memorandum which was signed back in '95 after they gave up their nukes. It means the US and UK have to protect Ukraine from an invasion. Obviously whether they honour this agreement or not is a different story...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 03, 2014, 07:03:07 pm
The Budapest Memorandum was signed by Russia too, but apparently they don't see it as binding anymore.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 03, 2014, 07:03:37 pm
Russia's pretty screwed to be honest, their economy is already going down and its been 3 days, if they keep it up and the other countries economically sanction Russia, they're screwed. If the below is true, Russia can't keep this up:

"The market capitalisation of Moscow's main MICEX stock index has fallen $58.4bn since Friday - more than the $51bn Russia spent on preparations for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Reuters news agency reports."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 07:06:29 pm
The Budapest Memorandum was signed by Russia too, but apparently they don't see it as binding anymore.

Yea, I just didn't think it was necessary to mention it seeing as they're the ones that are invading  :-[
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 07:09:09 pm
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The Budapest Memorandum was signed by Russia too, but apparently they don't see it as binding anymore.

That memorandum is actually a tricky thing, ignoring it could screw the world up pretty much. In fact, the POINT of the memorandum was that we received the security guarantees and instead got rid of our NUCLEAR MISSILES. After the USSR was split we had the third largest arsenal in the world on our territory. Only US and Russia had more. We were the only unique case of the country agreeing for such a procedure. Now, if it will turn out that noone actually guarantees our safety, countries like Iran or North Korea will never, under any conditions, agree to get rid of their nuclear weapons, since it has no point and is in fact dangerous. Meanwhile, more small countries might feel unsafe and become willing to obtain nueclear weapons.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sanitarium on March 03, 2014, 07:10:26 pm
Damn this is scary. Some of my friends are mobilized into army, I can be next :(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 03, 2014, 07:13:32 pm
Damn this is scary. Some of my friends are mobilized into army, I can be next :(
As a Russian, do you support Russia's actions? I am really curious about that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sanitarium on March 03, 2014, 07:17:44 pm
Damn this is scary. Some of my friends are mobilized into army, I can be next :(
As a Russian, do you support Russia's actions? I am really curious about that.
I'm actually Ukrainian
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 03, 2014, 07:18:37 pm
'US State Dept says they are preparing to put sanctions on Russia and are "moving down that path"'
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 03, 2014, 07:20:03 pm
Damn this is scary. Some of my friends are mobilized into army, I can be next :(
As a Russian, do you support Russia's actions? I am really curious about that.
I'm actually Ukrainian
Oh LOL.  ;D My bad, I always thought you were Russian  :o
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 07:20:12 pm
Damn this is scary. Some of my friends are mobilized into army, I can be next :(
As a Russian, do you support Russia's actions? I am really curious about that.
I'm actually Ukrainian

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'US State Dept says they are preparing to put sanctions on Russia and are "moving down that path"'

Economic sanctions though, more than likely.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 03, 2014, 07:21:58 pm
Yes but that'll be a good thing, best thing to do is force Russia out economically, their economy is already suffering since Friday.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 03, 2014, 07:22:29 pm
polandball is really benefiting from this conflict.
(https://i.imgur.com/x3Fyebx.png)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 03, 2014, 09:01:57 pm
My fear is that Russia will react extremely erratically in reaction the the US's decision to sanction them, hopefully they don't do anything more drastic....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 09:06:03 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on March 03, 2014, 09:09:09 pm
Now not only does USA act like world police anymore now Russia has to do it to.. Please leave countries with their own troubles unless the majority/(if there is genocide) calls for aid.

Getting an approval by the UN is also a +...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 03, 2014, 09:23:22 pm
Russia sent armed forces to the Polish and Lithuanian border.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 09:25:48 pm
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Russia sent armed forces to the Polish and Lithuanian border.

Yeah, and carried out a nice ship shooting practice. How charming. I guess that means " Don't aid ukrainians when we will attack them, or else".
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 03, 2014, 09:30:38 pm
God help you guys. I wish the US would set in here and force Russia down but everyone I've talked to here is scared shitless.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 03, 2014, 09:35:38 pm
God help you guys. I wish the US would set in here and force Russia down but everyone I've talked to here is scared shitless.
If you want to get technical, they are in a way, doing that with Poland. Poland gets most of their military supplies and technologies from the US, we have been very close military allies for a while now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 03, 2014, 09:38:19 pm
Ukraine shall live on!


I think the Ukrainians have a chance militarily but most of that hopefulness comes from comparing them to post-Revolutionary France which the Ukraine is not...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 09:39:40 pm
Ukraine shall live on!


I think the Ukrainians have a chance militarily but most of that hopefulness comes from comparing them to post-Revolutionary France which the Ukraine is not...

Ukraine do not have a chance to stand up against Russia by themselves. Not even close.

God help you guys. I wish the US would set in here and force Russia down but everyone I've talked to here is scared shitless.

You guys are damned if you do and damned if you don't.

If you help Ukraine: "Fucking Americans only helping US for territory gains, oil, trade, dollar imperialism blah blah"
If you don't: "Cowards, not honouring their treaties! Scare of the Russians! blah blah"

Its ridiculous how much people are bringing the US into this. I've already seen so many people in this exact thread blaming the US for the fucking Ukrainian Revolution itself. Such bullshit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 03, 2014, 09:40:37 pm
God help you guys. I wish the US would set in here and force Russia down but everyone I've talked to here is scared shitless.

 Just cause America has a (Yet to be seen) more powerful army doesnt mean they can tell Russia to stand down.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 03, 2014, 09:42:07 pm
God help you guys. I wish the US would set in here and force Russia down but everyone I've talked to here is scared shitless.
If you want to get technical, they are in a way, doing that with Poland. Poland gets most of their military supplies and technologies from the US, we have been very close military allies for a while now.

I meant in a more direct intervention standpoint.

But after Iraq and Afghanistan the American public wants nothing to do with war.

I guess it's up to the diplomats then.

God help you guys. I wish the US would set in here and force Russia down but everyone I've talked to here is scared shitless.

You guys are damned if you do and damned if you don't.

If you help Ukraine: "Fucking Americans only helping US for territory gains, oil, trade, dollar imperialism blah blah"
If you don't: "Cowards, not honouring their treaties! Scare of the Russians! blah blah"

I care less about how the world views us Americans and more about Ukrainian soil and lives being preserved. More importantly the lives.

God help you guys. I wish the US would set in here and force Russia down but everyone I've talked to here is scared shitless.

 Just cause America has a (Yet to be seen) more powerful army doesnt mean they can tell Russia to stand down.

Putin is many things, but he's not insane. If the US goes into this along with the Polish and Turkish, he won't be able to win the war. That ontop of the EU creating heavy sanctions against Russia would force him to stand down.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 03, 2014, 09:45:29 pm
The US doesn't even have a military option in stopping him because of the potential nuclear fallout which everyone seems to forget.  So it'll be economically based and up to NATO/UN to stop him diplomatically or via sanctions.  Last Last Last resort is us military intervention (highly doubt it'll come to that)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 03, 2014, 09:47:50 pm
UN

Nah, Russia is one of the permanent 5 and can veto any action they want to take. The most the UN can do is have each country representative write an angry letter.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 03, 2014, 09:49:04 pm
I think he meant NATO.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 03, 2014, 09:50:32 pm
The US doesn't even have a military option in stopping him because of the potential nuclear fallout which everyone seems to forget.  So it'll be economically based and up to NATO/UN to stop him diplomatically or via sanctions.  Last Last Last resort is us military intervention (highly doubt it'll come to that)

You really think the Russian government would launch nukes? Over Crimea? They're not going to kill that many people for that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 03, 2014, 09:54:13 pm
I never said that, I said if the US got involved, there would be 2 major powers with an active nuclear arsenal on standby.  And the US won't want to get into that situation again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 03, 2014, 10:08:24 pm
Ukraine's ousted President Viktor Yanukovych has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to use military force in Ukraine, says Russia's envoy to the UN, Vitaly Churkin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 03, 2014, 10:13:02 pm
Didn't he make a public statement saying he didn't want force being used?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 03, 2014, 10:13:58 pm
Didn't he make a public statement saying he didn't want force being used?

Yanukovych? Oh no, he made a statement saying he would fight to get back into power, by that he means sucking off Putin for his help.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 03, 2014, 10:17:47 pm
Well, that fact that he's asking a nation to attack his own nation shows how much of an asshole he is.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 03, 2014, 10:22:42 pm
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Yanukovych? Oh no, he made a statement saying he would fight to get back into power, by that he means sucking off Putin for his help.

Back then he meant a political fight I think, as he speficied a couple of times that any military interventions were inacceptable in his opinion.

However, you must understand that our ex-pres doesn't have his own opinion. He didn't have one even a month ago when supressing the protests with brutal force, and naturally he doesn't have it now, being a guest/hostage/puppet of the world's strongest and richest dictator.

Btw, short legal analysis by one of my uni professors is as follows:

"Mr Yanukovych is not the President of Ukraine; therefore, none of his statements have any significance under either Ukrainian or intternational law. By the way, if the legitimate President of Ukraine called upon a foreign country to intervene with its armed forces in Ukraine, such a statement would also be worth nothing because the Constituion of Ukraine clearly demands the Parliament's decision for that."

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 03, 2014, 10:26:12 pm
As an American I would support any sort of intervention whether that be military/economy. I highly doubt nukes will be used. Hopefully the thought of NATO/EU intervention will convince Putin to pull his troops out of Crimea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 03, 2014, 10:34:24 pm
All these countries should create a trade embargo with Russia and cut off all foreign direct investment, this will hurt our economies but devastate Russia's to a point where they will have to negotiate diplomatically.... Unless their insane
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Alpharion on March 03, 2014, 10:40:30 pm
All these countries should create a trade embargo with Russia and cut off all foreign direct investment, this will hurt our economies but devastate Russia's to a point where they will have to negotiate diplomatically.... Unless their insane
Isn't that sort of what happened with Japan and the Second World War? Or am I mistaken?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MagicTeatowel on March 03, 2014, 10:50:03 pm
Ukraine is making its speech right now at the Security Council.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26413953
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 03, 2014, 10:51:08 pm
All these countries should create a trade embargo with Russia and cut off all foreign direct investment, this will hurt our economies but devastate Russia's to a point where they will have to negotiate diplomatically.... Unless their insane
Isn't that sort of what happened with Japan and the Second World War? Or am I mistaken?

You are correct. UK and US had a trade embargo with Japan but before Pearl Harbor, when Japan invaded Indochina earlier that year... Which also led to them attacking us and for other reasons of course..  But Japan is different in which their economy wasn't as trade dependent on the Allies back then while now Russia's trade surplus is tremendous with EU and US.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Josef Lenin on March 03, 2014, 11:04:10 pm
I assume somebody already posted this, but I'll do it again.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on March 03, 2014, 11:09:09 pm
I assume somebody already posted this, but I'll do it again.
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Typical Vietnam era music made by completely stoned hippies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 04, 2014, 12:08:49 am
Did the Europeans lose their balls after the major conflicts @ start of the last century :(?

As someone from the EU, I am just fucking ashamed by the lack of any sort of response that might scare Putin in any sort of way, instead we get ''Please pull your troops back Mr Putin, or we might... sanction you with, erh... sanctions!''

Fuck off, move our troops to the border and show some balls.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 04, 2014, 12:18:19 am
So you'd rather want a bloody conflict with thousands of dead people?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 04, 2014, 12:20:11 am
So you'd rather want a bloody conflict with thousands of dead people?

Read.

I want us to send a strong message and at least be prepared for the worst, instead of just sitting about and holding meetings with the UN and other security organizations. There is a major difference.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Matthew on March 04, 2014, 12:23:03 am
Did the Europeans lose their balls after the major conflicts @ start of the last century :(?

As someone from the EU, I am just fucking ashamed by the lack of any sort of response that might scare Putin in any sort of way, instead we get ''Please pull your troops back Mr Putin, or we might... sanction you with, erh... sanctions!''

Fuck off, move our troops to the border and show some balls.
It is a lot easier to justify military intervention when you have exhausted all peaceful efforts, not attempting to do so and resorting to a similar knee-jerk reaction would only escalate the conflict.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 04, 2014, 12:24:28 am
So you'd rather want a bloody conflict with thousands of dead people?

Read.

I want us to send a strong message and at least be prepared for the worst, instead of just sitting about and holding meetings with the UN and other security organizations. There is a major difference.
Don't you think if other states would put their troops into the Ukraine, Russia would take this as an offensive act against them. As Matthew said, military actions should be the absolute last resort if everything else fails.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 04, 2014, 12:25:41 am
Yea as Hadhod said... that would only provoke them even more into doing something even more irrational lol, once all options are exhausted diplomatically / economically then is military "war games" an option.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 04, 2014, 12:26:12 am
So you'd rather want a bloody conflict with thousands of dead people?

Read.

I want us to send a strong message and at least be prepared for the worst, instead of just sitting about and holding meetings with the UN and other security organizations. There is a major difference.
Don't you think if other states would put their troops into the Ukraine, Russia would take this as an offensive act against them. As Matthew said, military actions should be the absolute last resort if everything else fails.

So we should just let them annex a vital part of Ukraine into their own country? Their troops are on high alert, and they are holding ''military exercises'' along the border, with even Putin there in attendance. Better safe than sorry I say, Putin only responds to strength, and so far all he has seen is absolute weakness and a slow response from Nato.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 04, 2014, 12:27:46 am
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So you'd rather want a bloody conflict with thousands of dead people?

If Putin actually starts a conflict with Ukraine, it definitely won't be his last conflict, as well as it will be indeed bloody and with dozens of thousands of dead people. Also, Russia has already started the conflicts in Moldavia ( separating Prednistrovie republic) and in Georgia ( separating Abkhazia and South Osetia), and is believed to have "helped" Armenia and Azerbajdzhan to start fighting each other because of Nagorny Karabah province. Let us not forget the russian position on Syrian civil war - I have a feeling the rebels would have won within a month but for Russia actively supplying the government with weaponry in sake of keeping their military base in Syria and abstract "prestige". What I'm trying to say is that Russia, and namely Putin, are responsible for dozens of thousands of dead people already, and it is unlikely he is going to stop by himself. Hitler never stopped on Czechoslovakia, Austria or Poland, he always demanded more because he was allowed to.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2014, 12:34:58 am
Hey guys, I'm back from work, I'm probably going to get fired tomorrow, did the world blow up yet?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 04, 2014, 12:37:59 am
Hey guys, I'm back from work, I'm probably going to get fired tomorrow, did the world blow up yet?

If it did, at least you wouldn't care about the job and all!

One.. advantage... heh.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2014, 12:43:04 am
I do care about my work. I just don't feel you can, under any circumstance, have your workers continue their work unpaid. Well, eventually I did do it to not screw my colleagues, but I'm still demanded a talk with the big boss, cos you know...principles are principles.

Back to Ukraine.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pinball Wizard on March 04, 2014, 12:47:55 am
I assume somebody already posted this, but I'll do it again.
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Typical Vietnam era music made by completely stoned hippies.
sure as hell some good music though
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 04, 2014, 12:50:15 am
I assume somebody already posted this, but I'll do it again.
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Typical Vietnam era music made by completely stoned hippies.
sure as hell some good music though

Ahh yes, that long forgotten era when they still made good music!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 04, 2014, 12:52:02 am
There was also shitty music of the 60s.. anyway, going off-topic

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: George385 on March 04, 2014, 12:57:38 am
There was also shitty music of the 60s.. anyway, going off-topic

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better than the modern shit we have today.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 04, 2014, 01:00:35 am
3 Hours till the ultimatum that supposedly suddenly doesn't exist.

I will probably be asleep as many others including international leaders when the first Ukrainian soldiers will loose their lives.


I hope for the best.
Slav Ukraine!

Слава Україні!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 04, 2014, 01:09:16 am
3 Hours till the ultimatum that supposedly suddenly doesn't exist.

I will probably be asleep as many others including international leaders when the first Ukrainian soldiers will loose their lives.


I hope for the best.
Slav Ukraine!

Слава Україні!
Slova Ukraine! Remove the stalinist putin from your sovereign lands!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 04, 2014, 01:10:57 am
REMOVE PIEROGI FROM THE PREMISES!

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2014, 01:15:07 am
REMOVE PIEROGI FROM THE PREMISES!

+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on March 04, 2014, 01:27:13 am
What the hell has pierogi got anything to do with this?!?!

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fannies-eats.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F10%2Fpierogi.jpg&hash=b297a7fd8637179b91f5bedb539f7f57b487b035)

How could you suspect these heavanly bodies of doing anything wrong?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Admiral on March 04, 2014, 01:30:23 am
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http://annies-eats.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/pierogi.jpg

Sweet) This is the polish version though, ukrainian variation's called vareniki and they are boiled, not fried.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhealth-lifestyle.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F01%2Fvareniki.jpg&hash=7069bbd97d63d44b94023ed34ead34f79122eef2)

But pierogi are awesome aswell, had a chance to taste them in Warsaw.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 04, 2014, 01:31:35 am
You know after almost 3000 years of conflict I think EU has seen enough wars and battles.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 04, 2014, 01:35:16 am
What's this about 3 hours until shots fired?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 04, 2014, 01:37:21 am
What's this about 3 hours until shots fired?

Russian Navy troops unofficially gave an ultimatum that by 3AM GMT, Ukranian troops in the Crimea must surrender or face an assault. The Kremlin have since said this is nonsense and propaganda by Ukraine but... you never know. I for one think that it'd be a stupid move by Russia.

sources: http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/march-4-at-5-am-ukraines-deadline-for-surrender-or-more-psychological-kremlin-warfare-338266.html? and http://www.channel4.com/news/ukraine-russia-hague-putin-g7-war (Third paragraph in for claims of false ultimatum)

In other news, nice to see England taking a stand...  ::) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572544/Revealed-error-official-files-Britain-NOT-support-military-action-against-Russia.html

edit: sorry for the Daily Mail source I know its usually bullshit but it was the first that popped up
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 04, 2014, 01:39:18 am
Hmmm... well I am hoping for the best. Good luck to Admiral and the other Ukranian users out there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: George385 on March 04, 2014, 01:42:02 am
so Australia has gotten involved with this too...

Our prime minister released a statement a couple days ago saying that Russia should get out of the Ukraine..

militarily, we are in no position to be making threats to other countries.. especially Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 04, 2014, 01:44:36 am
so Australia has gotten involved with this too...

Our prime minister released a statement a couple days ago saying that Russia should get out of the Ukraine..

militarily, we are in no position to be making threats to other countries.. especially Russia.
Well on a good note, Russians are easier to kill than Emus.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 04, 2014, 01:45:32 am
so Australia has gotten involved with this too...

Our prime minister released a statement a couple days ago saying that Russia should get out of the Ukraine..

militarily, we are in no position to be making threats to other countries.. especially Russia.

Yeah you guys couldn't even beat a bunch of Emu's, let alone the Russians. GG  8)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 04, 2014, 01:45:58 am
so Australia has gotten involved with this too...

Our prime minister released a statement a couple days ago saying that Russia should get out of the Ukraine..

militarily, we are in no position to be making threats to other countries.. especially Russia.

Yeah you guys couldn't even beat a bunch of Emu's, let alone the Russians. GG  8)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Beat you to it m8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 04, 2014, 01:48:51 am
so Australia has gotten involved with this too...

Our prime minister released a statement a couple days ago saying that Russia should get out of the Ukraine..

militarily, we are in no position to be making threats to other countries.. especially Russia.

Yeah you guys couldn't even beat a bunch of Emu's, let alone the Russians. GG  8)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Beat you to it m8

still couldn't resist a good crack at 'straya m8

pls reje no ban
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: George385 on March 04, 2014, 01:59:50 am
so Australia has gotten involved with this too...

Our prime minister released a statement a couple days ago saying that Russia should get out of the Ukraine..

militarily, we are in no position to be making threats to other countries.. especially Russia.

Yeah you guys couldn't even beat a bunch of Emu's, let alone the Russians. GG  8)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

i already know that :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2014, 02:02:43 am
Russia is not the militiary superpower it act likes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 04, 2014, 02:05:56 am
Russia is not the militiary superpower it act likes.
It's true, technology wise they are still in the late 90's early 2000s, even Poland has more advanced military technology than them. Russia's strong suit military wise would be their air force, imo. They have some damn good aircraft, if a little outdated.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 04, 2014, 02:21:53 am
Their Air Force would easily be countered by NATO, if they did get involved. Th Russian land army is a hollow shell still using weapons and equipment that was top of the line back in the Gulf War, but it's nothing now.

The Russians can use sheer numbers however. The human wave tactic could still work in the modern era if used right.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on March 04, 2014, 03:45:37 am
The Ukrainians are surprisingly  better trained than the average Russian soldier considering the many Peacekeeping Operations
 
in Yugoslavia, the Middle East, and Africa. They've also participated in joint exercises with the U.S.

Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 04, 2014, 03:48:46 am
Problem is God knows how many of the soldiers will actually fight. I mean after what happened with Bekrut I'm not sure on trusting the Ukrainian military.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on March 04, 2014, 04:06:02 am
Problem is God knows how many of the soldiers will actually fight. I mean after what happened with Bekrut I'm not sure on trusting the Ukrainian military.

Well good thing there fleeing to Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 04, 2014, 04:19:09 am
So uh, it's past 10:00, have they followed through with their threat?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 04, 2014, 04:24:24 am
I'll take a look on the news...

Ok, from what I've seen all that's happen is the US has cut off all military ties with Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on March 04, 2014, 04:47:44 am
Also Yanukovich was reported to have died from a "Heart Attack"

Link (http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkorrespondent.net%2Fukraine%2Fpolitics%2F3314397-aktyvyst-evromaidana-v-Facebook-utverzhdaet-chto-yanukovych-skonchalsia-ot-serdechnoho-prystupa-smy&act=url)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 04, 2014, 04:50:04 am
Also Yanukovich was reported to have died from a "Heart Attack"

Link (http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkorrespondent.net%2Fukraine%2Fpolitics%2F3314397-aktyvyst-evromaidana-v-Facebook-utverzhdaet-chto-yanukovych-skonchalsia-ot-serdechnoho-prystupa-smy&act=url)
Not verified. I doubt it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: kpetschulat on March 04, 2014, 04:50:11 am
The guy just wants to be left alone. He's not dead, he's fled the country...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 04, 2014, 08:28:46 am
I'm tellin' ya, he's getting a pounding from Putin in return for his request for troops.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on March 04, 2014, 08:33:43 am
Apparently Russia is withdrawing their troops along the Ukraine border no news about the Russians that are all ready on Crimea though.

According to Swedish news.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2014, 11:54:18 am
I don't get how that means anything. They can still redeploy at the border within hours.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Krotan on March 04, 2014, 12:50:07 pm
I found this quite interesting:

President Putin: "Our actions are often described by the West as not legitimate, but look at US operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. "Our actions are legitimate from the point of view of international law, because Ukraine's legitimate president asked us for help. "Defending these people is in our interests, this is a humanitarian mission, we do not want to 'enslave' anyone."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2014, 12:55:13 pm
Quote
"Our actions are often described by the West as not legitimate, but look at US operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.

Since when is the faults of the one an excuse for the other?

Quote
"Our actions are legitimate from the point of view of international law, because Ukraine's legitimate president asked us for help

'legitimate president'. Not that he can ask for an invasion without consent of the parliament, which he does not have.

Quote
"Defending these people is in our interests, this is a humanitarian mission, we do not want to 'enslave' anyone."

A humanitarian mission. Sure. It's just a co-incidence that the ground of invasion holds their major naval base.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 04, 2014, 01:13:09 pm
I support Russian action in Crimea just as much as I support American action in afghanistan. Not at all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on March 04, 2014, 01:56:24 pm
Maybe Ukraine could just give them some land like Chernobyl and Russia would be happy :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 04, 2014, 02:33:19 pm
During conference Putin said that he do not take into consideration option to force Crimea to join Russian Federation. If people want to join Russia, he will agree, but without that Putin isn't going to incorporate Crimea using force. That's what he siad. He also said, that any kind of sanctions will be more harmful for those who will decide to use them than for Russia. If USA use sanctions against Russia, Russia will stop using dollars as currency for their reserves. That means that they will sell over 500 miliards of dollars. That may be strong hit for USA economy. Concerning money, Putin also said, that he is ready to lend some more money to Ukraine, but western countries asked him to don't do it...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 04, 2014, 02:50:46 pm
I found this quite interesting:

President Putin: "Our actions are often described by the West as not legitimate, but look at US operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. "Our actions are legitimate from the point of view of international law, because Ukraine's legitimate president asked us for help. "Defending these people is in our interests, this is a humanitarian mission, we do not want to 'enslave' anyone."

Funnily Yanukowitsch is not the legitimate President anymore. He is nothing.

The bold thing is the key issue here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 04, 2014, 03:09:22 pm
We all know "Defending the ukrainian people" is nothing more than a casus belli for Europeans and Americans. - you don't give a fuck or else people would talk about chemical weapons being used again in Syria.

Besides, the West has done enough damage supporting Svoboda and Right Sector.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SuicideSilence on March 04, 2014, 03:14:51 pm
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/VfKNTa2.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 04, 2014, 03:15:16 pm
We all know "Defending the ukrainian people" is nothing more than a casus belli for Europeans and Americans. - you don't give a fuck or else people would talk about chemical weapons being used again in Syria.

Besides, the West has done enough damage supporting Svoboda and Right Sector.
Those groups are a small minority. Most Ukrainians don't want anything to do with those Nazi's.
It's all Russian propaganda.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2014, 03:28:48 pm
Augy, you do realize intervention in Syria was blocked by the Russians, right? Besides, I don't exactly see you rising up in arms. Talk about not giving a fuck.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 04, 2014, 03:31:18 pm
I see that 'Russian Propaganda' was and still is answer to most of questions :P Sometimes it's good to support sentences about 'russian propaganda' with something more solid than just 'russian popaganda everywhere'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: carbine on March 04, 2014, 03:34:39 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 04, 2014, 03:48:31 pm
international countryballs polandball country strong can into nordic clean toilets nationalism seriousness nordic circlejerk vikings history warriors old glory days conquering world wars languages autism beating other country in sport

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I approve this comic strip.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 04, 2014, 04:12:52 pm
Augy, you do realize intervention in Syria was blocked by the Russians, right? Besides, I don't exactly see you rising up in arms. Talk about not giving a fuck.

In this instance the Russians are in the way too.... besides, you don't know how active i am so again... quit with the personal attacks.


http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/03/03/353111/usas-hubris-evil-set-stage-for-war/

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/03/bigger-picture-russia-ukraine-confrontation-u-s-nato-encirclement-russia.html

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/03/take-john-mccain-s-russia-advice-and-you-might-get-another-cold-war.html

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/03/obama-ukraine-russia-critics-credibility

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2014, 04:34:21 pm
Are you currently not sitting behind your computer in the Netherlands, safe and sound?

Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 04, 2014, 04:58:36 pm
Lets say i'm not though, for hypothetical reasons. anyhow, I probably shouldn't admit anything on the internet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2014, 05:18:45 pm
Lets say i'm not though, for hypothetical reasons. anyhow, I probably shouldn't admit anything on the internet.

Probably shouldn't admit that you're living a comfortable life? Uh oh, wouldn't want those filthy statist tyrants to read your post and come to your house and ship you to Africa! The pixels have eyes and ears, gotta watch what you say around here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 04, 2014, 05:26:17 pm
contextual thinking is not your strongest feat.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2014, 05:32:46 pm
Oh, I'd imagine not. And you, my enlightened gentleman?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 04, 2014, 06:30:01 pm
For the people saying that the new Ukrainian government is Fascist.... You do realise Russia is pretty much a fascist dictatorship at the moment right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 04, 2014, 06:46:28 pm
For the people saying that the new Ukrainian government is Fascist.... You do realise Russia is pretty much a fascist dictatorship at the moment right?
but its not tho m8, its closer to corporatocracy than corporatism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 04, 2014, 06:48:55 pm
Influencing elections, etc... its well known Russia is not democratic at all.

I'm happy nobody started shooting yet... but we will see.

Overall it's pretty obvious Russia will stay in Crimea illegally, and Ukraine pretty much lost the region.


It's not a huge loss and at this stage the biggest worry is if Russia also takes other regions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 04, 2014, 06:59:21 pm
Just hope that the Russians will still not fire upon the Ukrainians still, warning shots were fired today, don't think the Ukrainians will try anything though so far.

Also, place your bets whether this woman's going to be found either dead or the show or network will be scrapped by Russia, Putin will not be pleased:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26435744
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Redwall on March 04, 2014, 07:03:04 pm
Honestly I think the only way this "conflict" is going to come to an end is to send UN peacekeeping forces into Crimea. If President Putin says the only reason for Russian involvement in Crimea is to safeguard ethic Russians, the UN can provide assistance without tensions rising further, but we all know how that turned out last time… so hopefully the UN doesn't screw up like in Kosovo.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 04, 2014, 07:38:43 pm
The UN only sends troops for such events if human rights etc are violated. Obviously there were no cases of this whatsoever, its another bullshit excuse from Russia to talk good their invasion.

Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine moved there willingly, living there willingly for many generations and sure there are some that want to belong to Russia but there are many that feel at home in a Ukraine independent of Russia.
Many moved to Ukraine even to get away from the Kremlin.

Also Ukrainians overall have no problems with Ethnic Russians, hell most Ukrainians speak Russian fluently and its an official language.
Also Ukrainians feel a strong connection to Russians due to history and other ties.

There is no case at all of Ethnic Russians living in Ukraine feeling threatened unless their influenced by Russian propaganda. There are no Nazi's in power of Kiev right now, that is bullshit, sure in the protests some groups were Right wing, but you have them everywhere, even in Germany you have a political party that is pretty much a skinhead party, but they get 3% of the votes... Just like in Ukraine.

In the Netherlands we have a Right wing party too, that gets even 10% of the votes, that publicly states Muslims are all bad and their religion should be forbidden... That  that does not mean all of the Netherlands is ran by Nazi's. and that the religion is actually forbidden...

The current Kiev government even has Jewish people on Prominent positions, obviously something a Nazi run government would do... Sigh..
Also large parts of the public, government and so on are Ethnic Russians... also large parts of the army, they don't get their human rights violated at all, they don't get discriminated... maybe by a select few, but you have those extremists in every country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Zzehth on March 04, 2014, 07:51:43 pm
Don´t forget about

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Redwall on March 04, 2014, 07:52:47 pm
This is going to be one hell of a stand off in that case. Ukraine will never cede Crimea to the Russians just as the Russians will not give up the land they have already taken because they supposedly are "safeguarding" their interests and people. This is Gerogia all over again, but on a larger scale… Lets just hope that a full scale war doesn't break out.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 04, 2014, 07:59:05 pm
I think it's pretty much going to end in 26 days from now.

There is a referendum planned where people living in Crimea can vote if they want to annex with Russia.
60% of that region is ethnic Russian, that doesn't mean they want to belong to Russia all of them, but of course many do due to them believing into their now being run by Nazi's.

Also Russia will make sure the vote count will go their way, most probably western overwatchers are not allowed to be at the voting or counting.
Also I am pretty sure people will be persuaded to vote for Russia, with AK barrels pointed towards them..

So Crimea is pretty much lost
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Redwall on March 04, 2014, 08:05:50 pm
But the question is will the government of Ukraine accept this referendum if it happens to pass. Not that Ukraine really has a choice in the matter since Russia outnumbers their military almost 3 to 1 and outspends them 18 to 1 and in a straight fight they would get destroyed, but I don't believe the Ukrainians will give up that easily. EU and US interference (heavy economic sanctions, not military action) could possibly convince Russia to pull out of Crimea without putting up a fight. Also suspending Russian membership in the G8 and other treaty organizations might convince them Crimea isn't worth the trouble.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 04, 2014, 08:07:18 pm
Well why wouldn't they accept this referendum?
Then they are going against what the people in that area want.. I doubt Ukraine would do that.
Even if the votes are Dubious at best...


I know some Ukrainians say, well wait 5 years how they talk then after being part of Russia.. They will probably vote to go back.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Redwall on March 04, 2014, 08:09:50 pm
But as you yourself said, Russia will no doubt attempt to skew the results of the referendum in their favor. Russia is well known to have a very corrupt government. I think the Ukrainians would be very suspicious of the results and would not accept the outcome.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 04, 2014, 08:13:13 pm
But they don't have the power or means to overlook this referendum or to go against it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Redwall on March 04, 2014, 08:14:03 pm
What if they appeal to the EU or US?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 04, 2014, 08:15:43 pm
"we may do SANCTUNNSSZZ"

Yeah, good luck with that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Redwall on March 04, 2014, 08:20:27 pm
Also I forgot, this referendum is being administered by the Russian Crimean regional government which was installed a few days ago, not the regional government in Crimea put in place by Ukraine. There is absolutely no way any western country would recognize the outcome of this vote  and accept it, just as in Georgia where the US and EU don't recognize Russia's control over parts of the country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 04, 2014, 08:23:09 pm
Not recognize it, but not do anything about it.
And yes true, the one the Russians put in power in the Crimean local government is someone who got less than 3% of the votes in the LOCAL Crimean elections.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Redwall on March 04, 2014, 08:30:24 pm
So basically Russia is going to effectilvely take over Crimea without a fight and only receive a few harsh words and a slap on the wrist… This is going to set a precendent for other imperialistic nations such as Iran and China and allow them to get away with almost anything. Nobody has the balls to stand up against threats like this anymore.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Krotan on March 04, 2014, 08:46:29 pm
A crew of a Ukrainian navy command ship has fought off an attempted takeover of the vessel by armed men, Ukraine's Interfax news agency reports.

The armed men approached the Slavutich vessel in a tug boat, but failed in their attempt to seize the ship, Ukrainian navy spokesman Vitaliy Zvyahintsev was quoted as saying.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on March 04, 2014, 08:52:46 pm
A crew of a Ukrainian navy command ship has fought off an attempted takeover of the vessel by armed men, Ukraine's Interfax news agency reports.

The armed men approached the Slavutich vessel in a tug boat, but failed in their attempt to seize the ship, Ukrainian navy spokesman Vitaliy Zvyahintsev was quoted as saying.

Link?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Krotan on March 04, 2014, 08:53:50 pm
Also, The Russian military says it has launched a Topol RS-12M missile from its Kapustin Yar test range near the Caspian Sea to the Sary Shagan range in Kazakhstan.

Here's the link for my info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26428296

Also:

News of Tuesday's missile test came after the US accused Russian forces of an "act of aggression" in Crimea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dan the Seagull Chef on March 04, 2014, 08:57:50 pm
Also, The Russian military says it has launched a Topol RS-12M missile from its Kapustin Yar test range near the Caspian Sea to the Sary Shagan range in Kazakhstan.

Here's the link for my info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26428296

Also:

News of Tuesday's missile test came after the US accused Russian forces of an "act of aggression" in Crimea.

Cheers mate.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nasoori on March 04, 2014, 11:32:31 pm
wp Putin
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bh3zMSkCYAAHCEH.jpg:large)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 05, 2014, 12:32:50 am
Crimea breaks ties with Ukraine?
Seems like the new pro-Russian MP of Crimea is indeed very pro-russian.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/we-control-everything-crimea-breaks-ties-with-ukraine/article17266761/ (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/we-control-everything-crimea-breaks-ties-with-ukraine/article17266761/)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 05, 2014, 12:44:14 am
For those who were crying about Yanukovych palace, Russian media released some photos of houses of Maidan leaders (basing on both Russian and Ukrainian sources).

Yulia Tymoshenko
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Focdn.eu%2Fimages%2Fpulscms%2FYjc7MDMsMjZjLDAsMCwx%2F4d2dd3872cf251e87523e90cfb4e9d49.jpg&hash=e963d44abbf5977251c84f6e9b092f26ec2d9f55)
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Vitali Klitschko
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Focdn.eu%2Fimages%2Fpulscms%2FMDI7MDMsMjZjLDAsMCwx%2F81ced9ddf3136496891eaa4818d6ed20.jpg&hash=ae8d90173d6823f988424883061977d677ed2193)
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk, 'neighbour' of Yanukovych, his palace is in the same village
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Focdn.eu%2Fimages%2Fpulscms%2FZDg7MDMsMjZjLDAsMCwx%2F94e9ffb983f225a9e25a9e97275fea95.jpg&hash=f02c05e9d3c5cc87bf1bf7dd337c3352f38e2f36)
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Petro Poroshenko
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I believe that talking that Yanukovych was bad because he had big house has no more sense.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 05, 2014, 12:46:48 am
Can I have a link to the article?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 05, 2014, 12:50:51 am
Vitali's would be understandable because he's been a boxing champion, and has probably earned that from his own money.

Thing with Yanukovych's "palace" is that it is the biggest out of all those politicians, he had a tennis court, boxing ring, private zoo, sauna, pool, gardens, even a god damn miniature galleon in his own waterway, and god knows what else, as well as a couple million dollars worth of cars.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 05, 2014, 01:04:49 am
Can I have a link to the article?

I have only Polish article (http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/prasa/zasobne-zycie-ukrainskiej-elity/dmrph) based on Russian one. If you know Russian language you can try to find it yourself on website of Комсомольская Лравда newspaper (http://www.kp.ru/).

Btw. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is one of candidates to Nobel Peace Prize :D Seriously.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 05, 2014, 01:09:35 am
Its well known most politicians in Ukraine are corrupt, because that's all from back when Russia had their fingers into things...
That's why you need a new election with proper parties to vote on.
Something their working on.



Crimean Prime Minister is completely nonlegal To be Honest. He is part of a party that got only 3% of the votes in the last local government election and was pretty much put there by the Russians.

Not that it matters, there is only so much the international community can do..

I wish Crimeans and Russian soldiers alike good luck fighting the guerrilla warfare ala Northern Ireland for the coming 100 years with the Tartars... Cause they HATE the SHIT out of anything that is Russian due to Stalin deporting their families and murdering them. They are a population that feels extremely threatened by the Russians and if they get annexed I don't think they will sit still.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 05, 2014, 01:13:41 am
For those who were crying about Yanukovych palace, Russian media released some photos of houses of Maidan leaders (basing on both Russian and Ukrainian sources).

Yulia Tymoshenko
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Focdn.eu%2Fimages%2Fpulscms%2FYjc7MDMsMjZjLDAsMCwx%2F4d2dd3872cf251e87523e90cfb4e9d49.jpg&hash=e963d44abbf5977251c84f6e9b092f26ec2d9f55)
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Vitali Klitschko
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Focdn.eu%2Fimages%2Fpulscms%2FMDI7MDMsMjZjLDAsMCwx%2F81ced9ddf3136496891eaa4818d6ed20.jpg&hash=ae8d90173d6823f988424883061977d677ed2193)
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Arseniy Yatsenyuk, 'neighbour' of Yanukovych, his palace is in the same village
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Focdn.eu%2Fimages%2Fpulscms%2FZDg7MDMsMjZjLDAsMCwx%2F94e9ffb983f225a9e25a9e97275fea95.jpg&hash=f02c05e9d3c5cc87bf1bf7dd337c3352f38e2f36)
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Petro Poroshenko
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I believe that talking that Yanukovych was bad because he had big house has no more sense.

What's your entire point? "These guys have big houses too! So who cares if Yanukovych stole billions of tax money for his?". That's like saying "Who cares if Hitler killed billions of Jews, Gays, Poles and other Slavs? Stalin killed people too!"

And Mr_T is right, showing Klitschko makes no sense, that man is a boxing champion, of course he's rich.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on March 05, 2014, 01:14:07 am
Oligarchs, oligarchs everywhere.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 05, 2014, 01:17:48 am
To add to the money discussion,

I invite you to look into the politicians that are running around at the Kremlin, you will be amazed what they earn and have...
Talking about corruption.... ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 05, 2014, 01:19:02 am
I'm terrified about what's gonna happen with the Tatars.

Knowing the Russian gov't it's going to be either mass deportation or another glorious "Chechnya" situation. Fuckin' joy...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 05, 2014, 01:29:58 am
Vincenzo, aren't those corrupted guys only candidates in new elections? I mean Tymoshenko, Klitschko, Yatsenyuk and some guys from Svoboda and Right Sector. Are they really going to stop that corruption? They who have private palaces only a bit smaller that president? (ok, they don't have own galleon). Of course they will have a bit easier job that Yanukovych as without Eastern Ukraine whole country will be so poor, that they won't have even enough money to do corruption. But is this good solution of this problem?
Kremlin? God, it's Russia! What should we expect? :D Poor politicians and charity president? Doesn't name 'Russia' explain everything? :P I'm not saying that corruption is good. I'm saying that blaming Yanukovych just because he had big palace and in the same time glorifying opposition is totally nonsense.
Oh... I've just noticed this word. Please tell us, how can you define word 'proper'? And who is the person to decide which party is 'proper' and should be allowed to take part in election and which one is not 'proper'?

Duuring, what are you doing? Duuring, stahp! My point is that saying that opposition is anyhow better than Yanukovych just because Yanukovych had big palace and opposition hadn't is not working anymore. And please, stop comparing everything with Polish history. We had some 'revolutions' which were fighting for rights of nation instead of fighting for power of whole country. Targowica confederation for example. They were against stronger position of king because it would limit their rights. Now we're calling them 'traitors' and are blaming them for partitions of Poland...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 05, 2014, 01:43:26 am
The entire point about the anger is that he spent billions of tax money on luxury. No comparison can make that crime any better. He's a thief and he will face a court for that.

And I will pull as much Polish history into this discussion as I have to until you stop claiming this is 'entirely different'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 05, 2014, 01:45:35 am
Ok, it's not entirely different. It's exactly the same as in Polish history. It's the same as Targowica Confederation. Are you happy now?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 05, 2014, 01:51:52 am
Nah, it was more about your previous statement that when you are 'in a bad situation' you shouldn't do 'anything stupid', though the Poles probably hold the record for that, but no, that's 'entirely different'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 05, 2014, 01:58:03 am
Take it easy guys, lets not get nasty at each other if you do not agree with each other.

Lets get back to topic.

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BBC Live Feed - This news bears repeating: The same district administrative court in Kiev (see 22:09 entry) ruled that the move to hold a local referendum on the status of Crimea was "illegal". The referendum was approved by the Crimean regional parliament in the same vote that elected Serhiy Aksyonov as prime minister.

It remains to be seen how illegal it actually is...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 05, 2014, 01:59:56 am
Vince, how come you get to wear a GIF signature and we don't?  :(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 05, 2014, 02:01:17 am
Vince, how come you get to wear a GIF signature and we don't?  :(
Because, Ukrain needs support... and if Russians can break laws so can I? :P

If you want ill paste the same in your sig :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 05, 2014, 02:03:35 am
Yes please. You can take my current sig away.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on March 05, 2014, 02:04:11 am
Ooh, can I have one too? :3
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 05, 2014, 02:06:54 am
Those wont stay forever, but at least till the main conflict is over, you can remove it yourself by editing your profile.

Back to topic.


I feel for the Tartars, their falling between two fronts here, and are the poor sods that have their homeland taken away.

Turning in for the night, lets hope nobody dies tonight.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 05, 2014, 03:37:37 am
I guess the Tatars wish they'd been able to stay under the Ottomans now.

Seriously, what is it with Russia and treating minorities like dog shit!?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Joseph Graham on March 05, 2014, 03:46:56 am
Everyone has done it at some stage or another. It's nothing new.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 05, 2014, 03:51:25 am
I know everyone's done it, but it's the bloody 21st century! You'd think these nations with idiotic persecution laws would get a wee bit smarter after a while.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on March 05, 2014, 05:13:09 am
What persecution laws are in effect at the moment that would effect the Crimea? There are already around 5 million Tatars living in the Russian Federation and they are free to speak their own language(s), study subjects at school in that language, conduct business in that language, enact local laws in that language, preach in churches or mosques in that language etc. in their Republic of Tatarstan (though granted not all live there).

Russia is a federation not just in name; it has a vast and convoluted system of privileged territories to ensure that its many numerous minorities are accommodated locally, even if Russian is still the language of the federal state and government. It couldn't really survive if it tried to Russify everyone by force.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Take on March 05, 2014, 05:59:35 am
Vince, how come you get to wear a GIF signature and we don't?  :(

We dont ? :O since when ?


I know everyone's done it, but it's the bloody 21st century! You'd think these nations with idiotic persecution laws would get a wee bit smarter after a while.

Look at the Situation of the Sinti and Roma in Romania (which alone should have been reason enough to not let Romania join the EU) ... just because the Western Countrys act like they are beyond this kind of discrimination and persecution of minorities and care so much about it doesnt mean that thats really the case.

In the end the buisness interests involved in this (one of the main pipelines for gas for the EU runs through the Ukraine) will prevent the EU from taking a strong stance gainst russia in this conflict and like the Georgia conflict in 08 showed as long as russia acts with caution and stages elections like in crimea now their strategy of aggression can be pretty successfull.
Given what happened in 08 in Georgia my guess is that we will end up with a autonom Territory in Crimea under Russian influence and "protection". There isnt really much the Ukraine can do against that at this point. Militarily they are no match for russia and as I said earlier I think a military involvment of the west is highly unlikely.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 05, 2014, 08:40:24 am
Vince, how come you get to wear a GIF signature and we don't?  :(

We dont ? :O since when ?


I know everyone's done it, but it's the bloody 21st century! You'd think these nations with idiotic persecution laws would get a wee bit smarter after a while.

Look at the Situation of the Sinti and Roma in Romania (which alone should have been reason enough to not let Romania join the EU) ... just because the Western Countrys act like they are beyond this kind of discrimination and persecution of minorities and care so much about it doesnt mean that thats really the case.

In the end the buisness interests involved in this (one of the main pipelines for gas for the EU runs through the Ukraine) will prevent the EU from taking a strong stance gainst russia in this conflict and like the Georgia conflict in 08 showed as long as russia acts with caution and stages elections like in crimea now their strategy of aggression can be pretty successfull.
Given what happened in 08 in Georgia my guess is that we will end up with a autonom Territory in Crimea under Russian influence and "protection". There isnt really much the Ukraine can do against that at this point. Militarily they are no match for russia and as I said earlier I think a military involvment of the west is highly unlikely.
Since the forums were nerfed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 05, 2014, 09:30:11 am
Of course everyone knows it already that putin lies when he said he has no servicemen in Ukrain... But now there is a soldier even admitting hes Russian.


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=79a_1393966331

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Take on March 05, 2014, 10:12:31 am
 my poor signature . How mean !!!  :'(

And that russia has troops on the ground (read sth of bout 6k soldiers) doesnt really suprise any1 does it ?


Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 05, 2014, 10:46:08 am
my poor signature . How mean !!!  :'(

And that russia has troops on the ground (read sth of bout 6k soldiers) doesnt really suprise any1 does it ?

Has to be more than that, they have 6 Airborne and Air-Landing brigades on Crimea last i heard. Probably the size of an entire division, so more than 10 000.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 05, 2014, 12:07:56 pm
To bring some lightness to this topic.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bh84oP0IAAAYplZ.jpg)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.fjcdn.com%2Fpictures%2FStar%2BWars%2BPutin_e92086_4394465.jpg&hash=4110664d25a709b88631e00b2f57b58f4ed46c96)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 05, 2014, 12:10:21 pm
This would be the first war between two internet-age countries. Would be interesting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 05, 2014, 12:11:21 pm
This would be the first war between two internet-age countries. Would be interesting.

It would also be the first war between western powers since WW2, no?

Not sure if the Russians had groundtroops in Korea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Othurin on March 05, 2014, 12:46:52 pm
This would be the first war between two internet-age countries. Would be interesting.

It would also be the first war between western powers since WW2, no?

Not sure if the Russians had groundtroops in Korea.
Russia isn't western, the commy area is called east Europe for a reason.

This would be the first war between two internet-age countries. Would be interesting.
This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_war) not internet age enough for you?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 05, 2014, 12:49:48 pm
I meant more globally.

And Russia is part of the Western world. Just because it's in East Europe means nothing. Germany is also in the east for me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: stylish on March 05, 2014, 04:30:25 pm
This would be the first war between two internet-age countries. Would be interesting.

It would also be the first war between western powers since WW2, no?

Not sure if the Russians had groundtroops in Korea.
Russia isn't western, the commy area is called east Europe for a reason.

This would be the first war between two internet-age countries. Would be interesting.
This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_war) not internet age enough for you?

... Comparing this to that war, seriously mate.

And Russia is considered EU. So yes, western powers.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on March 05, 2014, 05:12:50 pm
I'm terrified about what's gonna happen with the Tatars.

Knowing the Russian gov't it's going to be either mass deportation or another glorious "Chechnya" situation. Fuckin' joy...

Quit crying like babies, nothing's gonna happen.
And this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatarstan) is for you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 05, 2014, 05:19:57 pm
Funny to see comments about outdated russian army, the army that is really outdated is ukrainian, we're still using T-64 not even T-72.
And, no one is going to deport tatars, quit spreading fear about evil Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 05, 2014, 05:27:21 pm
Just patiently waiting for terrorist attacks on Russia. Chechnyan insurgency and terrorism along with future Crimean tartar insurgency will do good for Putin, im sure of it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 05, 2014, 05:52:10 pm
guys
lets face it
its not happening
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftw.greywool.com%2Fi%2F5YW39.png&hash=ea486a87f7196015477ede14744dde4bbab4f26d)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on March 05, 2014, 05:57:42 pm
Just patiently waiting for terrorist attacks on Russia.
Only if internal affairs workers are sleeping or absent, dont forget the Federal Security Service

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Chechnyan insurgency and terrorism along with future Crimean tartar insurgency
It's almost impossible, there are troops in Crimea, lets face it, tatars didnt attack them yet, because the majority of people in country supporting Russia. The insurgency is possible when there's support of people and there are weapons for them (there's no weapon spawn irl), so yeah. Wait for that if you want.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 05, 2014, 06:30:08 pm
Troops gotta leave some day.

I'm really just waiting for the Russians to do something stupid. Maybe kidnapping the UN Representative?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 05, 2014, 08:48:38 pm
I'm terrified about what's gonna happen with the Tatars.

Knowing the Russian gov't it's going to be either mass deportation or another glorious "Chechnya" situation. Fuckin' joy...

Quit crying like babies, nothing's gonna happen.
And this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatarstan) is for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya#Human_rights

THAT is what I'm worried about. I'm sorry that caring for human life is so baby like.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Take on March 05, 2014, 10:38:26 pm
Lets face it russia doesnt exactly have a clean record when it comes to dealing with people that dont share the opinnion of the regime in moscow so fears about russia mistreating people in the now occupied regions are understandable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on March 05, 2014, 11:24:01 pm
Troops gotta leave some day.

I'm really just waiting for the Russians to do something stupid. Maybe kidnapping the UN Representative?

They've already did "warning" shots at unarmed Ukrainian soldiers, I think they passed stupid.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Redwall on March 06, 2014, 12:29:14 am
"Unarmed" and "soldiers" is a bit of a contradiction.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 12:30:00 am
Soldiers without guns. There you go.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 01:25:19 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgJ0oo3OA8

http://www.truthmove.org/content/operation-gladio/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5n8UbJ8jsk

Yeah, the US is definitely not pulling any strings here..

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 01:49:32 am
Oh please, they only talk about that the sniper shots have allegedly been from the same weapon, and it leaves open who actually hired said sniper and that there are RUMORS going around in kiev that it might even be from the opposition.

He complains nobody is putting much work into investigating what went down.. which if that is true should be resolved, then again I'd say trying to pull a country out of the ditch it is in right now and with Russia almost starting a war, It's understandable they have other things on their minds.
Then Talks about returning stability putting cops back on the street etc etc.. I agree fully with that.
I agree it has to be investigated...
But bluntly saying it must be the opposition, because rumors is just stupid.. Why wouldn't Russia hire said Snipers? They wanted to escalate the situation all along so they could send their army..
As you see it's easy to speculate like that.

Immediately putting the blame on the current opposition without any proof is silly.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 01:52:12 am
Oh please, they only talk about that the sniper shots have allegedly been from the same weapon, and it leaves open who actually hired said sniper and that there are RUMORS going around in kiev that it might even be from the opposition.

He complains nobody is putting much work into investigating what went down.. which if that is true should be resolved, then again I'd say trying to pull a country out of the ditch it is in right now and with Russia almost starting a war, It's understandable they have other things on their minds.
Then Talks about returning stability putting cops back on the street etc etc.. I agree fully with that.
I agree it has to be investigated...
But bluntly saying it must be the opposition, because rumors is just stupid.. Why wouldn't Russia hire said Snipers? They wanted to escalate the situation all along so they could send their army..

Immediately putting the blame on the current opposition without any proof is silly.

So you admit it wasn't Berkut? Now watch the second video. You can not deny that this is very fishy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 01:52:52 am
It could be berkut, it could be anyone thats why it has to be INVESTIGATED.
This all is based on rumors.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 02:01:39 am
It could be berkut, it could be anyone thats why it has to be INVESTIGATED.
This all is based on rumors.

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"all the evidence shows that the people who were killed by snipers from both sides, among policemen and then people from the streets, that they were the same snipers killing people from both sides,"

Why would Russia hire people to kill protesters and purposely make Yanukovych look bad? And there was no reason for Russia to escalate the conflict.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Joseph Graham on March 06, 2014, 02:02:05 am
It was Elvis, risen from the dead as he soars above us all with the Martians in his flying saucer. He assassinated JFK and Martin Luther King Jr, now he's out for the average Ukrainian chappy on the street. When will his reign of terror be at an end?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 02:04:25 am
It could be berkut, it could be anyone thats why it has to be INVESTIGATED.
This all is based on rumors.

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"all the evidence shows that the people who were killed by snipers from both sides, among policemen and then people from the streets, that they were the same snipers killing people from both sides,"

Why would Russia hire people to kill protesters and purposely make Yanukovych look bad? And there was no reason for Russia to escalate the conflict.
Where is this evidence, once again there is no evidence there are rumors of supposed evidence.

These politicians talk about rumors they heard, the politician in question did not see any evidence of these things.. and talks about handwriting on bullets, lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 02:06:23 am
Say Vinnie, mind if I get one of those snazzy Ukraine gifs?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 02:10:23 am
The evidence comes from a doctor named Olga Bogolomets. She was a doctor at Euromaidan when the protests became violent:

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"What was quite disturbing, this same Olga told that, well, all the evidence shows that people who were killed by snipers from both sides, among policemen and people from the streets, that they were the same snipers killing people from both sides," Paet said.

"So she also showed me some photos, she said that as medical doctor, she can say it is the same handwriting, the same type of bullets."

These are not rumors. Even these people, who are representatives of EU countries, are admitting it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 02:20:36 am
Same type of bullets, meaning the same weapon type was used, for instance an  AK74/Dragnov ?
It does not necessarily mean it is from the same exact gun.

Anyway, even if so, it does not automatically means it was the opposition, or it was russia or it was the president, Investigations have to determine who shot whom ordered by whom.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 02:26:34 am
Aye, we're talking east Europe here. AKs are more bountiful there than sand in the Sahara. And most Russian guns use the same kind of round also.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Joseph Graham on March 06, 2014, 02:26:50 am
(https://i.imgur.com/Cb2x6Yx.jpg)

https://i.imgur.com/gallery/Cb2x6Yx

Interesting. What's all this then?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 02:31:17 am
Russian propaganda at it's finest.

It's for instance also well known that that guy putting up the russian flag at that local gov building close to the eastern border in Ukraine was not even a Ukrainian Russian but simply a Russian that got paid to go over and "protest"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 02:31:51 am
Holy shit, I had no idea they pulled that kind of fuckin' stunt.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 02:38:49 am
The Pro Russia protests in the eastern border regions of Ukraine have scaled down tremendously ever since Ukraine has taken a tighter grip on the Ukrainian-Russian border.

For instance today in the key eastern city of Donetsk there were only 1,500 Russian protestors against a completely unimaginable 10.000 Ukrainian protestors...
Which pretty much shows that Ethnic Russians inside Ukraine are not massively against the current gov in Ukraine, or super pro Russian.

Good night guys!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 02:40:48 am
Same type of bullets, meaning the same weapon type was used, for instance an  AK74/Dragnov ?

They also had the same engraving on the bullets, meaning they were from the same group/person. You're in denial.

Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/Cb2x6Yx.jpg)
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What? They look nothing alike. "Facial recognition technology" hahaha. Nice try though  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 02:43:34 am
And you say Joseph is in denial? They look exactly the same! Hell in the bottom right and top left she's even wearing a similar looking jacket!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 02:46:25 am
And you say Joseph is in denial? They look exactly the same! Hell in the bottom right and top left she's even wearing a similar looking jacket!

Yes, the top left and bottom right look similar, but the others do not. It's very likely that they just interviewed the same person..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Joseph Graham on March 06, 2014, 02:47:27 am
What? They look nothing alike. "Facial recognition technology" hahaha. Nice try though  ::)

Mate, I just post shit; I'm not here to have a throw-down with the visually impaired.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 02:48:21 am
Sure, and I'm sure she lives in Kiev, Odessa and Kharkiv. Loads of people have 3 different residences in short distance to eachother.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 02:52:13 am
Sure, and I'm sure she lives in Kiev, Odessa and Kharkiv. Loads of people have 3 different residences in short distance to eachother.

Okay, you are probably right. She was likely hired by Russia, but this is not nearly as treacherous as the opposition who used snipers to kill its own protestors. I never said Russia was the good guy here, anyway.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 02:54:33 am
I'm not a blind man, if you can show me proof that those bullets came from the same gun, I'll believe you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 02:55:21 am
I'm not a blind man, if you can show me proof that those bullets came from the same gun, I'll believe you.

Did you not watch the videos I posted? Even the EU is admitting it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 02:56:58 am
You don't take one source's word as gospel. I need more than that.

Yes I know I'm being a skeptical asshole, but in this day and age things can be faked easier than ever.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 02:59:35 am
You don't take one source's word as gospel. I need more than that.

Yes I know I'm being a skeptical asshole, but in this day and age things can be faked easier than ever.

http://rt.com/news/ashton-maidan-snipers-estonia-946/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/05/ukraine-bugged-call-catherine-ashton-urmas-paet
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-05/behind-kiev-snipers-it-was-somebody-new-coaltion-stunning-new-leak-reveals-truth
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ukraine-kiev-snipers-reportedly-hired-by-opposition-leaders-not-yanukovich-according-to-bugged-call-9171328.html
http://www.infowars.com/leaked-phone-call-kiev-snipers-hired-by-us-backed-opposition/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 03:03:26 am
You're basically posting the same video five times over. I mean multiple sources showing different incidents, not many sources talking about a singular call.

Show me something like pictures of non-Police snipers firing on civvies, or reports from citizens.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 03:10:04 am
You're basically posting the same video five times over. I mean multiple sources showing different incidents, not many sources talking about a singular call.

Show me something like pictures of non-Police snipers firing on civvies, or reports from citizens.

I don't need to show you anything different, as the officials in the video said, there were already rumors of such thing but the doctor who talked to the EU official in the recording proved it.

Let me post this again:
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So she also showed me some photos, she said that as medical doctor, she can say it is the same handwriting, the same type of bullets, and it's really disturbing that now the new coalition, that they don't want to investigate what exactly happened.

Why would these officials lie about it? They are the ones who support Euromaidan.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 03:11:48 am
Because it's only one report. One report was enough to throw the US headfirst into the shitstorm that was Iraqi Freedom, and after that I'm not keen on believing one piece of the pie.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 03:17:00 am
Because it's only one report. One report was enough to throw the US headfirst into the shitstorm that was Iraqi Freedom, and after that I'm not keen on believing one piece of the pie.

What more evidence do you need? Even these officials are sure it was the opposition who were the snipers, and they were the ones who wanted Yanukovych removed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 03:18:13 am
I need more than this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 03:28:10 am
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So she also showed me some photos

The man in the video admitted there was photographic evidence. If you are still this delusional, I can't help you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 03:31:14 am
Need the photos.

Word of mouth means jack shit Silent. A person like yourself who doesn't pay attention to mainstream media must understand that basic principle.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 03:33:26 am
These are the Estonian foreign minister and an EU representative speaking, who are admitting that the snipers were from the opposition, who admitted there was physical evidence to prove so. I'm sorry, but you're hopeless.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 03:37:52 am
I'm asking for more than one piece of evidence, and you're calling me hopeless?

How the hell do I even know that this is an EU rep? Can anyone please confirm this?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 03:43:44 am
Ignoring TORN's useless remark, let me repost this before I go to sleep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgJ0oo3OA8

Bugged call proving that the snipers were not used by Yanukovych, but by Maidan leaders.
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"all the evidence shows that the people who were killed by snipers from both sides, among policemen and then people from the streets, that they were the same snipers killing people from both sides,"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5n8UbJ8jsk

Basically, they are talking about who they are going to install as the new government leaders.

Yeah, the west is definitely not pulling any strings here..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 03:47:42 am
I'm done posting for tonight, just listen to the recordings I posted if you think I'm wrong. Good night
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 06, 2014, 03:53:09 am
Well he confirmed that the US gov't is full of assholes. That's not news.

I mean I expected the US to have some level of influence in this. But all she basically said was "UN>EU"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 06, 2014, 07:21:24 am
(https://i.imgur.com/Cb2x6Yx.jpg)

https://i.imgur.com/gallery/Cb2x6Yx

Interesting. What's all this then?
go away conspiracy theorist :^)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 10:10:01 am
Because it's only one report. One report was enough to throw the US headfirst into the shitstorm that was Iraqi Freedom, and after that I'm not keen on believing one piece of the pie.

What more evidence do you need? Even these officials are sure it was the opposition who were the snipers, and they were the ones who wanted Yanukovych removed.
Where is the proof of this? There are rumors the minister mentioned... it does not automatically make them true.

These are the Estonian foreign minister and an EU representative speaking, who are admitting that the snipers were from the opposition, who admitted there was physical evidence to prove so. I'm sorry, but you're hopeless.
They admitted jack shit, they only spoke about rumors.
There is no physical evidence proving oposition hired snipers.. lol.


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So she also showed me some photos

The man in the video admitted there was photographic evidence. If you are still this delusional, I can't help you.
I don't need to show you anything different, as the officials in the video said, there were already rumors of such thing but the doctor who talked to the EU official in the recording proved it.

Let me post this again:
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So she also showed me some photos, she said that as medical doctor, she can say it is the same handwriting, the same type of bullets, and it's really disturbing that now the new coalition, that they don't want to investigate what exactly happened.

Why would these officials lie about it? They are the ones who support Euromaidan.

What photographic evidence?, the quote your give me is that the foreign minister heard just that its the same type of bullets, nowhere is mentioned its the exact same weapon used.

If these pictures exist and this woman is real, why are these things not investigated and her findings published?
Now don't come with your big conspiracy theory of them putting it all in the freezer, if a random Estonian foreign minister was able to hear about this rumors, so would anyone else.


Regardless of all that were discussing a single quote from a foreign minister and that cannot be seen as any evidence at all.

I think I like the quote the Gardian put above it the best;
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Ukraine crisis: bugged call reveals conspiracy theory about Kiev sniper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory



Overall I'm disappointed That you cannot listen at all to reason SilentMan.
You are blinded by propaganda and there is no point in even trying. I wish you a happy life in the United States, where there are no Kremlin Russians taking over your country,
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 12:55:30 pm
Finally there is an open letter to putin that disproves all this propaganda lies about nazi's in Kiev.

http://maidantranslations.com/2014/03/05/open-letter-of-ukrainian-jews-to-russian-federation-president-vladimir-putin/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2014, 02:29:26 pm
Oooh. Nice.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 06, 2014, 03:36:11 pm
Where is the proof of this? There are rumors the minister mentioned... it does not automatically make them true.


These are the Estonian foreign minister and an EU representative speaking, who are admitting that the snipers were from the opposition, who admitted there was physical evidence to prove so. I'm sorry, but you're hopeless.
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They admitted jack shit, they only spoke about rumors.
There is no physical evidence proving oposition hired snipers.. lol.

Ok, sure, we can't completely prove that the opposition used snipers aside from rumors. But if you had watched the video, they said they asked the Maidan leaders to investigate and they refused. If it was the government who used the snipers, why would they refuse to investigate?

I don't need to show you anything different, as the officials in the video said, there were already rumors of such thing but the doctor who talked to the EU official in the recording proved it.

Let me post this again:
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So she also showed me some photos, she said that as medical doctor, she can say it is the same handwriting, the same type of bullets, and it's really disturbing that now the new coalition, that they don't want to investigate what exactly happened.

Why would these officials lie about it? They are the ones who support Euromaidan.

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What photographic evidence?, the quote your give me is that the foreign minister heard just that its the same type of bullets, nowhere is mentioned its the exact same weapon used.
If these pictures exist and this woman is real, why are these things not investigated and her findings published?
Now don't come with your big conspiracy theory of them putting it all in the freezer, if a random Estonian foreign minister was able to hear about this rumors, so would anyone else.

Like I said, Euromaidan leaders refused to investigate. When this "random" Estonian foreign minister was questioned about this call, he also refused to talk about it.

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You are blinded by propaganda and there is no point in even trying. I wish you a happy life in the United States, where there are no Kremlin Russians taking over your country,

Hahaha, okay. Just ignore the facts and call me an unreasonable conspiracy theorist, works everytime. If you don't think an EU representative admitting there is photographic evidence to prove it was the opposition who used the snipers, then maybe you are the one blinded by propaganda.

Finally there is an open letter to putin that disproves all this propaganda lies about nazi's in Kiev.

http://maidantranslations.com/2014/03/05/open-letter-of-ukrainian-jews-to-russian-federation-president-vladimir-putin/

Okay, I never said Russia was the good guy here. I hate Russian propaganda as well. But if you support Euromaidan, you are equally as foolish. Watch the second video, they are US officials literally discussing who they are going to install in the new government. Why do you ignore these facts? Euromaidan was supported, if not engineered by the west.

It's funny you were all quick to fight Raddeo and I about this a few pages ago.. but now I bring you evidence, and all you can do is deny it and call me unreasonable. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 06, 2014, 04:30:04 pm
Silentman, what is your point here? That there are foreign forces at work in Ukraine and not everything is as it appears? Welcome to the world - that's sort of how it's always been. The fact that you are so intrigued by the idea that there may be some sort of scheme in place here shows that there is something missing in your understanding of history and politics. How exactly is this event unique? Is it just because this is the first large scale upheaval in the western world that you've experienced? Yes, you're probably correct in your reasoning, however this shouldn't be surprising to you to an extent that you'd dedicate yourself to arguing with people as if it's your duty to bring to light some obscure ploy that nobody except you knows about. Get off your high horse.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 06, 2014, 05:52:10 pm
You, guys, are just hilarious. When someone says anything anti-eastern then no proofs are needed, of course - East is evil and proofs aren't necessary. But when something anti-western appears, then without iron proofs it's just propaganda and billshit. But of course, when proofs are strong enough and you simply can't claim that it's russian propaganda anymore, you just cry 'lol, it was always like that'. Obviously, wars and army weren't always there, Putin invented them to enslave free western world. But in the same time hiring snipers to kill civilians just to instigate them to die in fights against legal militia is something completly normal. This topic is better that circus...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2014, 06:21:34 pm
Well...you know...the NATO isn't exactly occupying Ukrainian land...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2014, 06:25:43 pm
THEY DID IT!

The Crimea is now, by decree of their new pro-Russian PM, part of Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 06, 2014, 06:29:45 pm
You, guys, are just hilarious. When someone says anything anti-eastern then no proofs are needed, of course - East is evil and proofs aren't necessary. But when something anti-western appears, then without iron proofs it's just propaganda and billshit. But of course, when proofs are strong enough and you simply can't claim that it's russian propaganda anymore, you just cry 'lol, it was always like that'. Obviously, wars and army weren't always there, Putin invented them to enslave free western world. But in the same time hiring snipers to kill civilians just to instigate them to die in fights against legal militia is something completly normal. This topic is better that circus...

My post wasn't linked to the broader argument - I was just responding to silentman. You seem to be misinterpreting arguments that people are making. Nobody is saying Putin is evil and western governments are unconditionally good. You have tunnel vision due to your extreme nationalist viewpoint, and every argument that someone makes against you seems to be automatically interpreted as an assault on the east or on your ideology. I can guarantee you most people on this forum who live in a western country hate it more than you do. We're not against you. The cold war ended 20 years ago, get over it.

THEY DID IT!

The Crimea is now, by decree of their new pro-Russian PM, part of Russia.

Well the referendum was rejected by the Ukrainian government. They're saying that constitutionally secession can only be decided by the Federal legislature and not local government bodies. So yeah, they're not going anywhere unless they're officially recognized.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 06, 2014, 06:33:04 pm
Ekhm, Duuring...

Quote from: BBC
The parliament said if its request was granted, Crimean citizens could give their view in a referendum on 16 March.

Who is using propaganda now? They just can't make referendum without making sure that Russia wants them. There will still be democratic voting, so everyone will have chance to take part in it.

Nipplestockings, you know what is nationalism, right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2014, 06:41:22 pm
I've got two Dutch newspages saying otherwise. That the government of the Crimea (remember, the 4% guys) had a vote and decided it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 06, 2014, 06:45:52 pm
Pfff, referendum will be in favor of going to Russia even if many people don't want to, bearing in mind that many pro-Russians just want security and some autonomy, not to become part of Russia.
The Russians are also being extremely hypocritical, they claim they want to have dialogue and yet refuse to talk to the Ukrainian Foreign minister.
And Russian pro-Kremlin television is already installed in Crimea, just trying to persuade the Crimeans to join Russia more by their portrayal of the new Ukrainian government, there's no way Russia are gonna relinquish Crimea unless forced to by sanctions, or worst case, war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 06, 2014, 06:49:57 pm
Soo... referandum is bad, because majority of Crimea citizens have different views that you are? Isn't it an idea of referendum? That majority (pro-Russian in this case) will decide?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 06, 2014, 06:59:45 pm
No, its bad because the reality is that a lot of pro-russians just want protection and help from them, not to be a part of Russia, the referendum has also been arranged between the Russians and pro-Russian leaders of Crimea, Crimea is still a part of Ukraine legally and the referendum is against both Crimean and Ukrainian constitutions. It is bad because the Russians are taking Crimea and legitimising it to themselves by holding a referendum, its blatantly obvious they're now persuading people to vote to join Russia because the pro-Kremlin stations have been assimilated into Crimea television, why do that if the referendum is going to be fair? Lets face it, its Russia, this referendum is never going to go against what Russia wants.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on March 06, 2014, 07:20:25 pm
I've got two Dutch newspages saying otherwise. That the government of the Crimea (remember, the 4% guys) had a vote and decided it.

The Crimean parliament voted, not the cabinet.  That means the larger blocs like the Party of Regions also cast their lot with Russia, not just "Russian Unity" (the 3-seat party that won 4% of the popular vote). The referendum for the general populace was scheduled for May 25th, then March 30th, and now it's being bumped again to the 16th.

I anticipate the "unidentified" soldiers will be at every poling station like brownshirts making sure everybody checks a big "DA" next to "Are you in favor of Crimea becoming a constituent territory of the Russian Federation?"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2014, 07:30:03 pm
What's the point of the referendum if the parliament has already decided it?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 06, 2014, 07:31:09 pm
Soo... referandum is bad, because majority of Crimea citizens have different views that you are? Isn't it an idea of referendum? That majority (pro-Russian in this case) will decide?
It is illegal, Crimean parliament just didn't have the rights according to constitution to make any referendum.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 06, 2014, 07:32:14 pm
Why is the world sitting by watching a re-run of the Anschluss of Austria and not doing anything...

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2014, 07:35:10 pm
Cos Russia is powerful and nobody wants a war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 06, 2014, 07:37:16 pm
Cos Russia is powerful and nobody wants a war.

Exactly how it was in 1938. We need to learn from our mistakes and stop it here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 07:52:32 pm
By the looks of it Russia overall did not learn from the fall of the soviet union.. Soo good luck with learning anything even older than that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 06, 2014, 07:57:58 pm
Please, stop comparing Vladimir Putin to Hitler. As far as I know, Putin isn't sick murderer who's going to gas or shoot all Ukrainians. And then all Poles. And Germans. And whole world! Jawohl! Hitler wasn't evil because he started war with other country, he was evil because he wanted to murded half of human population. Putin is just president of country and is doing his best to make his country stronger. As long as he's not going to kill everyone who's not Russian or Slav you don't have right to compare him with Hitler. It's just normal war/intervention/invasion. County leaders were always using war to make their country stronger. 21st century isn't different in any way.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nasoori on March 06, 2014, 08:00:10 pm
Yeah, Putin isn't evil. He's just a lying imperialistic asshat.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 06, 2014, 08:01:44 pm
Please, stop comparing Vladimir Putin to Hitler. As far as I know, Putin isn't sick murderer who's going to gas or shoot all Ukrainians. And then all Poles. And Germans. And whole world! Jawohl! Hitler wasn't evil because he started war with other country, he was evil because he wanted to murded half of human population. Putin is just president of country and is doing his best to make his country stronger. As long as he's not going to kill everyone who's not Russian or Slav you don't have right to compare him with Hitler. It's just normal war/intervention/invasion. County leaders were always using war to make their country stronger. 21st century isn't different in any way.

Not yet, after the Baltics, you're next Poland
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.back2stonewall.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2FVlad-Hitler-Putin.png&hash=c0d69433653e3c80c7b808e4101ed23e8804e311)
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 06, 2014, 08:03:48 pm
Why did you make some random words in my post bolder? ???
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 06, 2014, 08:06:07 pm
Why did you make some random words in my post bolder? ???

Because i saw the odd similarities between Putin and Hitler. He was just a president of a country, trying to make his country stronger via war/intervention/diplomacy which was considered completly normal back then. Nobody knew he was going to exterminate polacks, jews and wage war on all of Europe.

So i'm simply telling you, wait and see.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 06, 2014, 08:13:16 pm
First of all, we're Poles, not polocks. But maybe it's simply too difficult to you to show at least a bit of respect to your interlocutor...
Secondly, right, because Hitler before 1 September 1939 was like little sweet lamb and for sure was not claiming that Germans are best nation in the world and should rule the world and crash every other nation. But maybe you didn't notice that part of my post?
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Hitler wasn't evil because he started war with other country, he was evil because he wanted to murded half of human population.

I modified my last post instead of writing new one ;) Silly me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 06, 2014, 08:21:41 pm
The kremlin is known to support Neo Facistic groups in Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2014, 08:23:50 pm
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Secondly, right, because Hitler before 1 September 1939 was like little sweet lamb and for sure was not claiming that Germans are best nation in the world and should rule the world and crash every other nation.

When Hitler organized the Olympic games, that's exactly what he tried to show people.

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It's just normal war/intervention/invasion.

Are you serious? 'just a normal war' ?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 06, 2014, 08:29:44 pm
First of all, we're Poles, not polocks. But maybe it's simply too difficult to you to show at least a bit of respect to your interlocutor...
Secondly, right, because Hitler before 1 September 1939 was like little sweet lamb and for sure was not claiming that Germans are best nation in the world and should rule the world and crash every other nation. But maybe you didn't notice that part of my post?
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Hitler wasn't evil because he started war with other country, he was evil because he wanted to murded half of human population.

I modified my last post instead of writing new one ;) Silly me.

Well didn't know you found 'polacks' offensive, in Swedish the people of Poland are 'Polacker', didn't know it had negative connotations in English.

Furthermore, you do realise that Vladimir Putin is a Fascist dicator that promotes ultra-nationalism and allows Neo-Nazi groups and their violence. While Putin is not quite yet of the same calibre as Mr. Hitler, if we allow him to get away with disregarding other nations sovereignity while making his own Russian Empire stronger, who knows how long it will take him to be capable of committing the same crimes as Hitler. He needs to be put in his place now, lest we want to threaten the existance, independence and livelyhood of all European nations.

Not neccesarily Putin is bound to turn out like Hitler, but as it is going now he is showing good progress in his steps to becoming his idol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 06, 2014, 08:31:34 pm
Are you serious? 'just a normal war' ?
yes, just a normal war, nothing extra... you know, some short victorious war
must have badge for every self-respecting authoritarian leader
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 06, 2014, 08:49:29 pm
Polacks. It's just offensive. In Polish language Pole is also Polak but English loanword Polack is offensive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polack :)

Considering Putin... West will do nothing with him, so soon we will have chance to see who is right in this discussion.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on March 06, 2014, 10:42:21 pm
The kremlin is known to support Neo Facistic groups in Russia.

First of all, we're Poles, not polocks. But maybe it's simply too difficult to you to show at least a bit of respect to your interlocutor...
Secondly, right, because Hitler before 1 September 1939 was like little sweet lamb and for sure was not claiming that Germans are best nation in the world and should rule the world and crash every other nation. But maybe you didn't notice that part of my post?
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Hitler wasn't evil because he started war with other country, he was evil because he wanted to murded half of human population.

I modified my last post instead of writing new one ;) Silly me.

Well didn't know you found 'polacks' offensive, in Swedish the people of Poland are 'Polacker', didn't know it had negative connotations in English.

Furthermore, you do realise that Vladimir Putin is a Fascist dicator that promotes ultra-nationalism and allows Neo-Nazi groups and their violence. While Putin is not quite yet of the same calibre as Mr. Hitler, if we allow him to get away with disregarding other nations sovereignity while making his own Russian Empire stronger, who knows how long it will take him to be capable of committing the same crimes as Hitler. He needs to be put in his place now, lest we want to threaten the existance, independence and livelyhood of all European nations.

Not neccesarily Putin is bound to turn out like Hitler, but as it is going now he is showing good progress in his steps to becoming his idol.

Quit spreading bullshit, you two.
Putin is a fucking russophobe and in no way anything nationalistic is supported by the government, let alone nazist or fashist.
That of course only works for ethnic Russians and other nationalities can do whatever the fuck they want, not so much different from EU, sadly.
Just like always both sides are full of shit, and EU\USA\NATO are just as bad, the latter with its sole existance working outright against world peace and building mutual trust, confidence and partnership, antagonizing everyone and everything into two parties.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 06, 2014, 10:55:40 pm
Wow, everything someone else says is bullshit. How creative. Amusing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2014, 10:58:38 pm
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Putin is a fucking russophobe and in no way anything nationalistic is supported by the government, let alone nazist or fashist.

Oh right, sure, of course, all evidence on the contrary can be thrown out of the window now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sir_Spill on March 06, 2014, 10:59:06 pm
i rly rly hope that the russian leave ukraine fast #NewColdWar
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on March 07, 2014, 05:53:36 am
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Putin is a fucking russophobe and in no way anything nationalistic is supported by the government, let alone nazist or fashist.

Oh right, sure, of course, all evidence on the contrary can be thrown out of the window now.

Oh, you live here now too?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 07, 2014, 10:41:31 am
No need to get mad Volt.


In Dutch news now;
Hundreds of millions of euros and assets are now property of the Dutch state and will be given to the new Ukrainian state.
These assets were put into on-paper companies owned or filled by corrupt politicians from Ukraine Like the ex-president.
Evidence of how this money was stolen from the Ukrainian budget was used to seize these assets.

I love my country, act fast, save more.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 07, 2014, 10:52:51 am
Has anyone been following the Bosnian uprisings (Kebab jokes aside)? Unlike the conflict in Ukraine, this movement has smashed nationalistic tendencies to focus instead on class issues.
The region is infamous for its ethnic bloodshed, yet this offers a more promising direction for the Eastern European uprisings to come.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Joseph Graham on March 07, 2014, 10:57:14 am
There are issues across the entirety of Eastern Europe to be perfectly fair; as Augy just said. You have the uprisings in Bosnia, the repression of free speech, LGBT communities and democracy in Hungary and Greece and more.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 11:47:56 am
Augy, have you been following the violent uprisings in Venezuela? Remember, that country you want to visit so badly cos it's so much better then the Netherlands?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 07, 2014, 12:29:03 pm
I don't support Madura, as for the protests - thats just another ill fated coup d'etat attempt funded with $millions$ from the USA, is nothing I want to support.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 01:16:14 pm
You are aware of the fact you sound just as brainwashed as you claim us to be?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 07, 2014, 02:33:01 pm
the propaganda on both sides is pretty thick, its barely conspiratorial to say the USA have a big influence and history of meddling in south american affairs.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 02:36:52 pm
plot twist - Chavez was actually America-backed and loved the USA.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 07, 2014, 02:49:05 pm
No no

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/02/is-venezuela-burning/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 02:57:37 pm
Back to the Crimea, Russia is the only one who is going the respect the outcome of the vote, cos everybody knows what the outcome will be.

So...16 march gonna be shit?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 07, 2014, 03:01:33 pm
No no

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/02/is-venezuela-burning/

Written by people with downarchism syndrome
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 07, 2014, 03:02:27 pm
The new Ukrainian government represents two of the biggest Ukrainian nationalist parties - Svoboda and Right Sectors who are basicly Ukrainian neo-nazis. They still threathen to carry out terrorist actions against pro-Russian Ukrainians and organize similar riots along with the Russian nazis to overthrow Kreml. Also, the new Ukrainian gov. and EU's anti-Russian policy is the main reason and justification of the occupation of Crimea and possible occupation of Eastern Ukraine. In fact it was a provocation from USA and EU which led to Putin's decision to intervene.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 07, 2014, 03:10:08 pm
I highly doubt a governement threatens to perform terrorist actions against a minority in their own country.
And didn't the new PM put a price on the head of the leader of right sector? I'm going to try to find the article.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 07, 2014, 03:11:29 pm
Written by people with downarchism syndrome

please remain willfully ignorant, that will do the world a lot of good. - you are certainly not adding anything to this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 03:16:24 pm
The new Ukrainian government represents two of the biggest Ukrainian nationalist parties - Svoboda and Right Sectors who are basicly Ukrainian neo-nazis. They still threathen to carry out terrorist actions against pro-Russian Ukrainians and organize similar riots along with the Russian nazis to overthrow Kreml. Also, the new Ukrainian gov. and EU's anti-Russian policy is the main reason and justification of the occupation of Crimea and possible occupation of Eastern Ukraine. In fact it was a provocation from USA and EU which led to Putin's decision to intervene.



Ehm...Sure?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 07, 2014, 03:28:48 pm
Yes. And I really admire the western flexibility that allows you to go from blaming Russia for homophobia to support Ukrainian nationalists who beats people for speaking Russian in public.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 03:38:26 pm
What provocation exactly makes the Russian invasion legit?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 07, 2014, 03:40:38 pm
In Dutch news now;
Hundreds of millions of euros and assets are now property of the Dutch state and will be given to the new Ukrainian state.
These assets were put into on-paper companies owned or filled by corrupt politicians from Ukraine Like the ex-president.
Evidence of how this money was stolen from the Ukrainian budget was used to seize these assets.

I'm not sure if I understand it correct. You mean, that Dutch government took private money and properities of Ukrainian politicians just because someone said that you're evil and have stolen this money? Without any kind of real investigation? And you claim that it's fine? It seems like kind of sick communistic revolution. You know - 'Take money from rich and give it to workers! Uraaa! Long live Lenin!'. Does law in Dutch really allow government to steal private properity of citizens of other countries? ???

Btw. As far as I remember 'state' means the same as 'country'. Then you should claim that there is nothing like 'new Ukrainian state'. Putin said that there is one, but Ukrainian pseudo-government claim that it's still the same Ukraine just with new government.

Duuring, maybe statring revolution in country which was Russian ally? Don't you think?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 07, 2014, 03:47:45 pm
There is no 'invasion' taking place. Crimea asked for protection against the new Verkhovna Rada which is not representative for the population of South- and East Ukraine. Russian soldiers and Berkut were met as heroes and liberators by the people. Putin possibly prevented a civil war from taking place between western and eastern Ukrainians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 03:50:37 pm
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Duuring, maybe statring revolution in country which was Russian ally? Don't you think?
That's like Poland invading Belgium cos the Walloons declared independence.

"Duuring, that makes no sense!"

Indeed it doesn't.

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I'm not sure if I understand it correct. You mean, that Dutch government took private money and properities of Ukrainian politicians just because someone said that you're evil and have stolen this money? Without any kind of real investigation? And you claim that it's fine? It seems like kind of sick communistic revolution. You know - 'Take money from rich and give it to workers! Uraaa! Long live Lenin!'. Does law in Dutch really allow government to steal private properity of citizens of other countries?

There has been research. You seriously can't do anything in this country without having done a dozen checks and three different researches. It's basically just returning money stolen from the government back to the Ukrainian government.

The Dutch state means the state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as opposed of the country of the Netherlands. They are not the same thing.

There is no 'invasion' taking place. Crimea asked for protection against the new Verkhovna Rada which is not representative for the population of South- and East Ukraine. Russian soldiers and Berkut were met as heroes and liberators by the people. Putin possibly prevented a civil war from taking place between western and eastern Ukrainians.

There are Russian troops on soil that is not Russian and they are not wanted their by the sovereign government of Ukraine, and the Crimea does not have the right to call in foreign troops nor secede. This is an invasion, pure and simple.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 07, 2014, 03:58:35 pm
How on earth do they not have the right to secede when being an autonomous republic? That's not to mention that the current Ukrainian parliament is not juridically legitime.

Russians and Ukrainians are also basically the same people, your example of "Poland invading Belgium" is not close whatsoever.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 07, 2014, 04:13:12 pm
Netherlands invading Belgium to protect the Flemish people because they speak dutch, because the evil french speaking wallonians are Fascist because we say so and will violate their human rights.... Wait there are hundreds of thousands of Flemish Belgians already fleeing to the Netherlands to escape the fascist violence of the wallonians!!!!! we MUST INVADE NOW!

same shit man.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 04:36:29 pm
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How on earth do they not have the right to secede when being an autonomous republic? That's not to mention that the current Ukrainian parliament is not juridically legitime.

It's in their constitution. You know, their peace of paper that basicly makes the state. Besides, the intern president invited the Crimean government for negotiations considering their status in Ukraine, but oh no, that's aggressive!

Explain to me how the Ukrainian parliament is not legitimate. 

Netherlands invading Belgium to protect the Flemish people because they speak dutch, because the evil french speaking wallonians are Fascist because we say so and will violate their human rights.... Wait there are hundreds of thousands of Flemish Belgians already fleeing to the Netherlands to escape the fascist violence of the wallonians!!!!! we MUST INVADE NOW!

same shit man.

ANSCHLUSCH

Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 07, 2014, 05:00:56 pm
Why did NATO want to violate the suverenity of Serbia, Libya and Syria without even having the UN mandate? They have no right to blame Russia for anything when they bomb helpless countries and kill thousands of non-combatants.  Certainly not for launching their own peacekeaping operations in former Russian territory.

Explain to me how the Ukrainian parliament is not legitimate. 

Taken from Taleworlds forum in similar thread:
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The vote was 328 for impeachment to 0 opposed, but the requirement is 3/4ths of the house, meaning 338 votes must be cast from the 449 seats. 328 is insufficient. There's also the discrepancy over who succeeds the President in that situation: the Chairman of the Rada (Speaker of the House) according to the 2004 constitution, or the Prime Minister according to the 2010 constitution. The current acting President Oleksandr Turchynov was the Chairman, since they're operating on the rolled back laws.

If I am reading the version on wikisource right, it should be 3/4 according to the 2004 version too, so that would mean...his impeachment actually wasn't valid under any/both versions?

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Yes that seems to be the case.
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The actual impeachment procedure was never initiated in the first place.

So, Yanukovitch is still the legal president of Ukraine despite of him being politically dead.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 05:04:04 pm
Once again, a fault of someone is not an excuse for another to make the same stupid fault.

So let me guess - A lot of the Yanukovitch supporters (hell, all of them) were not present? That's a pretty smart way of making sure your buddy doesn't get kicked out.

'Vote'
'No'
'Okay, we will have a vote with the guys who haven't fled'
'ILLEGAL'
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 07, 2014, 05:51:38 pm
So, Yanukovitch is still the legal president of Ukraine despite of him being politically dead.

Can you provide a source for this please?  :)

p.s Taleworld's doesn't count.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 07, 2014, 06:16:39 pm
Given that he is in fact the elected president of Ukaine, it's you who are supposed to provide source which shows that he isn't. As already said, according to the 2004 and 2010 constitution he is still the legal president.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 06:17:20 pm
Do Ukrainian representatives have an obligation to vote?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 07, 2014, 06:24:42 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuacrisis.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FCrimea-infographic-72.jpg&hash=1441b05d0fdb08a5b8173dad6aadbbfc7a0f074a)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 07, 2014, 06:26:42 pm
Given that he is in fact the elected president of Ukaine, it's you who are supposed to provide source which shows that he isn't. As already said, according to the 2004 and 2010 constitution he is still the legal president.

Here you go! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine

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Current acting President is the current Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament Oleksandr Turchynov after the Ukrainian Parliament ousted Viktor Yanukovych from this office on 21 February 2014.

I guess you've never heard of/understood the burden of proof theory. Duuring made a point about Ukrainian parliament being legal, and you're disputing it. Its down to you to provide proof of this, not me to prove that your counter-argument is wrong.

edit: Nice infographic Vince :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 07, 2014, 06:36:15 pm
The new Ukrainian government represents two of the biggest Ukrainian nationalist parties - Svoboda and Right Sectors who are basicly Ukrainian neo-nazis. They still threathen to carry out terrorist actions against pro-Russian Ukrainians and organize similar riots along with the Russian nazis to overthrow Kreml. Also, the new Ukrainian gov. and EU's anti-Russian policy is the main reason and justification of the occupation of Crimea and possible occupation of Eastern Ukraine. In fact it was a provocation from USA and EU which led to Putin's decision to intervene.
You're lying
1. There is only 4 ministers that represent Svoboda party
2. There is no one from Right Sector, and Right Sector isn't even a political party
3. They aren't neo-nazis, and no terrorist actions against pro-Russian Ukrainians ever happens or planning to, and Russian nazis is already in Kreml with Putler
4. It can't be justified in that way, nor in other, for now there is not single reason to do justify it.
5. What do you mean by provocation?
Yes. And I really admire the western flexibility that allows you to go from blaming Russia for homophobia to support Ukrainian nationalists who beats people for speaking Russian in public.
Here you're lying again.
No one beats people for speaking Russian in public, even in West regions, stop speaking shit.
There is no 'invasion' taking place. Crimea asked for protection against the new Verkhovna Rada which is not representative for the population of South- and East Ukraine. Russian soldiers and Berkut were met as heroes and liberators by the people. Putin possibly prevented a civil war from taking place between western and eastern Ukrainians.
1. There is,
2. Verkhovna Rada represents all the Ukraine, it was selected back in 2012 when nothing happens yet. Part of it is selected by Majority rule from election districts all over the Ukraine.
3. Except russians, no one met  them as heroes
4. There is no civil war possible in Ukraine between western and eastern Ukrainians.
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The vote was 328 for impeachment to 0 opposed, but the requirement is 3/4ths of the house, meaning 338 votes must be cast from the 449 seats. 328 is insufficient. There's also the discrepancy over who succeeds the President in that situation: the Chairman of the Rada (Speaker of the House) according to the 2004 constitution, or the Prime Minister according to the 2010 constitution. The current acting President Oleksandr Turchynov was the Chairman, since they're operating on the rolled back laws.
Wrong again.
1. It wasn't impeachment, it was Resolution
"Given that the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych withdrew from performing the constitutional powers of control that threatens state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, violate the rights and freedoms of citizens, based on the circumstances of extreme urgency, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, expressing the sovereign will of the Ukrainian nation decides: set that the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych withdrew from the execution of constitutional powers, and is one that does not fulfill its obligations."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2014, 06:39:42 pm
Someone did his homework.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TheZach_Attack on March 07, 2014, 10:01:30 pm
Spoiler
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Did you make that yourself Vince..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 07, 2014, 10:11:07 pm
The credits are in the bottom...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 08, 2014, 12:38:05 am
Lol, but the government installed by the US that used snipers to kill its own supporters is legitimate.  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 08, 2014, 12:43:23 am
Is that really the best you can do?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 08, 2014, 01:11:29 am
Lol, but the government installed by the US that used snipers to kill its own supporters is legitimate.  ::)

Such proof, much believe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 08, 2014, 01:22:45 am
Lol, but the government installed by the US that used snipers to kill its own supporters is legitimate.  ::)
(https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/5864146688/h1A7F8D0F/)



More news, more and more vids and pics are popping up of journalists that are beeing at gun point beeing stolen of their camera's.. in an attempt of the russians to stop international media from reporting things in crimea.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c93_1394222601


BBC reporter on twitter;
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Shaun Walker of the BBC: Haven't managed to speak to the journalists yet but it sounds like six of them were attacked. I think none seriously injured thank god.
/u/uptodatepronto
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Shaun Walker of BBC: SOS: Andrei Tsaplienko of Inter TV and others awol near Sevastopol. Called friend to say pursued, shouts of get out of car heard. Now phone off
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TWEET via Roland Oliphant: Witness to attack on journos: "cameraman shouted "I'm Russian!" Masked men just said "so are we" and punched him in the head anyway."
/u/gissisim
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@UkraineConflict: It seems like the primary goal of occupying forces is to remove the 'eyes on the ground'; beat & terrify journalists. Stay safe out there.
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TWEET via Shaun Walker: Hearing that a couple of journalists have been quite badly beaten up by the self defence units near the Sevastopol base being stormed. Grim.
/u/gissisim
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TWEET via Simon Shuster: Cossacks and other military irregulars preventing reporters from getting near the stormed Ukraine base, thus no video or photos. --- LIVE THREAD
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 08, 2014, 02:11:55 am
Lol, but the government installed by the US that used snipers to kill its own supporters is legitimate.  ::)

Such proof, much believe.

Spoiler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEgJ0oo3OA8

Bugged call proving that the snipers were not used by Yanukovych, but by Maidan leaders.
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"all the evidence shows that the people who were killed by snipers from both sides, among policemen and then people from the streets, that they were the same snipers killing people from both sides,"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5n8UbJ8jsk

Basically, they are talking about who they are going to install as the new government leaders.

Yeah, the west is definitely not pulling any strings here..
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Such retarded meme, please educate yourself, wow.

Vincenzo, why do you think I support Russia in this? I don't. I already told you I didn't. But I've also already proven to you that the new government is Kiev is criminal.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 08, 2014, 02:18:40 am
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2014/03/who-will-protect-the-crimean-tatars.html

edit: not sure how legit this is, and could always be one or the others side's propaganda, so please read this with a pinch of salt :)

moar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gInCLXb_RkE
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 08, 2014, 02:23:07 am
Vincenzo, why do you think I support Russia in this? I don't. I already told you I didn't. But I've also already proven to you that the new government is Kiev is criminal.
You have proven jack shit, you pasted the same telephone recording now 10 times, the bullshit does not change.


Some intresting reports from vice! check em out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNKsLlK52ss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y57vy4vWb-E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnpXASPd1h4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGSrcYLsOMI
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 08, 2014, 02:36:41 am
Vincenzo, why do you think I support Russia in this? I don't. I already told you I didn't. But I've also already proven to you that the new government is Kiev is criminal.
You have proven jack shit, you pasted the same telephone recording now 10 times, the bullshit does not change.

You are unbelievable. That telephone recording is of EU representatives who are literally admitting how the opposition used snipers against its own people (when questioned about it they did not answer, and when they themselves questioned Euromaidan leaders about it they refused to investigate), and the second is of US officials literally talking about who they are installing in the new government. You can post all of these anti-russian videos and images and pass them off as fact without a thought, but I give you evidence, and all you can do is call it bullshit. This thread is ridiculous.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 08, 2014, 02:42:23 am
I tried to explain it before, I give up. You are being ridiculous.

Lets get back to topic without more conspiracy theories, thanks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 08, 2014, 02:48:03 am
I tried to explain it before, I give up. You are being ridiculous.

Lets get back to topic without more conspiracy theories, thanks.

What did you explain exactly? I proved my point and then you stopped replying, you did not explain anything, asides from calling it rumors and a "conspiracy theory". I want to continue this discussion, please elaborate on why you think I'm the one being ridiculous.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: The Respected Man on March 08, 2014, 03:45:58 am
Lol, but the government installed by the US that used snipers to kill its own supporters is legitimate.  ::)
You belong in the Alex Jones channel.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 08, 2014, 06:04:21 am
Lol, but the government installed by the US that used snipers to kill its own supporters is legitimate.  ::)
You belong in the Alex Jones channel.

Listen to the recordings I posted.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 08, 2014, 08:45:19 am
Listen to the recordings I posted.
Yes, and?
For first, if slightly different put the assents
"all the evidence shows that the people, who were killed by snipers, from both sides - among policemen and then people from the streets, that they were the same snipers killing people from both sides,"

And, from where you get that they were hired by coalition? There is understanding, which is based on what? If it isn't Yanokovich besides it, why it should means that than it is definitely coalition in that case? There are more sides that was interested in it, except this two.

And there is also different info:
 - one of our former minister on internal affair published documents of plans of special operations on breakdown the protests  - "Boomerang" and "Wave", given to him by "on your own risk patriotic-minded workers of the MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS and STATE SECURITY"
And there is mentioned about group of snipers - 7 people from Alpha Group, special forces unit.
 - interview with former Yanukovych head guard, said that all snipers groups were presenting by structures of Ministry of Internal Affairs and State Security

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 08, 2014, 09:25:16 am
It is important to distinguish that not all the anti-Russia protests are anti-Russian. Nationalists always try to capitalise on the people's rightfull anti-imperialist sentiment and turn it into their weapon, but that should not be used as a way to silence anti-imperialists.

Theft and corruption are a way of life and politics in Russia. Nothing from which the rulers cannot make profit gets accomplished. Putin uses Ukraine to shift the focus on another country, this does not help people in either of two countries with fighting against this theft.

United States has financially and through propaganda aided the nationalist West Ukrainian sentiment. That was not done because USA opposes Russian imperialism but rather because it wants to undermine Putin's imperialist ambitions and further its own. Realpolitik at work.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 08, 2014, 10:07:37 am
United States has financially and through propaganda aided the nationalist West Ukrainian sentiment. That was not done because USA opposes Russian imperialism but rather because it wants to undermine Putin's imperialist ambitions and further its own. Realpolitik at work.

Source me baby I'm dying to see some proof of this. Mainly because it is SO easy to say shit like this and the masses follow it because they are anti-US / anti-Western governments. Similar to people that hate on the Russians for their fascism - but this is easily proved by the homophobic laws they are passing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 08, 2014, 10:19:29 am
http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2014/03/svoboda-party-nazism-in-ukraine-supported-by-john-mccain-u-s-jews-advised-to-leave/

There's some sources linked in there aswel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSxaa-67yGM
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/02/08/ukra-f08.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 08, 2014, 10:27:29 am
http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2014/03/svoboda-party-nazism-in-ukraine-supported-by-john-mccain-u-s-jews-advised-to-leave/

There's some sources linked in there aswel.
argh another stupid shit taken out of context and not true for the most part.. as said by the Jewish groups themselves;
http://maidantranslations.com/2014/03/05/open-letter-of-ukrainian-jews-to-russian-federation-president-vladimir-putin/

Which I find a better source.


There are national socialists in every country, it doesn't mean all of Ukraine is now national socialist, or run by them.


The russian soldiers backed pro russia protestors (proven to be russians that dont even live in crimea) getting violent.
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2014/3/armed-guards-barricadeunenvoyincrimea.html


More intresting Vice news items:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Oei0AoCn2A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hpUUk7EHc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eTuFAR169s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HN3yZVKP9g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-KKEDapzzY
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 08, 2014, 11:56:12 am
http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2014/03/svoboda-party-nazism-in-ukraine-supported-by-john-mccain-u-s-jews-advised-to-leave/

There's some sources linked in there aswel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSxaa-67yGM
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/02/08/ukra-f08.html

Sorry absolutely none of that supported where you said

That was not done because USA opposes Russian imperialism but rather because it wants to undermine Putin's imperialist ambitions and further its own. Realpolitik at work.

All you've linked is a current 'buzzword' video where the US are proclaiming they wanna focus on Ukraine being tied in with the UN, rather than the EU. The written sources are of a similar thing.

I'm asking you to provide proof of your theory of why the US are doing it, cos right now you're just pulling things out of a hat and hoping they stick.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 08, 2014, 12:07:52 pm
Spoiler
Nothing here.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 08, 2014, 12:39:22 pm
@ diplex already posted those but yeah now its all on one page.


Vice shows proper front line news. love it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 08, 2014, 12:47:16 pm
I only saw the videos you posted above mine :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 08, 2014, 04:54:42 pm
It's Van Hulstein. I knew he was racist against muslims, but also a Anti-Semitic? Jeez, this guy is developing.

(Sorry for my two next posts, the posts by Van Hulstein got removed so they're no absolete.)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 08, 2014, 07:42:01 pm
http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/ukraine-paul-gubariew-a-tribune-of-the-people-in-donetsk-ie-neo-nazis-on-the-side-of-putin/#more-1716
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 09, 2014, 09:36:01 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFlLN9E2kcY


The Russians are allowing paramilitaries from all over that support Russia to run the region? terrorism anyone?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 09, 2014, 12:05:00 pm
Terrorism has nothing to do with paramilitaries.

Paramilitary =/= terrorism
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 09, 2014, 12:47:17 pm
While you are right, you can't deny that 'paramilitairy' is often used by governments to give a nice-sounding name to what they would consider terrorists if that group was fighting against said government.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 09, 2014, 12:51:00 pm
Last time when we were talking 'paramilitaries' were 'fighters for freedom' not 'terrorists'. Something changed since then?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 09, 2014, 01:08:21 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OTy3aLBSMw
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Othurin on March 09, 2014, 02:17:16 pm
Last time when we were talking 'paramilitaries' were 'fighters for freedom' not 'terrorists'. Something changed since then?
Are you kidding me? Freedom fighters and terrorists are the exact same thing, just depends who you ask. The IRA made bombings in Britain, the Brits would consider them terrorists. They helped Ireland gain independence, the Irish see them as freedom fighters. Just as the taliban has support in Afghanistan by some locals, who would not call them terrorists. It is just about who you ask.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 09, 2014, 03:06:32 pm
Exactly. Just because the Media makes it sound like Terrorists are Muslims with AKs shouting "Allah Ackbar", does not mean that there are other terrorist aswell.
The United States them self are terrorizing the people of Iran, and other countries. Yet no one calles them terrorists, because they fight for the side the media is on.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 09, 2014, 03:18:21 pm
What, how id the US terrorizing Iran? You mean Israel? 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 09, 2014, 04:40:27 pm
These dudes know whats up :  http://chycho.blogspot.ca/2014/03/whats-really-going-on-bahrain-vs.html

(https://i.imgur.com/7nAvdbv.jpg)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCAQUs0yPeY
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TheZach_Attack on March 09, 2014, 04:50:58 pm
The credits are in the bottom...
Oh..
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nerve.com%2Ffiles%2Fresize%2F082248-vladimir-putin-600x338.jpg&hash=225e513f889fea23336b516ba402d375cc38ec8f)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Othurin on March 09, 2014, 08:03:25 pm
What, how id the US terrorizing Iran? You mean Israel?
Israel? Are you joking with me? America and Israel are allies. American terror is more like drone bombings in Pakistan and other nations, and for Iran, the CIA removed a democratically elected leader and replaced with their puppet the shah.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 09, 2014, 09:00:39 pm
Let's noooot go full Zionism-discussion here.

I don't think much will happen until the 16th. Then we'll get some shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 09, 2014, 09:45:37 pm
Yes. Either they decide to join Russia legally, or Russia will do it illegally. Either way its gonna happen.

And yeh, Othurin, that exactly what I meant. I would be pretty damn scared if I was an Iranian Scientists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 09, 2014, 10:53:50 pm
They can't join Russia legally. The referendum is illegal.

I've seen a lot of footage of people enthusiastically wanting to join Russia on tv. Yet on the same time I wonder how many people are staying home waiting out the situation. The silent majority.
Besides, either way, Russia has forced her way into the Crimea by force and aggression, which that is unacceptable. Any possibility of the Crimea joining Russia is entirely gone and that is Russia's own fault. This is not just a struggle between Russia and Ukraine. This is whether we still allow nations to invade and annex other nations.

And while I admit that the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq have questionable motives, those countries had regimes that were miles away from democracy, justice and equality, and Ukraine has not. If we don't stop the Russians now, what tells us they do not stop? The Baltic states might try to move more towards the EU and NATO out of fear of the Russian Federation, and that might have the exact same result - Out of Russians influence, into her territory.

By the way, little bit of news that no-one cares about, my government has just, by the means of our Foreign Policy minister, declared today that (rough translation) :
"We [The Netherlands] are not prepared to fight the Russians, but we are prepared to put all diplomatic actions into progress to withstand this aggression. So we can put greater pressure on Russia and it shall eventually listen to Ukraine and the international community".

Good job mate. The first part of that sentence makes the rest a complete dream.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 10, 2014, 01:22:08 am
If the majority votes "yes" for joining Russia, then let them join Russia. Obviously it has to be a nice and fair voting, that is not rigged by any party, which is very unlikely...
There are dozens of Russian troops in Crimea and I do not think that they will just let the voting happen without them influencing it heavily.

I don't know what Russia is gonna do, but they are pretty much free to do what they want. No one is going to fight them, no one wants a war with Russia. Obviously, if they really do take crimea they are going to face a lot more sanctions. No idea whats harder for Putin. Losing his face or taking sanctions. If he really wants to show the world how badass and strong Russia is, then he just has to take Crimea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 10, 2014, 01:33:35 am
The denial of OSCE observers on the Crimea by armed Russian soldiers is a clear sign that it is not legal what they are doing there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 10, 2014, 09:41:51 am
What Russia are doing on it's own former territory is more legal than anything OSCE, EU, US, NATO ever will be doing in Eastern Europe. None wants them there, and that's why they face resistance and not the Russian army.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 10, 2014, 09:52:12 am
What's so illegal about sending in unarmed observers to see what is going on there?

It's not the Ukrainians refusing to let them in, it's the Russian Army who denies them to get there.

Why would Russia deny them to go around and see what's happening if their actions are legal?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2014, 10:12:13 am
It's not Russian former territory. It's former Soviet territory.

Hadhod is right. Denying access to observers is a clear sign that this entire referendum is one big fraud. Of course, the Russians will pass it off to their minions as not allowed foreign infringement on RUSSIAN SOIL OMGGG.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 10, 2014, 10:44:51 am
It's former Russian territory because Ukraine and Belarus has always been part Russia. So-called observers entering Crimea are the same western agents who organized the euromaidan in Kiev, that's why they are trying to keep them out.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 10, 2014, 11:02:05 am
East Prussia has always been Part of Prussia and later of the German Reich too, but not anymore, same as Ukraine is not Russian territory anymore. If we go by your logic Germany would be allowed to invade Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, France because some of their provinces were always part of Germany/Holy Roman Empire/German Reich. That's bullshit dude, we live in the 21st century, cut out your imperialistic crap.

The second sentence is full of Russian propaganda idiocy. What would it bring the western world to instigate revolutions in their neighbourhood. But alright let's follow your path: If the Russians are so confident in Crimea wanting to join them surely a dozen of "western agents" couldn't change the views of the "pro-Russian" people living there since they are all Russians no western "propaganda" could change their vies of Mother Russia, right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 10, 2014, 11:43:20 am
Eurocrats made a deal to change the government of Ukraine through a revolution to replace them with a EU friendly gov. who will make deals with EU and NATO. Euromaidan happened just after Ukraine decided to co-operate with Russia instead of EU, so EU are the ones trying to make Ukraine enemies of Russia.

There are simply no need for observers because Putin's choice is to not let the west be part of the decision-making in Ukraine anymore. Just the same as EU wanted to do to Russia. It's just hilarious that you have the confidence to be able to blame Russia for Imperialism when in the same time trying to be on the moral highground from NATO's point of view, who in the last 10 years invaded Iraq, bombed Serbia, Libya all without UN mandate or consulting Russia. And would break the sovereignty of Syria in 2013 by invading their territory if Russia would veto against it in the UN (and was blamed for it by western media). Also, you are supporting terrorist groups and actively promote/organize civil disobedience all over the World, and blaming Russia for doing something illegally at the same time.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2014, 11:53:00 am
Eurocrats made a deal to change the government of Ukraine through a revolution to replace them with a EU friendly gov. who will make deals with EU and NATO. Euromaidan happened just after Ukraine decided to co-operate with Russia instead of EU, so EU are the ones trying to make Ukraine enemies of Russia.

The EU that promotes friendly relations with everybody?

Unlike what you think, Ukraine doesn't want to be governed by Russia or by the EU. Ukraine wants to be ruled by Ukraine, and they feel this can be more achieved by faring EU-Course (You know, an institution with a bit fairer elections and a bit less corruption and violence, then faring a Russia course as they did in history. As a sovereign nation, that's their right. Putin can't decide the west 'is no part of the decision-making'. He is no part of the decision-making either. The Russian Federation has no right to interfere with Ukraine just to protect their political allies. Russians in Ukraine aren't Russian citizens.

Also, you are supporting terrorist groups and actively promote/organize civil disobedience all over the World, and blaming Russia for doing something illegally at the same time.

What terrorists group?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 10, 2014, 11:59:01 am
Eurocrats made a deal to change the government of Ukraine through a revolution to replace them with a EU friendly gov. who will make deals with EU and NATO. Euromaidan happened just after Ukraine decided to co-operate with Russia instead of EU, so EU are the ones trying to make Ukraine enemies of Russia.

There are simply no need for observers because Putin's choice is to not let the west be part of the decision-making in Ukraine anymore. Just the same as EU wanted to do to Russia. It's just hilarious that you have the confidence to be able to blame Russia for Imperialism when in the same time trying to be on the moral highground from NATO's point of view, who in the last 10 years invaded Iraq, bombed Serbia, Libya all without UN mandate or consulting Russia. And would break the sovereignty of Syria in 2013 by invading their territory if Russia would veto against it in the UN (and was blamed for it by western media). Also, you are supporting terrorist groups and actively promote/organize civil disobedience all over the World, and blaming Russia for doing something illegally at the same time.
First off you are completely ignoring my post.

Secondly: Neither NATO nor the EU invaded in Ukraine after Yanukowitsch said he won't join the EU after he was threatened by Russia that they would stop sending gas and oil if he joined the EU. Russia did.

Thirdly: I never said that I support the NATO's actions and the US invasion of Iraq over the past years. But atleast they did not want to annex those countries as Russia is trying to do right now.

Fourthly: Putin has no right to make decisions over de jure Ukrainian teritory. It is not his or Russia's land.

Fithly: Please name those terrorist groups I support.

Sixthly: Every human has the right to protest. If a government strikes that right it is violating the Human Rights and thus is to be overthrown, as it should be in Russia with Putler. The Ukrainian citizens had every right to do so.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2014, 12:11:56 pm
In Russia, if you protest against the government, you get arrested and taken off the streets. 'Nuff said.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 10, 2014, 12:14:37 pm
The EU that promotes sodomy instead of stable households.
The EU that forces down liberalism down the citizen's throats since preschool age and ruin the culture and moral norms in the society.
The EU that pushes countries into economic slavery.

Countries such as US, UK, France have funded FSA (which have mujihadeen, Al Qaeda and Chechen mercenaries in their army) with money and equipment for more than 2 years. There are accounts that the same have been done in North Caucasus.
It is also clear that western media have portrayed FSA as 'heroes' and the 'right side' in the Syrian war, although most of them are foreign invaders, also illegal combatants on Syrian soil.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2014, 12:21:21 pm
Okaaaay. Guess you are one of those people. I'm gonna ignore the first part of your post, because it has A. Nothing to do with the discussion at hand and B. It's silly.

Quote
It is also clear that western media have portrayed FSA as 'heroes' and the 'right side' in the Syrian war, although most of them are foreign invaders, also illegal combatants on Syrian soil.

Not really. Not here. People who try to join those armies get arrested. There's barely any TV attention for the Syrian civil war and certainly no good or bad-labels are attached to anyone. Actions speak for themselves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 10, 2014, 12:21:38 pm
Lol Danik, but you see nothing wrong with Putler shoving fascism down the throats of kids from the second they are born.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2014, 12:24:20 pm
But Putin saved many journalists by killing bears with his bare hands. Is on Russia Today, so is true. You no believe, you neofacist.

PUTIN SLAVA!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 10, 2014, 12:27:01 pm
Your ignorance is ouststanding, Danik. Please start replying to my posts if you want to discuss things, don't just throw in irrelevant stuff.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2014, 12:27:57 pm
No no, let him. I'm waiting for the part where he blames World war 2 on the EU.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 10, 2014, 12:43:16 pm
Lol Danik, but you see nothing wrong with Putler shoving fascism down the throats of kids from the second they are born.
Because it's a lie, fascism is an ideology which took shape in the West, and was defeat by the Soviet people. Now w. Europe wants to establish a world-wide authoritarian liberalist regime which is 3 times worse than fascism and nazism. Putin is not close to being promoting fascism or liberalism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 10, 2014, 12:47:54 pm
Putin not promoting fascism.

That made me giggle.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Alfred on March 10, 2014, 12:51:39 pm
Da hell have i just read?

But anyway i hope the crisis is getting solved soon before things gets worse,  and not only in Ukraine  :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 10, 2014, 12:55:36 pm
Thanks for the great discussion Danik, just proves my point..  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 10, 2014, 01:03:13 pm
Putin not promoting fascism.

That made me giggle.
Then you have really bad humor? Is that Swedish liberal-socialist propaganda doing their work in the media and school education.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 10, 2014, 01:16:24 pm
Some people believe everything that Russia Today publishes huh...

We are all evil EU and fund terrorismz and shite. yay Russia so good country, best country in world. Yay fuck gay rights, yay fuck protestors, yay kill all that oppose you, Russia awesomezzz. Russia can take own lands back 100 years later since Russia awesome, freeing other countries from nazis yay, Russian Skinheads are not as bad as ukranian politicians because we say so! Also ukrain shoots own people because we heard a rumor or something and published it, because we Russians never lie, also we has no troops in ukrain, their locals defending their own territory, those cossacks are not send and paid by us no no.... Serbians running roadblocks? lies lies, their local ethnic Russians that are scared of Nazi's in kiev!!! They participated in ethnic cleansing in Bosnia? LIES LIES LIES.. Tartar Muslim houses getting marked? Lies lies lies, We Russians are super good for other cultures and have no racism at all! kiev wants to kill all jews and russians!! their fleeing to Russia!!

Sorry but... if you believe above, and some here do, your an absolute idiot. I am not even going to discuss it with you folks because its a waste of my time.

Lets get the topic back on track and post news instead of these useless discussions...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2014, 01:28:22 pm
Danik, how do you receive Russia TV in Norway?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 10, 2014, 01:53:50 pm
Putin not promoting fascism.

That made me giggle.
Then you have really bad humor? Is that Swedish liberal-socialist propaganda doing their work in the media and school education.

How far is Putin's propaganda fist in you is my question?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 10, 2014, 05:39:06 pm
To be honest, I do not care if NATO (USA and Allies) are funding Terrorists groups or not. I am actually supporting an invasion of Iran. Why? Because I live in Germany. Oil prices are going to be lower and we will have oil in the future. I also don't mind if the US or the EU tried (or did) replace the Ukrainian government with pro EU ones. I would actually prefer that. The more influence the EU and the USA have, the better for me.

Obviously I am not a fan of everything the EU and the USA do, but in the end it is probably the best place to be on this earth. You can live in relative freedom and prosperity, which is not guaranteed in most countries.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2014, 05:44:29 pm
Olafson, oil is so expensive because the middle-eastern oil nations have banded together. It's a Kartel.

Obviously I am not a fan of everything the EU and the USA do, but in the end it is probably the best place to be on this earth. You can live in relative freedom and prosperity, which is not guaranteed in most countries.

The man speaks some sense.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 10, 2014, 06:35:16 pm
I guess that's the same way western Europeans were ok with slavery, now there are just new tools to exploit whole countries. I hope you will drown in that oil. Previously I thought only Brits could be that cynical.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 10, 2014, 07:07:59 pm
Don't even bother with these people, Danik. They spew western media bullshit but when you say something pro russian or anti-maidan they call it russian propaganda. Don't waste your time debating with these sheeple.  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Othurin on March 10, 2014, 07:08:08 pm
And you lose. 1723 in Russia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Russia). Were you not OK with it there in the east?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 10, 2014, 07:15:36 pm
Don't even bother with these people, Danik. They spew western media bullshit but when you say something pro russian or anti-maidan they call it russian propaganda. Don't waste your time debating with these sheeple.  ::)
and when we say something anti-russian and pro-EU you call it biased western media  ::) The irony is strong with this one.

On other news I found an article claiming that russian troops fired at a military base. No wounded and no dead.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/03/10/Russian-troops-fire-at-Ukraine-military-post.html (http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/03/10/Russian-troops-fire-at-Ukraine-military-post.html)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 10, 2014, 07:29:52 pm
The difference is you regard everything that the news tells you as fact and everyone will side with you and you call everything anti-maidan Russian propaganda, while I don't even watch Russian news but I can see through the obvious bullshit and lies of the western media.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 10, 2014, 07:36:06 pm
The difference is you regard everything that the news tells you as fact and everyone will side with you, while I don't even watch Russian news but I can see through the obvious bullshit and lies of the western media.

wow m8 ur so cool

fuk da system evul captalizts ruin da wurld!1!!11! da west iz impersunation of satan

You trust information from a country with restrictions on freedom of press and speech but everything from countries with freedom of speech and press just spew bullshit? Haha ok.

EVERYONE except you and Danik are considering both sides of the story, incase you haven't realised. Stop pretending to be a hipster please.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bramif on March 10, 2014, 07:46:29 pm
US is mad nau!
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/10/ukraine-crisis-us-crimea-referendum-putin-ambassador (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/10/ukraine-crisis-us-crimea-referendum-putin-ambassador)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 10, 2014, 07:50:26 pm
The difference is you regard everything that the news tells you as fact and everyone will side with you and you call everything anti-maidan Russian propaganda, while I don't even watch Russian news but I can see through the obvious bullshit and lies of the western media.
Where have i stated I believe everything I see?

But I guess i'm not that edgy and cool as you to have biased bullshit filters.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 10, 2014, 07:53:10 pm
I guess that's the same way western Europeans were ok with slavery, now there are just new tools to exploit whole countries. I hope you will drown in that oil. Previously I thought only Brits could be that cynical.

Yes, and Russia has never exploited other nations. Afghanistan never happened, neither did Poland or Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 10, 2014, 09:24:10 pm
The difference is you regard everything that the news tells you as fact and everyone will side with you and you call everything anti-maidan Russian propaganda, while I don't even watch Russian news but I can see through the obvious bullshit and lies of the western media.

Everyone dismisses what you and Danik are saying for 2 reasons

1. You don't source anything you say, and when you do, its conspiracy videos.
2. You both call us pro-west whenever we counter your points, and not the other way around.


If either of you can provide some reliable sources of the West being the badguys in this situation I'd happily agree we are doing something wrong, yet its not a case of good and evil - even if the West are doing something wrong, Russia has still invaded a foreign nation, and is almost definitely doing the worst actions.

Keep needlessly aggravating comments out of this, please.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: USE4life on March 10, 2014, 09:37:44 pm
That's the problem I find whenever something like this comes up. All the news reports bashing Russia get called Western propaganda and all of the crap calling it that get's called Russian propaganda.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 10, 2014, 09:39:29 pm
The EU that promotes sodomy instead of stable households.
The EU that forces down liberalism down the citizen's throats since preschool age and ruin the culture and moral norms in the society.
The EU that pushes countries into economic slavery.
Age:
18
Location:
Norway

Are you still in Norway, Danik?When do you manage to return from this European hell?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 10, 2014, 09:52:39 pm
1. You don't source anything you say, and when you do, its conspiracy videos.

If either of you can provide some reliable sources of the West being the badguys in this situation I'd happily agree we are doing something wrong, yet its not a case of good and evil - even if the West are doing something wrong, Russia has still invaded a foreign nation, and is almost definitely doing the worst actions.

I wouldn't call leaked phone calls of EU and American officials "conspiracy videos", if you would just listen to them you would see why I believe what I do. I think those phone calls are reason enough to explain why the west are not the good guys here. But you probably won't listen to them, and then when I try to explain how they are not just conspiracy theories, you will all say I'm blinded by Russian propaganda. It's very irritating.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 10, 2014, 10:00:39 pm
There are no good guys!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 10, 2014, 10:14:59 pm
1. You don't source anything you say, and when you do, its conspiracy videos.

If either of you can provide some reliable sources of the West being the badguys in this situation I'd happily agree we are doing something wrong, yet its not a case of good and evil - even if the West are doing something wrong, Russia has still invaded a foreign nation, and is almost definitely doing the worst actions.

I wouldn't call leaked phone calls of EU and American officials "conspiracy videos", if you would just listen to them you would see why I believe what I do. I think those phone calls are reason enough to explain why the west are not the good guys here. But you probably won't listen to them, and then when I try to explain how they are not just conspiracy theories, you will all say I'm blinded by Russian propaganda. It's very irritating.

Wow, I think you just figured it out! Either way there will be people arguing from their own perspective. How could one side believe what they do, even though they're clearly wrong? It must be because they succumb to propaganda! Oh, but they're accusing me of succumbing to propaganda as well? Oh god, I've gotten myself into a fix here.

...

It's because there is no right side. Politics are politics. Nations and people are looking out for their own interests - we're all human, most people aren't thinking in terms of what's right or wrong, but rather in terms of what's good and bad for themselves. The west is criticizing Russia and funding the rebels because it's beneficial to their interests, and Russia is intervening in Ukraine and criticizing the west for the exact same reason. Your own point of view is just as valid as everyone else's - the problem is we're all in it for the same thing - money, resources, power. There is no moral incentive to get involved in Ukraine; we could live our entire lives by ourselves and never think about the injustices and horrors being committed there... or we could pretend to care and profit off of the situation. That's the history of the world in a nutshell for you. This situation isn't unique in any way.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 10, 2014, 10:49:54 pm
1. You don't source anything you say, and when you do, its conspiracy videos.

If either of you can provide some reliable sources of the West being the badguys in this situation I'd happily agree we are doing something wrong, yet its not a case of good and evil - even if the West are doing something wrong, Russia has still invaded a foreign nation, and is almost definitely doing the worst actions.

I wouldn't call leaked phone calls of EU and American officials "conspiracy videos", if you would just listen to them you would see why I believe what I do. I think those phone calls are reason enough to explain why the west are not the good guys here. But you probably won't listen to them, and then when I try to explain how they are not just conspiracy theories, you will all say I'm blinded by Russian propaganda. It's very irritating.

I've listened/read every source posted here, because its interesting to see everyones point of view. The same video you're posting over and over in response to most points isn't a conspiracy theory - but some of your other ones have been. The video you're posting over and over again is a video of a conversation where US senators are trying to talk about getting Ukraine on board with the UN rather than the EU, and seeing which Ukrainian officials they can get on board with this.

What else do you think this shows? How are the west doing bad in that situation?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 11, 2014, 08:20:12 pm
"50 muscovites arrested during anti-war protest in Muscow."

Article says they were shouting "forgive us Ukrainians."

http://censor.net.ua/video_news/275118/miting_v_moskve_dorogie_ukraintsy_prostite_nas_russkie_tut_ni_pri_chem_net_voyine_video (http://censor.net.ua/video_news/275118/miting_v_moskve_dorogie_ukraintsy_prostite_nas_russkie_tut_ni_pri_chem_net_voyine_video)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 11, 2014, 09:26:42 pm
"Serbian Chetniks are in Crimea Supporting Russia
Veterans from the Serbian War - who have experience fighting in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo - are now in Crimea supporting the Russian effort to annex Crimea."

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fd.ibtimes.co.uk%2Fen%2Ffull%2F1367566%2Fukraine-protests-chetnik-serb-crimea.jpg%3Fw%3D660%26amp%3Bh%3D440%26amp%3Bl%3D50%26amp%3Bt%3D40&hash=eff1ced72cfcc6b7e8c9f9fb45d484fd1ae2e193)

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 11, 2014, 10:05:09 pm
WE MUST REMOVE TARTAR KEBAB!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 11, 2014, 10:06:12 pm
And now they send in genocidal Serbians. Can someone tell me how the FUCK this doesn't sound like ethnic cleansing!?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 11, 2014, 10:24:07 pm
Say what you want, that guy in the middle looks tough as nails.

But yeah. This is starting to look like Russia's pet project to show how much support they have everywhere.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 11, 2014, 11:47:09 pm
I do hope crimea votes yes to becoming a part of russia.
Atleast as of now, since russians are regarded as scum of the earth by the current undemocratic and illegal government.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 11, 2014, 11:48:39 pm
I do hope crimea votes yes to becoming a part of russia.

Why? :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 11, 2014, 11:49:17 pm
I do hope crimea votes yes to becoming a part of russia.
Atleast as of now, since russians are regarded as scum of the earth by the current undemocratic and illegal government.
And the russian government isn't undemocratic and corrupt?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 11, 2014, 11:52:00 pm
It is democratic, by our standards yes. I would probably say that it's more democratic than US of freedom A.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 11, 2014, 11:58:34 pm
The USA isn't the only freakin' western nation around, you know. The worlds best democracies happen to be in Europe.

Russia, where demonstrates are arrested and political enemies are put behind bars, is in no way democratic. If your standards say they are, then you have really low standards.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 12, 2014, 12:05:08 am
That is so not true. Unlike America they don't have 2 political parties. And since when does America not arrest people for protesting?

My point is not that "Putin is best guy evr", but that he is at least better than a undemocratic nazi, like the people in Ukraine right now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 12:08:28 am
Once again, stop comparing Russia's actions with that of the USA. Start making some comparisons with European nations, especially EU members. That, if you know anything about those nations. On the point of protesting, actually no, you don't get arrested and put in jail if you sing an anti-obama song in church, I'm pretty sure.

All the people in Ukraine are undemocratic nazi's?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Matthew on March 12, 2014, 12:11:29 am
There are some Democratic Nazis but people don't like to talk about them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 12:13:15 am
I feel that the word 'Nazi' is used far too quickly and people really don't understand the true meaning of the word. Someone who wants all foreigners out of his country is a dick, but he's not a nazi.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on March 12, 2014, 12:22:20 am
I'd much rather have Crimea its own country if they don't want to be part of Ukraine. However, Russia's Anschluß was a dirty trick and just as Imperialistic as something the USA would do and have done in the past. Anyone remember Russia moving into Georgia, anyone?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 12:24:18 am
Telling ya. Baltics are next.

And should it come to war between Ukraine and Russia, which I hope not, Russia will probably annex Eastern Ukraine if they win.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Matthew on March 12, 2014, 12:24:53 am
If you let the Russians move into Georgia it will only be a matter of time before they are in Florida.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 12, 2014, 12:29:56 am
If you let the Russians move into Georgia it will only be a matter of time before they are in Florida.

Russian-Georgian crisis of 2008? I don't see any Russians in Florida currently... except those old Jewish retirees around the Miami area. Tough as Spetznaz when they're angry, I tell you!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 12, 2014, 12:34:42 am
That is so not true. Unlike America they don't have 2 political parties. And since when does America not arrest people for protesting?

My point is not that "Putin is best guy evr", but that he is at least better than a undemocratic nazi, like the people in Ukraine right now.

1. The US allows people to protest, incase you haven't heard of "Occupy Wall Street" or the damned Tea Party.

2. While US choice is limited, at least here we get two opinions. In Russia it's either you vote Putin or "Oops, we lost your vote in the record! Sorry!"

3. "Undemocratic Nazis?" You realize that the old Prime Minister was ejected via a parlementary vote right? Every nation has an impeachment system like that, it's what you do when the exectutive branch abuses their damned power! Hell in the US we've done it twice!

I'm getting sick and tired of people believing and spreading this unbelievable Bullshit about the US. We've got some freedom of speech problems, but we're allowed to freakin protest! We're allowed to vote in someone else! We're allowed to say "Fuck the NSA", do you realize what would happen if you walked up to a Russian official and said "Fuck you"? You'd get beaten  to shit! I've even got footage of protesters, PEACEFUL ones, who've been beaten to crap in Russia.

Seriously, what in the actual FUCK!?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 12:36:55 am
Well, I do agree the American democracy is probably the worst in all of the western world, by far. Russia of course not counting.

But off-topiiiiic.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 12, 2014, 12:38:03 am
Well, I do agree the American democracy is probably the worst in all of the western world, by far. Russia of course not counting.

But off-topiiiiic.

We aren't Hungary or Serbia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 12, 2014, 12:40:17 am
Well, I do agree the American democracy is probably the worst in all of the western world, by far. Russia of course not counting.

But off-topiiiiic.

We aren't Hungary or Serbia.

Keyword: Western world.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 12, 2014, 12:41:19 am
I have to say I'm against any EU/US intervention because it's kinda criminal to support these rebellious nazi terrorist groups in the Ukraine like the EU does at the moment.
The main population of Crimea is Russian and if they want to be Russian they may do so in my opinion.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 12:44:02 am
Seriously guys. Nazi terrorists, again? Here, have a pic of some, real, Nazi terrorists.

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.iwm.org.uk%2Fiwm%2FmediaLib%2F37%2Fmedia-37991%2Flarge.jpg&hash=ab5d47b727670f074f8dc90d8715eb18e05b2350)
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Now stop using it as an easy word to describe anyone that is to the right of your political views.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 12, 2014, 12:46:13 am
Ah, I love the smell of vocal minority in the morning. Smells like clusterfuck.

Well, I do agree the American democracy is probably the worst in all of the western world, by far. Russia of course not counting.

But off-topiiiiic.

We aren't Hungary or Serbia.

Keyword: Western world.

They're in Europe, don't they count as Western?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 12, 2014, 12:49:25 am
Ah, I love the smell of vocal minority in the morning. Smells like clusterfuck.

Well, I do agree the American democracy is probably the worst in all of the western world, by far. Russia of course not counting.

But off-topiiiiic.

We aren't Hungary or Serbia.

Keyword: Western world.

They're in Europe, don't they count as Western?

Former Warsaw pact/ eastern bloc countries aren't considered western in many regards. They're part of the western hemisphere, but technologically, economically, and democratically they're pretty different.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 12, 2014, 12:50:03 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdBeGwXgoqI
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 12, 2014, 12:54:02 am
And in Sweden, you might be arrested for quoting what is said about homosexuality in the Bible. In England, a priest was arrested after being overheard by a homosexual police officer that homosexual relations is a sin. That means freedom of religion, and freedom of speech in w. Europe is also effectively handicapped by the flexible understanding of "political correctness". The only difference is who are the ones that are being attacked for expressing their views.

The best recent example is that nearly half million people in democratic France protested against same-sex 'marriage', and were completely ignored by the gov. and became categorized as conservative Catholics and Muslims, because liberals already has control over the whole system in the government and media. They will create laws that will make it harder to opposing views to come throught the media in first place, let alone political opposition.

The conclusion is that liberal democracies always prefer protection of the lobbies before the societal benefit or freedom and rights of others. I guess we should drop that discussion because people want to talk about events in Ukraine, but stop blaming Russia for not fully adapting liberal western democracy, as they don't even have to. You are making your own mistakes and don't even want to see them.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on March 12, 2014, 01:02:35 am
Don't make a statement on a topic unless you have some overt wish for that discussion to continue, you know that someone is going to look at your post,
come to the conclusion that it's a bunch of bollocks in one way or another and make an equally daft response. Just don't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 12, 2014, 01:04:25 am
As you see, press? ok lets beat you up, if you run we will shoot you to kill!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 12, 2014, 01:05:39 am
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I guess we should drop that discussion because people want to talk about events in Ukraine, but stop blaming Russia for not fully adapting liberal western democracy, as they don't even have to. You are making your own mistakes and don't even want to see them.

Please explain how rigging elections, imprisoning and killing political opponents without fair trial, censoring the press to a degree that you can be arrested if you're a newscaster or journalist who expresses even the slightest protest and meeting peaceful protests with violence is somehow more acceptable than disregarding the opinions of vocal minorities who oppose social change, intervening in developing countries to secure resources and influence in the region (something both sides do to an equal degree), and other various actions that western countries take, which somehow are more objectionable to you than those of the east?

I know that the west is guilty of many of the same things as the east, but to claim that the east is somehow better than the west in that regard is ridiculous. Many of your examples that paint the west negatively are also incredible isolated occurrences and don't happen all that often, while many problems in the east like corruption, and lack of political freedom are fairly common and most people in the east would agree that they are pressing issues which urgently must be overcome.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 12, 2014, 01:12:21 am
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The best recent example is that nearly half million people in democratic France protested against same-sex 'marriage', and were completely ignored by the gov. and became categorized as conservative Catholics and Muslims, because liberals already has control over the whole system in the government and media. They will create laws that will make it harder to opposing views to come throught the media in first place, let alone political opposition.


0,5 million vs 65.3 million.... Seems like quite a minority. And where did you get the fact that they were completely ignored? The parliament voted and got the results. A parliament voted by the people. Where is this not democratic? Those 0,5 million frenchmen didn't get beat up or arrested for protesting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 12, 2014, 01:13:30 am
I take it Danik would be for that bill down in Arizona that said people could stop serving gays. Basically segrigation based on sexuality.

Never going to understand why people are so pissy about giving gay people basic human rights.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 01:14:20 am
You're right though, yeah, we really shouldn't blame Russia for not accepting a free democratic society. Free opinion is so over-rated. Just like votes that mean something. I mean, bleh. Voting. Takes so much effort and time.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 12, 2014, 01:34:26 am
You guys are being baited wonderfully by Danik the troll. There is simply no other explanation to how someone could be so close minded and take extreme cases as widespread opinion, and then go on to ignore any counter arguments, provide 0 sources and continually post anti-Western posts.. Its honestly not even worth replying to.

In other news, NATO be flexin' : http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/us-flexes-military-might-with-ukrainian-war-games-1-3337020

And: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-wn-ukraine-crimea-yanukovich-20140311,0,4012749.story
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 12, 2014, 01:37:46 am
Normally I'd agree with you Ry, but no one could be that misinformed on purpose.

I mean I feel like I'm talking to someone who's been stuck in Khimer Rouge Cambodia for 5 years.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 12, 2014, 01:42:54 am
Normally I'd agree with you Ry, but no one could be that misinformed on purpose.

I mean I feel like I'm talking to someone who's been stuck in Khimer Rouge Cambodia for 5 years.

Yup, its just typical people sitting on forums trying to be edgy and the easiest way is to bash on the US. Some people have actually came up with good legitimate anti-US / anti-EU points in this thread but they're drowned out by people that dribble on their keyboard then hit post.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 12, 2014, 10:22:33 am
You guys are being baited wonderfully by Danik the troll. There is simply no other explanation to how someone could be so close minded and take extreme cases as widespread opinion, and then go on to ignore any counter arguments, provide 0 sources and continually post anti-Western posts.. Its honestly not even worth replying to.

In other news, NATO be flexin' : http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/us-flexes-military-might-with-ukrainian-war-games-1-3337020

And: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-wn-ukraine-crimea-yanukovich-20140311,0,4012749.story

Wtf do you know about russia? Yeah nothing, only the bullshit western media tells you.

Also yankkovic is still the legal president och Ukraine, he only fleed the country because the nazis where trying to kill him and his family.


Also a bit offtopic THERE is no such thing as democratic nazis, fascist or even ultra right Wing!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 12, 2014, 11:06:44 am
You guys are being baited wonderfully by Danik the troll. There is simply no other explanation to how someone could be so close minded and take extreme cases as widespread opinion, and then go on to ignore any counter arguments, provide 0 sources and continually post anti-Western posts.. Its honestly not even worth replying to.

In other news, NATO be flexin' : http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/us-flexes-military-might-with-ukrainian-war-games-1-3337020

And: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-wn-ukraine-crimea-yanukovich-20140311,0,4012749.story

Wtf do you know about russia? Yeah nothing, only the bullshit western media tells you.

Also yankkovic is still the legal president och Ukraine, he only fleed the country because the nazis where trying to kill him and his family.


Also a bit offtopic THERE is no such thing as democratic nazis, fascist or even ultra right Wing!

What do you know about Russia, you've lived in Sweden your whole life and lived in western society. Do you think you know Russia by reading 2 Russian websites? lol

And i agree with you, there is no such thing like a democratic ultra-right, fascist country. Just look at Russia!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 12, 2014, 12:09:26 pm
Do you think you know Russia by reading 1 Swedish and 1 American website? I don't see you coming with any concrete claims why Russia is a fascist country. The soldier on your avatar, however, fought for the triumph of nazism in Russia. Maybe it's just anger that western imperialism has failed in Russia since 1242 to 1709, 1812 and 1945.

I know both Russian and western society better than you do as you are biased towards propaganda that you like to hear, and have never lived in Russia yourself.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 12, 2014, 01:23:03 pm
@Duuring: You may laugh but there are these groups:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBo0akeDMY

And their political representatives (Swoboda party) are supported by the EU and US.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on March 12, 2014, 01:26:59 pm
Do you think you know Russia by reading 1 Swedish and 1 American website? I don't see you coming with any concrete claims why Russia is a fascist country. The soldier on your avatar, however, fought for the triumph of nazism in Russia. Maybe it's just anger that western imperialism has failed in Russia since 1242 to 1709, 1812 and 1945.

I know both Russian and western society better than you do as you are biased towards propaganda that you like to hear, and have never lived in Russia yourself.
Wehrmacht ≠ national socialist.
Wehrmacht = German army which happened to exist during Hitler's reign, but many officers were not pleased with their dictator.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 12, 2014, 01:34:18 pm
Turin yes there are right winged armed groups in Ukraine but neither the EU or US have supported them.
Not even the current governement supports them. I somewhere found a video (let me see if I find it again) where the leader of the right sector is claiming to kill the new PM because he got a price on his head for crimes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 12, 2014, 01:36:23 pm
They don't get direct support, but they have allied with Klitschko and he gets western support of course.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 12, 2014, 01:44:01 pm
Turin yes there are right winged armed groups in Ukraine but neither the EU or US have supported them.
Not even the current governement supports them. I somewhere found a video (let me see if I find it again) where the leader of the right sector is claiming to kill the new PM because he got a price on his head for crimes.

That is not true. The right wing armed groups are the ones in power, as they are elements of svoboda and the fascist party.

Also how the fuck can anyone support the wermacht? It's disgusting that someone would have a wermacht soldier as a profile pic.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on March 12, 2014, 02:03:32 pm
This is why I hate politics.

Take a break. I don't want to see this kind of argument here again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 12, 2014, 04:39:55 pm
Aaand unlocked again.

EliasMartinW, I would advise you to look into the facts before making such wild claims, none of the nationalistic parties are represented in the current parliament.


In any case, you have nationalistic parties and people in every country, for instance in Germany you have the NPD, in Netherlands the Wilders party... It doesn't mean the country is run by fascistic nationalists. Especially not in Ukraine right now.


But lets drop that discussion and move to the latest news.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 04:52:28 pm
(Trust me, this is on-topic)

The reason you see extremists in the news a lot when stuff happens, is namely because of two reasons. 1. Reporters try to find them. Why? Because it gives a good show. And 2. Extremists are extreme. They will be the first to take the streets and they'll be the first to get in fights.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 12, 2014, 05:01:08 pm
Aaand unlocked again.

EliasMartinW, I would advise you to look into the facts before making such wild claims, none of the nationalistic parties are represented in the current parliament.


In any case, you have nationalistic parties and people in every country, for instance in Germany you have the NPD, in Netherlands the Wilders party... It doesn't mean the country is run by fascistic nationalists. Especially not in Ukraine right now.


But lets drop that discussion and move to the latest news.

Childish claim? Read something not from CNN.

Also the reason why he locked the thread was because Archduke Sven wrote a very mean comment to me which he or someone then deleted.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 05:05:50 pm
You're really full of yourself, aren't you, mate?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 12, 2014, 05:09:36 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBo0akeDMY
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 12, 2014, 05:09:52 pm
Aaand unlocked again.

EliasMartinW, I would advise you to look into the facts before making such wild claims, none of the nationalistic parties are represented in the current parliament.


In any case, you have nationalistic parties and people in every country, for instance in Germany you have the NPD, in Netherlands the Wilders party... It doesn't mean the country is run by fascistic nationalists. Especially not in Ukraine right now.


But lets drop that discussion and move to the latest news.

Childish claim? Read something not from CNN.

Also the reason why he locked the thread was because Archduke Sven wrote a very mean comment to me which he or someone then deleted.

My god, that may be the most childish response I've ever seen. If you actually believe this you're going to be continually surprised when you get threads locked and you get warned when it was "other people's faults". He was on one side of the argument - you were on the other. Both parties were involved equally. Learn to take responsibility for your actions; it'll do well for you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 12, 2014, 05:22:21 pm
Says a guy with an anime character based on imperialist-period german.

But anyway, while I suggest not getting all your claims and idea's from Russia Today. The Right Sector is bad and the governement and parliament know that. They won't ever be in power.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 12, 2014, 06:10:19 pm
Says a guy with an anime character based on imperialist-period german.

But anyway, while I suggest not getting all your claims and idea's from Russia Today. The Right Sector is bad and the governement and parliament know that. They won't ever be in power.


But they do, since the Ultra right wing had almost 10 % in the 2010 election, and prob a lot more now. (Svoboda)
And there is a lot more of ultra right wing parties.

The party of regions, which had 49 % is pretty much non-exsistant. And the communist party is pretty much gone since their HQ has been raided and taken over by Nazi thugs.

So that leaves us with the Svoboda, fascist party and other petty right wing groups.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 06:26:43 pm
Your logic is appalling and I feel no need to even counter your statements.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 12, 2014, 06:33:02 pm
Eummm ok... What i am saying is that the current regime is made up of the Ultra right wing, and they are using militas for security, and these militas are nazis.

The governement is the right sector, and they are turning ukraine into a military state.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2014, 07:04:31 pm
You're insane.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 12, 2014, 07:05:58 pm
He is no different on the Scandinavian forums. Let him love his Russia, harm is done to whom harm embraces.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 12, 2014, 07:36:43 pm
Yes, im insane because i don't support an undemocratic government.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 12, 2014, 07:39:45 pm
You mean the parliament that got voted for and voted to remove the president? OK.

Can we please drop the stupid stuff, and move towards posting a constructive discussion or information regarding Ukraine?


I'll report it just in case;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdBeGwXgoqI

What do you guys think about that the Berkut riot police is now re-employed in Crimea as a local defense force, and continuing their crimes, like seen there, they beat up reporters for no reason.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 12, 2014, 07:57:28 pm
I never saw anyone getting beaten up for no reason.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 12, 2014, 08:12:43 pm
I never saw anyone getting beaten up for no reason.

What? Are you somehow an eyewitness or something? You know nothing more about the situation in Ukraine than anyone else. Stay comfortable in Sweden, it's nicer there than in Ukraine... just make sure to remember where you are.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 12, 2014, 08:14:38 pm
What i am saying is that the current regime is made up of the Ultra right wing, and they are using militas for security, and these militas are nazis.

The governement is the right sector, and they are turning ukraine into a military state.
You saying wrong.
1. Ukraine returns to the semi-presidential system, the parliamentary-presidential, and prime-minister is liberal, and in parliament right wing party Svoboda has only 10%
2. Many of them are right side, but not a nazis, and they are not militas, military groups are forbidden in Ukraine. It's just voluntary civilian organization.
3. There is no single person in goverment from Right Sector, and no, they're not - liberals at the head, they don't even defend Crimea; there is no money and other resources for it; our military in so bad state that it takes ages to do it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 12, 2014, 08:16:21 pm
You guys are being baited wonderfully by Danik the troll. There is simply no other explanation to how someone could be so close minded and take extreme cases as widespread opinion, and then go on to ignore any counter arguments, provide 0 sources and continually post anti-Western posts.. Its honestly not even worth replying to.

In other news, NATO be flexin' : http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/us-flexes-military-might-with-ukrainian-war-games-1-3337020

And: http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-wn-ukraine-crimea-yanukovich-20140311,0,4012749.story

Wtf do you know about russia?


...quite a lot, I did study it for 4 years

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Yeah nothing, only the bullshit western media tells you.

Spoiler
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...Ohh ha well okay then as I'm sure you're well informed too being from the West as well :)

But, if you look through my post history I don't claim to know anything about Russia so I'm not sure why you're asking.

You mean the parliament that got voted for and voted to remove the president? OK.

Can we please drop the stupid stuff, and move towards posting a constructive discussion or information regarding Ukraine?


I'll report it just in case;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdBeGwXgoqI

What do you guys think about that the Berkut riot police is now re-employed in Crimea as a local defense force, and continuing their crimes, like seen there, they beat up reporters for no reason.

Y'know Vice are usually shit but they've done a really good job of frontline reporting in Ukraine, cool vid

edit: also some cool pics coming out of this situation, some BTR-80's near Sevastopol;

Spoiler
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3547/13085144575_76b97f687b_o.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 12, 2014, 08:43:47 pm
What do you guys think about that the Berkut riot police is now re-employed in Crimea as a local defense force, and continuing their crimes, like seen there, they beat up reporters for no reason.
It seems to be the only thing they able to, so nothing strange
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 13, 2014, 04:28:38 am
Dispatch Seven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Dk2emDU0o
Pro-Russia protesters believe that the country's strong economy will help Crimea, while anti-Russia protesters feel that their land has been taken over by bandits.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 13, 2014, 06:14:46 am
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fWkfpGCAAuw
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Skyz on March 13, 2014, 06:33:04 am
So, the rebels of Ukraine are fascists?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on March 13, 2014, 06:36:56 am
So, the rebels of Ukraine are fascists?
From what a lot of media have gathered, yes, some rebel groups are pro-facist. Unless swastika est stuff is just regular nowadays, not sure  ::)
Look familiar?
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgatesofvienna.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2Feurosquare2.jpg&hash=9813f4cdb542e2f42cf2e7da122201064b2949bf)
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftheredphoenix.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F12%2F1453385_563265287074825_1492756770_n.jpg&hash=de66621e4bcae0aafc41092a4a524d7ed4f20820)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 13, 2014, 07:46:57 am
Spoiler
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fWkfpGCAAuw
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That's just russian propaganda, you crazy conspiracy theorist.  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 13, 2014, 07:58:25 am
Spoiler
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fWkfpGCAAuw
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That's just russian propaganda, you crazy conspiracy theorist.  ;)
Ofc. Those damn Russians arranged actors and performers to shoot at the Ukrainian policemen, talk to the western correspondents and tell them they are fascist. ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 13, 2014, 08:50:24 am
So, the rebels of Ukraine are fascists?
From what a lot of media have gathered, yes, some rebel groups are pro-facist. Unless swastika est stuff is just regular nowadays, not sure  ::)
Look familiar?
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgatesofvienna.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2Feurosquare2.jpg&hash=9813f4cdb542e2f42cf2e7da122201064b2949bf)
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftheredphoenix.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F12%2F1453385_563265287074825_1492756770_n.jpg&hash=de66621e4bcae0aafc41092a4a524d7ed4f20820)
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I don't think anyone denied there are fascists. Like duuring wisely said, since they are extremists they use the most extreme methods and often get a spotlight for it.

The new government aren't fascists, yes while there might be a strong minority of extreme right wingers doesn't mean you should disregard the rest of the gov't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 13, 2014, 11:17:33 am
There is not a small minority of extremist in the current "government". As of now the 2nd biggest party is Svoboda, or "freedom". 10 years ago they had a neo-nazi swastika as party logo.
They openly call themselves National socialists, and they only allow ethnic Ukrainians in their party.
Sounds like nazis to me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 13, 2014, 11:31:47 am
There is not a small minority of extremist in the current "government". As of now the 2nd biggest party is Svoboda, or "freedom". 10 years ago they had a neo-nazi swastika as party logo.
They openly call themselves National socialists, and they only allow ethnic Ukrainians in their party.
Sounds like nazis to me.
Honestly I have to agree with this even if I don't support your opinions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on March 13, 2014, 12:15:45 pm
There's a huge cultural tie between Ukraine and their actions during WWII. Just like in Latvia, they pulled a lot of Pro-German interest against the Russians to get their own national freedom from the Soviets. Every foot of Ukraine was a battlefield and suffered heavily from both sides.

I think because it is once again a fight against Russia, there is reaching back into the not-so-distant past where there were plenty of German army volunteers.

 There are a lot of nationalists in the Ukraine. There just so happens to be national socialists thrown in there as well. Desperate times are gripping Ukraine and I'm sure the Svoboda guys are always at the front of the crowd to accomplish their goals.

The common man is always overshadowed by radicals on both sides. It's just a shame the common Ukrainian isn't having much choice to stay neutral with all of the exterior forces imposing their will. Another time of pain in Ukraine's history.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 13, 2014, 12:33:08 pm
Desperate times, desperate measures, desperate choices.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 13, 2014, 05:04:55 pm
There's a huge cultural tie between Ukraine and their actions during WWII. Just like in Latvia, they pulled a lot of Pro-German interest against the Russians to get their own national freedom from the Soviets. Every foot of Ukraine was a battlefield and suffered heavily from both sides.

I think because it is once again a fight against Russia, there is reaching back into the not-so-distant past where there were plenty of German army volunteers.

 There are a lot of nationalists in the Ukraine. There just so happens to be national socialists thrown in there as well. Desperate times are gripping Ukraine and I'm sure the Svoboda guys are always at the front of the crowd to accomplish their goals.

The common man is always overshadowed by radicals on both sides. It's just a shame the common Ukrainian isn't having much choice to stay neutral with all of the exterior forces imposing their will. Another time of pain in Ukraine's history.

This will rustle some jimmies but many people in Ukraine should get inspired by Nestor Makhno.

Spoiler
The Soviet revolution of 1917 did not begin as the authoritarian terror it became after Lenin and Trotsky hijacked it. It was a multiform rebellion against the Tsar and against capitalism. It included such diverse actors as Socialist Revolutionaries, republicans, syndicalists, anarchists, and Bolsheviks. The soviets themselves were spontaneous non-party worker councils that organized along anti-authoritarian lines. The Bolsheviks gained control and ultimately suppressed the revolution by playing an effective political game that included co-opting or sabotaging the soviets, taking over the military, manipulating and betraying allies, and negotiating with imperialist powers. The Bolsheviks adeptly established themselves as the new government, and their allies made the mistake of believing their revolutionary rhetoric.

One of the first actions of the Bolshevik government was to sign a backstabbing peace treaty with the German and Austrian Empires. To pull out of World War I and free up the army for domestic action, the Leninists ceded the imperialists a treasure trove of money and strategic resources, and bequeathed them the country of Ukraine — without consulting the Ukrainians. Peasants in southern Ukraine rose up in revolt, and it was there that anarchism was strongest during the Soviet revolution. The rebels called themselves the Revolutionary Insurgent Army. They were commonly described as Makhnovists, after Nestor Makhno, their most influential military strategist and a skilled anarchist organizer. Makhno had been released from prison after the revolution in February 1917, and he returned to his hometown to organize an anarchist militia to fight the occupying German and Austrian forces.

As the insurrectionary anarchist army grew, it developed a more formal structure to allow for strategic coordination along several fronts, but it remained a volunteer militia, based on peasant support. Guiding questions of policy and strategy were decided in general meetings of peasants and workers. Aided rather than hindered by their flexible, participatory structure and strong support from the peasants, they liberated an area roughly 300 by 500 miles across, containing 7 million inhabitants, centered around the town of Gulyai-Polye. At times, the cities surrounding this anarchist zone — Alexandrovsk and Ekaterinoslav (now named Zaporizhye and Dnipropetrovsk, respectively) as well as Melitopol, Mariupol and Berdyansk, were freed from the control of the state, though they changed hands several times throughout the war. Self-organization along anarchist lines was deployed more consistently in the rural areas in these tumultuous years. In Gulyai-Polye, the anarchists set up three secondary schools and gave money expropriated from banks to orphanages. Throughout the area, literacy increased among the peasants.

In addition to taking on the Germans and Austrians, the anarchists also fought off the forces of nationalists who tried to subjugate the newly independent country under a homegrown Ukrainian government. They went on to hold the southern front against the armies of the White Russians — the aristocratic, pro-capitalist army funded and armed largely by the French and Americans — while their supposed allies, the Bolsheviks, withheld guns and ammunition and began purging anarchists to stop the spread of anarchism emanating from the Makhnovist territory. The White Russians eventually broke through the starved southern front, and reconquered Gulyai-Polye. Makhno retreated to the West, drawing off a large portion of the White armies, the remainder of which beat back the Red Army and advanced steadily towards Moscow. At the battle of Peregenovka, in western Ukraine, the anarchists obliterated the White army pursuing them. Although they were outnumbered and outgunned, they carried the day by effectively executing a series of brilliant maneuvers developed by Makhno, who had no military education or expertise. The volunteer anarchist army raced back to Gulyai-Polye, liberating the countryside and several major cities from the Whites. This sudden reversal cut off the supply lines of the armies that had almost reached Moscow, forcing them to retreat and saving the Russian Revolution.

For another year, an anarchist society again flourished in and around Gulyai-Polye, despite the efforts of Lenin and Trotsky to repress the anarchists there the way they had repressed them throughout Russia and the rest of Ukraine. When another White incursion under General Wrangel threatened the revolution, the Makhnovists again agreed to join the Communists against the imperialists, despite the earlier betrayal. The anarchist contingent accepted a suicide mission to take out enemy gun positions on the Perekop isthmus of Crimea; they succeeded in this and went on to capture the strategic city of Simferopol, again playing a crucial role in defeating the Whites. After the victory, the Bolsheviks surrounded and massacred most of the anarchist contingent, and occupied Gulyai-Polye and executed many influential anarchist organizers and fighters. Makhno and a few others escaped and confounded the massive Red Army with an effective campaign of guerrilla warfare for many months, even causing several major defections; in the end, however, the survivors decided to escape to the West. Some peasants in Ukraine retained their anarchist values, and raised the anarchist banner as part of the partisan resistance against Nazis and Stalinists during the Second World War. Even today, the red and black flag is a symbol of Ukrainian independence, though few people know its origins.

The Makhnovists of southern Ukraine maintained their anarchist character under extremely difficult conditions: constant warfare, betrayal and repression by supposed allies, lethal pressures that required them to defend themselves with organized violence. In these circumstances they continued to fight for liberty, even when it was not in their military interests. They repeatedly interceded to prevent pogroms against Jewish communities while the Ukrainian nationalists and Bolsheviks fanned the flames of anti-Semitism to provide a scapegoat for the problems they themselves were exacerbating. Makhno personally killed a neighboring warlord and potential ally upon learning he had ordered pogroms, even at a time when he desperately needed allies.

During October and November [1919], Makhno occupied Ekaterinoslav and Aleksandrovsk for several weeks, and thus obtained his first chance to apply the concepts of anarchism to city life. Makhno’s first act on entering a large town (after throwing open the prisons) was to dispel any impression that he had come to introduce a new form of political rule. Announcements were posted informing the townspeople that henceforth they were free to organize their lives as they saw fit, that the Insurgent Army would not “dictate to them or order them to do anything.” Free speech, press, and assembly were proclaimed, and in Ekaterinoslav half a dozen newspapers, representing a wide range of political opinion, sprang up overnight. While encouraging freedom of expression, however, Makhno would not countenance any political organization which sought to impose their authority on the people. He therefore dissolved the Bolshevik “revolutionary committees” (revkomy) in Ekaterinoslav and Aleksandrovsk, instructing their members to “take up some honest trade.”

The Makhnovists stuck to defending the region, leaving socio-economic organization to the individual towns and cities; this hands-off approach to others was matched by an internal emphasis on direct democracy. Officers were elected from within every sub-group of fighters, and they could be recalled by that same group; they were not saluted, they did not receive material privileges, and they could not lead from behind to avoid the risks of combat.

In contrast, officers in the Red Army were appointed from above and received privileges and higher pay on the scale of the Tsarist Army. In fact the Bolsheviks had essentially taken over the structure and personnel of the Tsarist Army after the October Revolution. They retained most of the officers but reformed it into a “people’s army” by adding political officers responsible for identifying “counter-revolutionaries” to be purged. They also adopted the imperialist practice of stationing soldiers far across the continent from their homes, in areas where they did not speak the language, so they would be more likely to obey orders to repress locals and less likely to desert.

To be sure, the Revolutionary Insurgent Army enforced a strict discipline, shooting suspected spies and those who abused the peasants for personal gain such as embezzlers and rapists. The insurgents must have held many of the same powers over the civilian population as does any army. Among their many opportunities to abuse that power, some of them probably did. However, their relationship with the peasants was unique among the military powers. The Makhnovists could not survive without popular support, and during their lengthy guerrilla war against the Red Army many peasants provided them with horses, food, lodging, medical help, and intelligence gathering. In fact the peasants themselves provided the majority of the anarchist fighters.

It is also debated how democratic the Makhnovist organizations were. Some historians say Makhno exerted substantial control over the “free soviets” — the non-party assemblies where workers and peasants made decisions and organized their affairs. Even sympathetic historians relate anecdotes of Makhno bullying delegates he saw as counter-revolutionary in meetings. But one must weigh these against the many occasions Makhno refused positions of power, or the fact that he left the Military Revolutionary Soviet, the assembly that decided military policy for the peasant militias, in an attempt to save the movement from the Bolshevik repression.

One criticism the Bolsheviks had of the Makhnovists was that their Military Revolutionary Soviet, the closest thing they could have had to a dictatorial organization, wielded no real power — it was really just an advisory group — while individual workers’ groups and peasant communities retained their autonomy. More charitable is the description by Soviet historian Kubanin: “the supreme body of the insurgent army was its Military Revolutionary Soviet, elected at a general assembly of all insurgents. Neither the overall command of the army nor Makhno himself truly ran the movement; they merely reflected the aspirations of the mass, acting as its ideological and technical agents.” Another Soviet historian, Yefimov, says “No decision was ever taken by just one individual. All military matters were debated in common.”

Grossly outnumbered and outgunned volunteer anarchist militias successfully defeated the armies of the Germans, the Austrians, the Ukrainian nationalists, and the White Russians. It took a professional army supplied by the world’s greatest industrial powers and simultaneous betrayal by their allies to stop them. If they had known then what we know now — that authoritarian revolutionaries can be as tyrannical as capitalist governments — and Russian anarchists in Moscow and St. Petersburg had succeeded in preventing the Bolsheviks from hijacking the Russian Revolution, things might have turned out differently.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 13, 2014, 05:13:53 pm
The soviets signing a backstabbing peace? Please, that's the deal Lenin made with the Germans. You don't think all the money he used for his propaganda machine just came falling from the skies, did you now? No treaty, no money, no Lenin.

However, I do recall you showed a video of a movie scene in which this peace-treaty was shown as some sort of awesome sign why the Bolsheviks were so much better then any other government and how they delivered on their promises, and here you are posting something on how that very same peace-treaty was an act of back-stabbing. It's getting a bit confusing, Augy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 13, 2014, 05:38:36 pm
just a movie scene, dude.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 13, 2014, 05:42:45 pm
You posted it to prove a point on how capitalist governments suck. Sure it was just a movie (and a bad one), but he, I wasn't the one trying to prove stuff by posting it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 13, 2014, 05:55:09 pm
although i'm not a marxist, Karl Marx was spot on in his critique of capitalism in "Das Kapital". - and well, i'm an anarchist so i don't like statist approach to socialism.
i barely recall the video i posted, was it dr Zhivago or Reds? both are highly acclaimed films.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 13, 2014, 06:01:49 pm
Reds.

Warhorse was highly acclaimed too and I didn't like it. It's just personal taste.

Great that you think he was spot on, Marx himself was pretty sure he wasn't by the end of his life.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 14, 2014, 04:19:30 am
Desperate times, desperate measures, desperate choices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffYW3nlBwZk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 14, 2014, 12:55:51 pm
Too bad they don't show all the pro-russian people getting beaten up by the pro-ukrainians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 14, 2014, 01:12:37 pm
Too bad the Russians won't show how they rig the polls.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 14, 2014, 03:52:54 pm
Too bad nobody remembers the fact that both sides have lives, families, beliefs, goals, needs and wants outside of their artificial political affiliations! Stop arguing over which side is "right" or "wrong", because such a side does not exist. This cannot end well the way that it's going, and this senseless division between people unwittingly and unwillingly caught up in social pressure and relentless propaganda on both sides will only lead to catastrophe, as we have seen innumerable times in the past several thousand years of recorded human history.

Many people know Bertrand Russel's famous quote "Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it". It's a shame many of those same people do not have the foresight to realize that this is the defining moment of post-cold war history, and that the maintenance of these petty rivalries and embitterments will mean far worse for you and I sitting in front of a computer screen in our comfortable houses in wealthy countries arguing and hoping for the other side's downfall. There is nothing for us to do but watch. Do not act as if you are anything but an observer.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on March 14, 2014, 04:58:59 pm
Too bad nobody remembers the fact that both sides have lives, families, beliefs, goals, needs and wants outside of their artificial political affiliations! Stop arguing over which side is "right" or "wrong", because such a side does not exist. This cannot end well the way that it's going, and this senseless division between people unwittingly and unwillingly caught up in social pressure and relentless propaganda on both sides will only lead to catastrophe, as we have seen innumerable times in the past several thousand years of recorded human history.

I have to say, I don't think I could have said it any better. Outlines the very reason I hate politics.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 14, 2014, 06:15:07 pm
I have to say, I don't think I could have said it any better. Outlines the very reason I hate politics.
That's like hating weather or gravity.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 14, 2014, 06:31:25 pm
I have to say, I don't think I could have said it any better. Outlines the very reason I hate politics.
That's like hating weather or gravity.
Things like this can be sorted, move away from civilisation, move underground or move into space.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 14, 2014, 06:32:22 pm
I have to say, I don't think I could have said it any better. Outlines the very reason I hate politics.
That's like hating weather or gravity.
Things like this can be sorted, move away from civilisation, move underground or move into space.
Well, if that's an opinion for you.... :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dom13WorstNW on March 15, 2014, 02:57:31 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffYW3nlBwZk&list=PLw613M86o5o5zqF6WJR8zuC7Uwyv76h7R
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 15, 2014, 03:54:32 am
^ Most recent one:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKxRJ6Zqzdc[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on March 15, 2014, 06:45:05 am
Spoiler
(https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/10006469_10203545269534634_1113098542_n.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 15, 2014, 10:23:23 pm
Well guys, tomorrow is the day.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 15, 2014, 11:20:40 pm
Hahaha. Vladimir is boss. He said, that he will be grateful for blocking foreign accounts of Russian officials as it may help in fight against corruption, etc. Now using sanctions is no longer, at least officially, weapon against Russia. Beside fact that one may be against Putin's politics, everyone have to agree, that his political skills are simply amazing :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 15, 2014, 11:28:27 pm
Don't bully us or we will bully you.

Yeah, really amazing. The guy is willing to sacrifice the economy of Russia. Not that it matters to him, because it's not a democracy anyway.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 15, 2014, 11:51:30 pm
Has Russia never had a fully democratic government?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 15, 2014, 11:55:19 pm
I'm not bullying anyone... I'd also like to remind, that this is topic for people from both sides, not only from Duuring's side.

Ekhm... blocking private accounts of officials isn't dangerous for Russian economy, is it? And real economical sanctions aren't possible, because economy of Europe depends on Russian one as much as Russian economy depends on European one. So his word have only political importance and all possible sanctions also have only political importance. Sad that you can't appreciate his skills just because you don't like his politics.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 15, 2014, 11:57:39 pm
Has Russia never had a fully democratic government?

Perhaps lenin was different, he may have wished for it to be democratic, but stalin came along.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 16, 2014, 12:00:55 am
Err... Lenin didn't want it to be democratic? The Bolsheviks abolished democracy..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 16, 2014, 12:01:33 am
Err... Lenin didn't want it to be democratic? The Bolsheviks abolished democracy..
I said perhaps.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 12:18:40 am
Let's not go Lenin.

'REVOLUTION'
'Uhm, actually we already had one, and we are going to form a Republic with a liberal government now'
'LOLNJET'
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 16, 2014, 12:58:13 am
provisional government a shit
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 16, 2014, 10:15:59 am
Kerensky's provisional government wasn't democratic either. So yeah, Russians can't handle democracy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 16, 2014, 11:41:58 am
Maybe they should get the Tsar again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 16, 2014, 11:55:04 am
Replacing one autocrat with another isn't gonna solve anything.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 12:39:44 pm
Making everybody an autocrat isn't going to solve anything neither.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on March 16, 2014, 01:18:30 pm
Well, today Crimea becomes part of Russia setting the stage for conflict to come.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 16, 2014, 01:35:27 pm
Has Russia never had a fully democratic government?
The Novgorod Republic had direct democracy, while all European countries except Greece had indirect democracy and which came much later.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 01:56:18 pm
Novgorod wasn't a direct democracy. We actually don't even exactly know what their government was, but there's doubt whether there were even elections.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 16, 2014, 02:11:14 pm
ITT: Neo-Nazi's talking about the supremacy of the white race, and how "white" slavs are inferior.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 16, 2014, 02:15:27 pm
ITT: Neo-Nazi's talking about the supremacy of the white race, and how "white" slavs are inferior.
FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS HOW IT IS!!!one!!ii!


You clearly are the most stupid person to ever roam these forums.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 16, 2014, 05:59:11 pm
An intresting inside info report about working at the Russia Today (RT) media station.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/how-the-truth-is-made-at-russia-today

This is why anything on that channel should be taken with a grain of salt.

Lets stab at a few points;
(https://m1.behance.net/rendition/modules/104492793/disp/a97028efe1156b7eef396892aeb8caca.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 06:01:42 pm
That's bad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on March 16, 2014, 06:02:52 pm
That's the most bullshit thing i have ever heard in my entire life.

Edit: Buzzfeed, is this a crude joke?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 16, 2014, 06:11:33 pm
And with that message EliasMartinW, you show how low your IQ really is.


Another Russian Propaganda Mythbuster link showing good facts.
http://maidantranslations.com/2014/03/13/top-7-myths-about-ukraine-firmly-embedded-in-the-russian-consciousness/

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 06:22:08 pm
Unlike Russia Today, it actually shows proof and you can check most of the points yourself.

GJ being a supporter of Fascism, Neo-nazism, homophobia, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-Russian ism, violence, illegal and undemocratic governments.

You're mad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 16, 2014, 06:23:16 pm
Buzzfeed is already known for taking part of the pre-Sochi propaganda campaigns against Russia in 2013, when they spread misinformation or twisting of facts about the anti-propaganda laws introduced in Russia back then. Of course, now they can use the opportunity to reveal the lies of Russian media, but that still doesn't make them fully credible.

As for ties with Chechen terrorists, look at this person "Alexander Muzychko" who participated in the Chechen war against Russians. Saying that just one soldier in Crimea switched sides to Russia is also, quite hilarious.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on March 16, 2014, 06:24:22 pm
Vincenzo, isn't it rather Western media vs Russian media? How can you clearly say what is true? Or maybe you just believe in everything what is in your media and deny everything what is in Russian ones? If so, then someone from other side can post something similar. How can you now say that your version is true and mine is not? Open your eyes guys ;)

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Foi59.tinypic.com%2F2gwhxsj.jpg&hash=37c39379c2f9139ab3f855e7cc2970e1583f5b91)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 06:30:45 pm
when they spread misinformation or twisting of facts about the anti-propaganda laws introduced in Russia back then.

Do you mean the anti-Gay laws by that?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 16, 2014, 06:34:44 pm
when they spread misinformation or twisting of facts about the anti-propaganda laws introduced in Russia back then.

Do you mean the anti-Gay laws by that?

Don't forget that Russia used slave labour to build the new arenas :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 16, 2014, 06:47:57 pm
Do any of you think you're going to change each other's opinions by continuing these hopeless arguments? It's incredibly stupid to argue about who's to blame here. Discuss news and developing events, not who's right or wrong, which is entirely subjective and doesn't even exist. I know nobody is going to listen to me again, but I'll keep repeating this message all the same.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 06:49:10 pm
Aye, but every time someone puts forth news you have one of the Russia supporters call bullshit.

Also, what happened with Elias? Did he get banned because of this thread or...?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 06:51:56 pm
Do any of you think you're going to change each other's opinions by continuing these hopeless arguments? It's incredibly stupid to argue about who's to blame here. Discuss news and developing events, not who's right or wrong, which is entirely subjective and doesn't even exist. I know nobody is going to listen to me again, but I'll keep repeating this message all the same.

The reason nobody listen to you is because you are not making any sense. You say we should discuss news and events, yet the fundamental problems with news and events is that they are reported, and so we are forced to discuss what source is right and what source is wrong.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 06:56:48 pm
Er... Duuring? Nipple hasn't said anything for either side.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 16, 2014, 07:08:23 pm
Do any of you think you're going to change each other's opinions by continuing these hopeless arguments? It's incredibly stupid to argue about who's to blame here. Discuss news and developing events, not who's right or wrong, which is entirely subjective and doesn't even exist. I know nobody is going to listen to me again, but I'll keep repeating this message all the same.

The reason nobody listen to you is because you are not making any sense. You say we should discuss news and events, yet the fundamental problems with news and events is that they are reported, and so we are forced to discuss what source is right and what source is wrong.

Are you saying it's impossible to discuss the credibility of a news source without getting into an idiotic argument about the east in general? That's a laughable assertion. The way you do it is to simply acknowledge the merits of both sides of the struggle. The reason discussions are getting so heated here is because people are arguing with the viewpoint of "I am 100% right and you are 100% wrong", which is obviously completely false. The discussion should be conducted with the shared viewpoint of "I am 100% right and you are also 100% right". I know people like to try to prove people wrong and feel superior, but that's not ever going to happen, as people have had these viewpoints drilled into their minds since birth. There is no way anyone here is going to change their opinion because of a debate on the internet, and especially not if they're treated like they're spouting nonsense by their opponents, in a manner which they feel they need to act the same likewise.


In other news Dispatch 10 is in -

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=GH3HGvZlhhk[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 07:15:12 pm
So what should we discuss here then? Russia's invasion of the Crimea? Oh no, we can't, it's not an invasion according to Russian sources and the pro-Russians here. The referendum? Don't think we can agree on that either. The revolution? What can we discuss about it? Whether it is or it is not EU/Russia/right-wing/communist/alien-supported? We kinda have to show sources for such a discussion.

Just making a list of stuff that happened (if we could agree on such on such a list) is not a discussion. In fact, we might as well close down this thread because, obviously, it serves no purpose if any form of discussion is bad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 16, 2014, 07:20:07 pm
How does that relate at all to what I was saying? Maybe you should read my post again and think about what I could have meant aside from your original impression. Also, why are you acting as if this argument has been entirely isolated to media? This argument has been going on for months, and it's taken countless directions, shapes and forms. I'm not simply talking about the biased media debate.
 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on March 16, 2014, 07:49:56 pm
Watching the new recruits failing to make a shoulder turn brings back good memories of the 7y practices.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 16, 2014, 08:00:04 pm
when they spread misinformation or twisting of facts about the anti-propaganda laws introduced in Russia back then.

Do you mean the anti-Gay laws by that?
Exact use of words like this. First of all, it's just one law which bans promotion of LGBT to minors, and therefore also in public areas. Secondly, it's not violating the rights of any individuals, cause they currently have the same rights as other citizens. But I'm sure you could argue a lot about it simply because of your nature  :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 16, 2014, 08:02:35 pm
Kiev's revolutionaries return to barricades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FF03oC5zno
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 08:03:53 pm
You're joking right... why would they need to ban promoting something that's freakin genetic?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 16, 2014, 08:21:10 pm
Show me account of the existence of such genes please... along with genetics which leads to other specific types of behavior and actions. Existence of homosexuality as a phenomenon in the modern western society is a result of the promotion in the media and by corrupt organizations like APA, not genetic traits.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 08:24:38 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation#Biological_differences_in_gay_men_and_lesbians

Want some medical journals too? Or is that bigoted mind of yours too thick for that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 08:24:54 pm
Exact use of words like this. First of all, it's just one law which bans promotion of LGBT to minors, and therefore also in public areas. Secondly, it's not violating the rights of any individuals, cause they currently have the same rights as other citizens. But I'm sure you could argue a lot about it simply because of your nature  :)

It means you can get arrested and imprisoned for being openly gay. It's a clear violation of personal freedom. It's like imprisoning people for being bald. 'Your hairless head suggests that not having hair is natural! Get a wig!'.

Danik, are you seriously saying that homosexuality is something modern and it didn't exist in the past?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 16, 2014, 08:37:23 pm
Update: Second Crimea referendum has been concluded - almost 93% support secession to Russia.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26598832
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 16, 2014, 08:38:41 pm
Show me account of the existence of such genes please... along with genetics which leads to other specific types of behavior and actions. Existence of homosexuality as a phenomenon in the modern western society is a result of the promotion in the media and by corrupt organizations like APA, not genetic traits.

Wtf....

Homosexuality has been around since the beginning of ages. It an adaptive behavior that can be required under any circumstances, even animals practice homosexuality. This is all psychologically proven, homosexuality is 100% natural and not caused by media promotion.



Update: Second Crimea referendum has been concluded - almost 93% support secession to Russia.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26598832

Not surprised? haha
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 08:41:57 pm
Hm. Well now a war is practically guaranteed.

Better go load the M16s.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 16, 2014, 08:43:58 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_sexual_orientation#Biological_differences_in_gay_men_and_lesbians

Want some medical journals too? Or is that bigoted mind of yours too thick for that.
That's completely hilarious. A study not backed by a hypothesis and which solely consist of finding biological correlations is not enough to give the study a status of being "semi-scientific". You can create a similar "study" and say that there is correlation between limb size and IQ, with no further documentation. It's not science, it's a (pretty lazy) attempt at fabrication of facts.

It means you can get arrested and imprisoned for being openly gay. It's a clear violation of personal freedom. It's like imprisoning people for being bald. 'Your hairless head suggests that not having hair is natural! Get a wig!'.

Danik, are you seriously saying that homosexuality is something modern and it didn't exist in the past?
Looks like you are trying to put words in my mouth. What I said is that normalization of homosexuality happened in the last decades in the western society. It has never been socially accepted.

You cannot be arrested for saying that you are gay, or if you say that you are part of a LGBT organziation. Only if you go on a public area and start promoting LGBT. So it's not true what you're saying.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 08:45:51 pm
So... you're saying you're against saying it's ok to be homosexual?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 16, 2014, 08:47:20 pm
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That's completely hilarious. A study not backed by any types of hypethesi which consist of finding biological correlations is not enough to give the study a status of being "semi-scientific". You can create a similar "study" and say that there is correlation between limb size and IQ, with no further documentation. It's not science, it's a (pretty lazy) attempt at fabrication of facts.

You can take a look at the 90 or so sources provided at the bottom of the wikipedia article if you wish. If that is not backing enough for you, I don't know what is.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 08:51:43 pm
Danik, any law that in any way tells people they can't say what they want, is bad. It's against personal freedom. It completely cancels the freedom of speech - though we all know Russia isn't exactly a nation that keeps up her citizens rights.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 16, 2014, 08:57:14 pm
Then explain how concepts like "political correctness" can anyhow be accepted in a "true democratic" society, without sticking to double morals. The media and the politicians are using this concept to dictate what is and what isn't an acceptable opinion. You have to accept the fact that freedom of speech is a very loose term and it doesn't entirely exist in any places on Earth.

So... you're saying you're against saying it's ok to be homosexual?
I don't know what you mean by "it's ok". As in "ok" for the society? No, I think such normalization process is not "ok" but very harmful in the long term.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 09:01:33 pm
How the hell is it harmful? Homosexuals are... what, less than 1% of the world's population?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 16, 2014, 09:04:10 pm
How the hell is it harmful? Homosexuals are... what, less than 1% of the world's population?

Because only gay sex causes AIDS? OK?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 09:04:58 pm
Ah right, that. I forgot people still believe that even though science has proven otherwise.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bramif on March 16, 2014, 09:10:08 pm
Looks like you are trying to put words in my mouth. What I said is that normalization of homosexuality happened in the last decades in the western society. It has never been socially accepted.
Now that's one big lie m8...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_same-sex_unions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_same-sex_unions)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 16, 2014, 09:37:27 pm
Changing the subject..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWkfpGCAAuw
Reposting what Augy posted, the truth about the Ukraine opposition.

The EU and the US backed a coup to oust the pro-Russian president and Russia invaded to secure its military assets in the Crimea, and both sides are using propaganda against each other.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 16, 2014, 09:44:37 pm
Changing the subject..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWkfpGCAAuw
Reposting what Augy posted, the truth about the Ukraine opposition.

The EU and the US backed a coup to oust the pro-Russian president and Russia invaded to secure its military assets in the Crimea, and both sides are using propaganda against each other.

Lol the guy says the UNA was allied with Nazi Germany! Hahahah.

Stopped listening at that point, he doesnt have his shit straight.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SilentMan on March 16, 2014, 10:00:09 pm
Changing the subject..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWkfpGCAAuw
Reposting what Augy posted, the truth about the Ukraine opposition.

The EU and the US backed a coup to oust the pro-Russian president and Russia invaded to secure its military assets in the Crimea, and both sides are using propaganda against each other.

Lol the guy says the UNA was allied with Nazi Germany! Hahahah.

Stopped listening at that point, he doesnt have his shit straight.

Are you delusional? He said the Ukrainian neo-nazi party called Svoboda was associated with Nazi Germany. And because of your poor hearing you refuse to listen the rest of the video? ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 16, 2014, 10:05:15 pm
Are you delusional? He said the Ukrainian neo-nazi party called Svoboda was associated with Nazi Germany. And because of your poor hearing you refuse to listen the rest of the video? ::)

Lol, alright insult my hearing, wow, my e-feels are hurting.

Really, the fact that he says Svoboda, a succesor of UNA, which he says was allied with Nazi Germany just proves to me how biased he is. He purposely leaves out the fact that the Germans spent most of their time fighting Bandera and the UNA, the only way UNA and the Germans worked together was the fact that both were fighting the USSR.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 16, 2014, 10:57:54 pm
I doubt you're the one to blame someone from being unbiased. And there is probably sense in calling UNA "ally of Germany" if they were officially a branch in the Wehrmacht since 15th march 1945.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 11:03:45 pm
You mean people fighting for freedom against oppression?

Because I'm sorry, but Stalin was an asshole. I'd have fought for the Nazis too if it meant my people might become free.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 16, 2014, 11:24:29 pm
Well, I must disappoint you and say that the promises about independent Russia, Ukraine was simply propaganda Goebbels used to utilize the POWs and hire the citizens of occupied areas of Soviet Union to join the Wehrmacht and the SS. 70 years later it's a shame to believe Goebbel's propaganda.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 16, 2014, 11:25:16 pm
Just like the Commies promised an equal and fair society?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 16, 2014, 11:27:45 pm
I doubt you're the one to blame someone from being unbiased. And there is probably sense in calling UNA "ally of Germany" if they were officially a branch in the Wehrmacht since 15th march 1945.

They weren't an official branch, what you're referring to is the 'transfer' of the 14. SS division from the SS to the Ukrainian National Committee/UNA under the name the 1st UNA Division.  It was still commanded by Germans, supplied by Germans and under overall command of Germans. Shandruk had no real powers over it. Not to mention most of the 14. SS were from the moderate UNDO and UPA and not the Banderist OUN.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 16, 2014, 11:34:16 pm
Just like the Commies promised an equal and fair society?
What is your point? That the social differences or justice in the west were much better than in Soviet Union? I got it, the damn commies behaved undemocratic and banned propaganda of violence and idiotic entertainment on TV.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 16, 2014, 11:40:15 pm
They also killed anyone who didn't follow the Soviet dogma.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 17, 2014, 12:10:26 am
Right, and they also ate small babies for breakfest and were known for child sacrifice. I don't even know what you mean by Soviet dogma. Soviet Union is just the name of the country, while communism was it's ideology. I assume that you wanted to say that the political opposition would be sanctioned. May the surname McCarthy sound familiar to you? How many lost their jobs because of falsely being accused for being communists? So, both Soviet Union and US were sanctioning the political opposition of their main ideology.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 17, 2014, 12:29:39 am
1. I never said what McCarthy did was right. In fact almost everyone in the states thinks what he did was wrong, so kindly shove it up your ass

2. Does the term "Rotting in a gulag" or "Officer purge" remind you of anything?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 17, 2014, 12:40:10 am
Yes, it reminds me of the time after death of Lenin and until the destalinization of 1953. After that there were no major repressions. Gulags were labor camps mainly used for gang criminals.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 17, 2014, 12:47:46 am
Yes, it reminds me of the time after death of Lenin and until the destalinization of 1953. After that there were no major repressions. Gulags were labor camps mainly used for gang criminals.
And the occasional political opponent, though bullets and poison tend to be cheaper than paying for food and keeping someone in a gulag.  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 17, 2014, 01:22:37 am
In dispatch 11 not much news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLw1WdS8F1c

Just showing a few things about that hotel raid.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 17, 2014, 08:39:02 am
Yes, it reminds me of the time after death of Lenin and until the destalinization of 1953. After that there were no major repressions. Gulags were labor camps mainly used for gang criminals.

That's what, 30 years? 30! And you just throw it aside as a little important period of time. In which millions died at the hands of the soviets. Besides, Lenin himself isn't exactly clean. Russian civil war ring any bells? Polish war of 1920?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 17, 2014, 08:48:43 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqp8ay87Tzc
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 17, 2014, 09:01:22 am
Yes, it reminds me of the time after death of Lenin and until the destalinization of 1953. After that there were no major repressions. Gulags were labor camps mainly used for gang criminals.

That's what, 30 years? 30! And you just throw it aside as a little important period of time. In which millions died at the hands of the soviets. Besides, Lenin himself isn't exactly clean. Russian civil war ring any bells? Polish war of 1920?

Lenins war communism economic policy led to the direct death of over 5 million peasants.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 17, 2014, 09:16:13 am
Communism sucks. Totalitarianism sucks. I guess people suck.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 17, 2014, 11:30:19 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1v_lu6qcyk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 17, 2014, 12:11:30 pm
The dodgy thing is, the russian government holding a vote in the first place.  ;D

Besides, we should all be aware of a pure evil that is plaguing the Russian people and eastern Europe.
Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 17, 2014, 02:59:14 pm
So, what now? Will Ukraine shut down the water and electricity for the Crimea?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 17, 2014, 03:06:26 pm
Then Russia will shut the lines of Gas to Ukraine probably, instead Ukraine now can make a deal with Russia that they have to pay for those services..

Though knowing Russians they will simply not pay them and then what...

Overall it seems the population in Crimea believe that going back to Russia would give them new hope, a better future and a better life in Russia, we all known that is not true, but these people live in their nostalgic minds still in soviet union where their tourism was booming and so on, in a few years from now they will realize Russia is  not democratic, and not at all more prosperous than Ukraine will be with EU support.

Going back by then is impossible of course.

The point is, back in soviet times Crimea was THE destination for your holidays, everyone throughout the soviet union went there and had their holidays, it was a great place to be and live, tourism was booming...
However as soon as the iron curtain fell every person living in the former soviet union decided that you can better go to the Mediterranean for instance, since it's simply better weather and location and thus the Crimean tourism went through a hard hit... Which it never fully recovered from.

Overall the loss for Ukraine is not gigantic, Crimea overall costs Kiev money every year to maintain, and only during tourist seasons they have a small tax income.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 17, 2014, 03:31:08 pm
Ukraine can simply shut down the water and electricity lines to the Crimea. All agreements concerning that are simply cancelled. It will be close to a siege situation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr. Logic on March 17, 2014, 03:36:47 pm
[youtube]http://youtu.be/fzLtF_PxbYw[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 17, 2014, 03:37:12 pm
Ukraine can simply shut down the water and electricity lines to the Crimea. All agreements concerning that are simply cancelled. It will be close to a siege situation.

That's too Russian, i doubt the Ukrainians will be dicks like that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 17, 2014, 03:40:57 pm
Ukraine can simply shut down the water and electricity lines to the Crimea. All agreements concerning that are simply cancelled. It will be close to a siege situation.

That's too Russian, i doubt the Ukrainians will be dicks like that.

What else can do they?

A. Attack
B. Leave it be and hope for a diplomatic situation
C. Let the Crimea go and give up

It's probably gonna be B, but their patience gotta run out at some point.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 17, 2014, 05:30:03 pm
Yes, it reminds me of the time after death of Lenin and until the destalinization of 1953. After that there were no major repressions. Gulags were labor camps mainly used for gang criminals.

That's what, 30 years? 30! And you just throw it aside as a little important period of time. In which millions died at the hands of the soviets. Besides, Lenin himself isn't exactly clean. Russian civil war ring any bells? Polish war of 1920?
Yep, the Bolsheviks plotted to kill my great-great-grandfather's family a long with confiscating his rich farm, but they managed to escape the day before. But to ask you a question - and how many centuries did Netherlands brutally exploit their colonies' work power before they got enough food in their bellies to be on the more tolerant side of politics and demand others to do so as well?  :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 17, 2014, 06:42:47 pm
What's your point? The Dutch had a colonial empire and did some nasty shit in the 1700s? Yeah we did. Just like the French, the British, the Portuguese, the Spanish and of course the Russians. And let's not forget the Japanese and Americans. And the Germans. Even the Danes. Italians too.

But hey, Vikings from Norway invaded my country as well somewhere in the early medieval ages so you're just a barbarian anyway.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 18, 2014, 10:05:45 am
recognize

http://crimethinc.com/texts/ux/ukraine.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 11:34:00 am
recognize

http://crimethinc.com/texts/ux/ukraine.html

Augy, the revolution is pretty much over. Guess what, it's just a democratic nation now and not an Anarchist state. I kinda love how apparently, in the eyes of Anarchists, any movement that's not Anarchist is bad. They claim the moral high ground saying 'Those fascists attacked us!' while they are arguably just as bad and undemocratic.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 18, 2014, 01:26:11 pm
you don't know what you're on about, anarchist state?  oxymoron of the century.
i don't expect a spineless liberal to understand anything, just piss off.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 02:17:07 pm
I'm not a liberal and above all, I'm not spineless. I've supported Ukraine from minute 1 to now, so I'd like you to take that back.

Why do you always end up insulting people personally? You never make your case. You just post links and insult people ('ugh, you don't understand, you're stupid cos you don't agree with me') when they think it's a stupid link.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 18, 2014, 02:41:48 pm
i'm not even gonna argue with you since i don't want to impede on your warm fuzzy feelings for the ukrainian people, which you have carefully nurtured from minute 1.
insulting is bad but more importantly out of frustration that others can't see the bigger picture and go with whatever the media is feeding them. - in this welfare state were living in you probably never had to question authority. you're nice a snuggy in college, just wait till you have to struggle to get a paycheck and see that you and your boss are different classes and don't share the same interests.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 02:53:27 pm
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i'm not even gonna argue with you since i don't want to impede on your warm fuzzy feelings for the ukrainian people, which you have carefully nurtured from minute 1.

You say that and then continue to argue with me. Eh?

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insulting is bad

Glad we agree on that. So stop doing it.

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in this welfare state were living in you probably never had to question authority

I question authority quite a lot. I just do it respectfully and without insulting people. Try it.

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you're nice a snuggy in college

I'm not in college.

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just wait till you have to struggle to get a paycheck and see that you and your boss are different classes and don't share the same interests.

Oh I know. I've worked for about a year in a supermarket. I'm fully aware of the fact we don't share the same interests - I don't really care whether we make a lot of money or not, any why should I? My boss doesn't really care if I have to work late, and why should he? I get paid for my work, so I got nothing to be mad about. It's all in the contract I signed in complete freedom and that was made with negotiations with the Union. One time one of our semi-chefs tried to have me and two others work without pay for half an hour and I refused. Had a talk with the semi-chef and manager later and the manager agreed with me that it's against the law and that I was fully in my right to refuse to work. What do we learn by that? Know the law.

Anyway, point is that there's absolutely no reason to presume that this would be in any way different in an Anarchist regime. Just because suddenly everybody has a say, doesn't mean that everybody knows what they are doing, or even cares. And most certainly, there will still be difference of interests, with or without bosses. We're human beings, Augy, and we are selfish.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 18, 2014, 03:07:29 pm
Anti-authoritarian movements are as ancient as states. your claims on human nature have no basis in any anthropology or sociology while mine do.

There are many examples throughout history of the democratic ownership of the means of production. Cooperatives are one of them. Here is a lecture by Richard Wolff, an economist from the University of Massachusetts. He is a great supporter of cooperatives, and uses them as his main argument for a transition from capitalism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guSdjsctrUQ

The cooperative movement in the world is active. anarcho-syndicalism in action.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 03:11:13 pm
You know why those movements work now? Because all members of them wish to work in it. They think it's great. They are motivated. They'll work harder then normally. Until people realize that it doesn't work, or they start having their own ideas. People always get different ideas. Why do you think we still have communists, fascists (Hai Tibbert) and (Neo-)Nazi's, even after those systems failed miserable and cost millions of lives? Because people will always think a different system will be a better system. It's why we have motivation in the first place. We work to improve, that's our nature.

However, just like communism and fascism, anarchism is a totalitarian system that doesn't allow for any other form of politics, economic or socially. I've read the theories. I've read about 're-education'. If you want to start a company based on the Anarchistic model, what's stopping you now? Go ahead. You have that freedom. Our current society is not pure capitalist. You can break a leg on your workplace and not worry about a thing, cos you're insured.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 18, 2014, 03:20:28 pm
alright, i'm convinced you are a troll. all your communism examples that don't work are correct and i am in agreement because those were state communists of the same side of the coin as other states. they had the same state apparatus as other states, just with revolutionary jargon. remember Lenin took over the soviets. not really communist, eh?

Socialism works because its in everybody's self interest to have power in the workplace. That is what unions are for in the first place. Workers voicing their self interest. But it is as I said above. Workers with little power voicing their self interest against a capitalist with power voicing theirs. Because of the system, the capitalist wins. That gets to what socialism is at its core. Equality of power, so that the self interest of one person doesn't overpower that of others.

Alongside that, you can explain that the capitalist system itself creates the illusion of a sort of human nature. I do agree that if you observe how people act in this system, you will see a greed about them. But that's because the systems calls for greed to survive. For example, lets see we had two humans in a cage, and we do two experiments. The first is that we lock them in a cage with food enough for one of them. They'll fight for it. If you just look at this, you'll think humans are greedy. But then we set up another experiment where they have to work together to get food. Will they work together, or starve? If somebody were only watching this, they'd think humans are very cooperative creatures. In general, we respond to incentives given to us by the system. Capitalism brings out the fucking worst in us, and allows us to let people starve. We have to create a system that will have us working together.

Finally, research the following: Anarchist Spain, the Israeli Kibbutzim, the indigenous tribes around the world, The Free territory of Ukraine and gift economies. They all provide concrete examples of humans organizing the economy in democratic ways.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 03:33:32 pm
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Capitalism brings out the fucking worst in us, and allows us to let people starve. We have to create a system that will have us working together.

Augy, we live in one of the most social and democratic nations of the world. People don't starve on the streets here. We have benefits, food banks, pensions, public schooling, universities. Yet still you consider it to be bad. You are bathing in the idea that your ideas will lead to a perfect society, but a society is really just as perfect as its people. You are calling people trolls, saying they are ignorant, stupid, or simply brainwashed.

You know why I don't believe in your theories? Because if we look back at history, people were just as convinced that communism would work. And that fascism would work. I could make that list quite a bit longer, but I'll just settle for those two. Communism worked for a while when people thought it was going to lead to a perfect world. Then they started questioning it, but it was too late - By then, there were people in charge who quite like that power.

And it would be the same in a society where there are no rules and everything is done democratic. Augy, we have the right to vote yet every elections there's 50% to 30% that simply doesn't because they don't care. They have a saying in their government and people just let go of that right. Out of laziness. Even in the anarchy-syndicalism model. People will fuck other people over without realizing it and without thinking, for a second, that they are doing wrong. Greed really isn't a capitalist problem Augy, it's just a human problem. Do you think greed didn't exist in Anarchist Spain? In all those indigenous tribes? Do you think no-one wished to have something more, to have something someone else has? Even if it's not an object, it's a skill, it's an amount of respect, it's looks. Even in those Kibbutzims, they were forced to realize that children were greedy even if all have, in theory, the same amount of everything. They then proceed to 're-educate' them, the same way Nazi's re-educated their children. It all bottles down to having power.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 18, 2014, 03:39:08 pm
Well, monarchy is the only solution then ... :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 03:40:18 pm
Well, monarchy is the only solution then ... :D

Monarchies are stupid. You don't need a person to keep everything in check. You need laws. Monarchies are just a fairy-tale people love to watch.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 18, 2014, 03:41:43 pm
Tell me about an existing monarchy without laws.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 18, 2014, 03:43:03 pm
If the government doesn't even follow their own laws, why should we?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 03:45:55 pm
Tell me about an existing monarchy without laws.

Absolute monarchies are stupid anyway. Now we keep constitutional monarchies with the argument that they 'safe-guard our democracy' which I just don't agree with. Laws safe-guard those.

If the government doesn't even follow their own laws, why should we?

>People do things
>People shouldn't do such things
>Laws are made so that they don't do things
>A few people still do things
>If we take away the laws, they'll stop doing it!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 18, 2014, 03:49:30 pm
Well. An example for an absolute monarchy is Oman.

And the Sultan is really much-loved by the inhabintants. Much more than for example the Queen or other western chiefs of state.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 18, 2014, 03:49:44 pm
There's a direct correlation between poverty and violent crime, backed up by plenty of research. Google it if you're interested. Knowing this, we should see a significant drop to almost insignificant levels of crime in a functioning anarchist society.

here is our wiki on crime  http://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/secI5.html#seci58

Also,  Putin has announced that he's officially annexing Crimea because it has always been in their hearts.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 18, 2014, 03:52:34 pm
But it can't function because not 100% of the people will agree to such a thing, people always want more and better. and something of a better future they can work hard for to achieve.

Your ideas of perfect society have never worked and will never work.

It always ends up with the people that don't want it will be killed.


Overall lets get back to topic perhaps.

Putin annexes Crimea, no big surprise there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 03:54:56 pm
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Knowing this, we should see a significant drop to almost insignificant levels of crime in a functioning anarchist society.

We should, but we won't. Just like there was still crime in communist societies. I have to admit, very clever to mention 'functioning' anarchist societies. That way, when one fails, you can just say it doesn't function properly. And so you'll always be safe from any criticism by just pointing at the theory.

Putin annexes Crimea, no big surprise there.

It would help the Ukraine cause if the people of the Crimea wouldn't be so happy about it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 18, 2014, 03:56:15 pm
i never "claimed" its a perfect society, i just think its better than capitalism. which is just rule by criminals who rob the masses. which the Ukrainian government did a terrible job at hiding, thats why they are in such dire straits.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 18, 2014, 03:56:52 pm
Putin annexes Crimea, no big surprise there.

It would help the Ukraine cause if the people of the Crimea wouldn't be so happy about it.
But they are, and that is good.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 04:00:18 pm
But they are, and that is good.

Can't help but think that feeling of Euphoria is slightly helped by Russian propaganda. So many Crimeans are still convinced that the Kiev government are a bunch of Neo-nazi fascists, while it's the same people they voted for.

It's kinda odd they never wanted to join Russia for over 60 years and suddenly they are all in favor? Seems more like 'go with the flow' course of action. Of course, Putin is smart and will pump a lot of money into the Crimea, mostly because you have to anyway. The bubble will burst eventually though.

The reason why I still oppose this is that the Russia still invaded Ukrainian ground. It makes everything after that appear completely fake. Anyway, I'm just a Dutchie... any Ukrainians who wish to share their light upon this? I admit that their opinion matters a little more then mine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 18, 2014, 04:29:40 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqHeZUS9_EY
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 18, 2014, 04:34:25 pm
To be honest 95% also sounds like one of these Votes in East Germany, back in the 1970s...
I would not be surprised if they would find out that more people voted than there are people living in Crimea.


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The reason why I still oppose this is that the Russia still invaded Ukrainian ground. It makes everything after that appear completely fake.
Obviously the whole referendum etc. was just a large fake to make the invasion seem legitimate.

Russia/Putin is doing a really good job. Taking over a country (or a part of it) without firing a single shot is quite nice. The USA did not manage to do that. (Then again... The USA had much longer supply lines)

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on March 18, 2014, 05:46:00 pm
German news report of one dead Ukrainian soldier in Simferopol after Russian troops stormed one of the Ukrainians baracks there. Apparently 20 Ukrainian soliders refused to give the Russians their weapons and barricaded themselves. The soldier who died was shot in the neck, another officer was hurt. The source for this is the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

Here's the article, sadly only in german
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/krise-in-der-ukraine-ukrainischer-soldat-auf-der-krim-getoetet-12852638.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: carbine on March 18, 2014, 05:47:57 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-8kmPJKGgM&feature=youtube_gdata[/youtube]

"BREAKING NEWS Russian troops are storming a Ukrainian military base in Simferopol, and one Ukranian soldier has been wounded in the attack, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reports. It quoted an officer at the military topography and navigation centre as saying that its commander has been captured and the rest of the troops have barricaded themselves in on the first floor of a building at the base."

BREAKING NEWS Ukrainian serviceman is killed during attack on a Ukrainian base in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, news agency Interfax quotes a military spokesman as saying (Reuters).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 05:53:27 pm
Oh God it's happening
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 18, 2014, 06:00:20 pm
Not the first casualty since the protests started but I think the first military one.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 18, 2014, 06:13:55 pm
ids druly habennings
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 06:14:44 pm
Seriously, it's quite a huge step forward. It doesn't mean direct war, but a line has been crossed here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 18, 2014, 06:30:27 pm
http://www.examiner.com/article/russian-spetsnaz-arrested-ukraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 18, 2014, 06:41:06 pm
Yeah, there is going to be war anytime now... Hopefully i jynxed it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 18, 2014, 07:03:41 pm
Seriously, it's quite a huge step forward. It doesn't mean direct war, but a line has been crossed here.

The line has already been crossed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 07:13:03 pm
The line, sure. But this is yet another line. This is a direct open attack on the Ukrainian military.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gizmo on March 18, 2014, 07:34:43 pm
http://rt.com/news/putin-address-parliament-crimea-562/

So sad, yet so true.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 18, 2014, 07:55:44 pm
http://rt.com/news/putin-address-parliament-crimea-562/

So sad, yet so true.

Yep, i definetly agree with Putin on many points there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 07:59:20 pm
Good god that article is beyond propaganda.

Quote
In fact, it was Russia that defended international law and its institutions, while western countries have been diminishing them.

Comparing Kosovo and the Crimea is nuts. The NATO didn't have bases in Kosovo. It didn't declare Kosovo independent. It didn't annex them. Close to 2.000 people had already died before the NATO got involved. Don't get me wrong, the Kosovo war was a pretty shitty situation yet picking that as a sort of moral high ground is just crazy. But apparantly, Putin agrees that this invasion is just as bad? As he compares it to Kosovo and the other wars he suddenly so fiercely hates.

NATO is not a political institution. It's a military alliance, unlike the Russian Federation, which is a politically and military union.

Quote
“We stand against having a military organization meddling in our backyard, next to our homeland or in the territories that are historically ours.

So all nations that border Russia apparently lose their sovereignty because Russia can't have them making their won choices? Despicable argument. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Othurin on March 18, 2014, 08:03:25 pm
The hypocrisy is strong, however, when Kerry says Russia is in the 19th century and fabricates war reasons...

What about those WMDs Iraq totally had?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 08:04:29 pm
Unlike Afghanistan and Iraq (and Syria) people aren't being prosecuted and executed by the thousands on the Crimea. Not that that was the reason to invade anyway, just like Russia isn't invading Ukraine to 'protect her citizens'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 18, 2014, 08:58:07 pm
I dont want to justify the invasion of Iraq or Afghanistan, but comparing it to Kosovo is bullshit..

No one started a War, and no one started a Genocide. (Yet)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 18, 2014, 09:45:30 pm
If anyone is starting a war, it's Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MagicTeatowel on March 18, 2014, 11:27:40 pm
"The Ukrainian government said a junior officer who was on duty in a park inside the base had been killed and another officer injured. A third serviceman had leg and head injuries after being beaten with iron bars, it said."

"Ukraine has now authorised its troops to fire in self-defence."


Source: BBC News
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 19, 2014, 10:37:34 am
Ukraine refused to abandon their bases and have declared that if necessary they'll open fire.

Meanwhile, the Crimean government asked the Tatars to move away (To somewhere else on the Crimea) because they need the land they currently reside on. For 'social purposes'. Are these people fucking nuts?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 19, 2014, 10:56:08 am
Russia will deport them to Tartarstan sooner or later
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 19, 2014, 11:01:51 am
There will be a conflict between the Tartars and the Russians soon enough which will give the Russians a 'legit' reason to move them away or arrest some of their leaders. Just to make sure they'll be good boys.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 19, 2014, 01:02:26 pm
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/prosecutor-generals-office-ukrainian-opposition-unrelated-to-maidan-snipers-339952.html

Also note that British skilled foreign criminal investigators helped during the investigation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Aiello on March 19, 2014, 05:47:07 pm
I'm sure some of you have read this, but yesterday a Ukrainian base was stormed by Russian troops, a firefight ensued and the Ukrainians suffered two casualties. One was wounded with multiple non-life threatening gunshot wounds and another soldier was straight up killed. The Ukrainian garrison surrendered after the shootout, other bases have been given the OK to return fire as the established ceasefire was essentially broken. Apparently this is not the only event of its kind that occurred; there are unconfirmed reports of Ukrainian servicemen on other bases being wounded by Russian fire.

These are allegedly the first confirmed shots fired in anger during this whole ordeal, its a real shame someone was killed as a result.

Sources:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/03/18/7019452/ (Ukrainian)
http://ukrainianpolicy.com/shots-fired-in-crimea/ (English)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 19, 2014, 08:49:10 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoZwWzYBBkc
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 19, 2014, 08:55:31 pm
I just thought about this... don't the Finns have an Russian speaking minority? And weren't they members of the Russian Empire?

Ah fuck...

Still, I'm actually pro-NATO/UN intervention here. Russians need to be knocked down a few notches. It's bad enough the US does this shit, we don't need the Russians pulling it too.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 19, 2014, 09:06:35 pm
I just thought about this... don't the Finns have an Russian speaking minority? And weren't they members of the Russian Empire?

Ah fuck...

No, there really isn't any sizeable Russian speaking minority in Finland (1%). Doubt Putin would have the courage to take on Finland any time soon either.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 19, 2014, 09:14:51 pm
Winter War II? I wonder if they accept foreign volunteers...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on March 19, 2014, 09:31:04 pm
So I take it that you would be all for a Russian intervention next time your government decides that some shithole needs to be airmailed a few thousand tons of high explosives?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 19, 2014, 09:33:12 pm
Er... yes I am actually. No nation should be allowed to act like an empire.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 19, 2014, 09:41:48 pm
Er... yes I am actually. No nation should be allowed to act like an empire.

I say we take out America first?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 19, 2014, 09:52:13 pm
Come on man, we're trying to fix it here.

Though the US getting slammed with sanctions for a while would be nice. Or a forced military rollback.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 19, 2014, 10:02:41 pm
One of the Baltic states (Latvia?) has relatively more Russians (+3%) then Ukraine. They'd be next if they weren't NATO members.

So I take it that you would be all for a Russian intervention next time your government decides that some shithole needs to be airmailed a few thousand tons of high explosives?

It's still pretty hilarious that Putins likes to make comparisons with Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo; all those times the Russians did absolutely nothing. I hate military intervention just as much as the next guy; yet at the same time, comparing the Crimea/Ukraine to Kosovo, Iraq or Afghanistan is crazy. We all know why Putin invaded the Crimea - He saw an opportunity and went for it. This is not about the Crimeans - This is about Russia expanding her borders, again. This is about Russia actively meddling with the affairs of other nations. This is Putin literally saying that countries that are 'historically Russian' are not allowed to make any move the Kremlin doesn't agree with.

I'm not an American, I'm a Dutchman. My country fought in several NATO missions trying to make the world a little bit safer. I find that comparing those actions with this invasion are despicable. That is, however, just my opinion, and you're all free to pick your own. Just wanted to make my position clear.

I've been a major supporter of military cutbacks since forever, and I think I've switched my opinion. Nothing has changed since WW2 - It's still the right of the strongest. I also support conscription for the same reason. It's stupid that there's no opportunity for young people to do basic training before they go studying, conscription of voluntarily. It would greatly expand the 'battlereadiness' (stupid word but can't think of any other) of the people. Plus, it would allow people to have a sniff of military and public service. Would do some good. And yes, we have the reserves, but that means you have to go exercise every other week and I'm pretty sure that makes people unsure about joining. It made me decide not to.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on March 19, 2014, 11:01:37 pm
Excuse the off-topic, but do your reserves really have to be in active service that often? What's the point of being in the reserves if you can't have a reasonable career on the side?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on March 19, 2014, 11:39:44 pm
Not sure if these have been brought up:

- Turkey now claims that Crimea belongs to them, as per a document signed by Catherine the Great a couple hundred years ago.
- Russia has sent threatening letters to Estonia about some bullshit ethnic mistreatment.
- Moldava told Russia to go fuck themselves.
- Ukraine is both training its reserves and passed orders that the Ukraine military can shoot Russians in their territory if needed. (This is a day or two old)

As to the "Sanctions on the US" above, I agree- it would actually stimulate the economy considering we could no longer import certain stuff, and that we have more than enough natural resources to make it ourselves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rydog on March 19, 2014, 11:59:29 pm
Not sure if these have been brought up:

- Turkey now claims that Crimea belongs to them, as per a document signed by Catherine the Great a couple hundred years ago.
- Russia has sent threatening letters to Estonia about some bullshit ethnic mistreatment.
- Moldava told Russia to go fuck themselves.
- Ukraine is both training its reserves and passed orders that the Ukraine military can shoot Russians in their territory if needed. (This is a day or two old)

Please post some sources for any/all of these.........
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on March 20, 2014, 12:24:32 am
Not sure if these have been brought up:

- Turkey now claims that Crimea belongs to them, as per a document signed by Catherine the Great a couple hundred years ago.
- Russia has sent threatening letters to Estonia about some bullshit ethnic mistreatment.
- Moldava told Russia to go fuck themselves.
- Ukraine is both training its reserves and passed orders that the Ukraine military can shoot Russians in their territory if needed. (This is a day or two old)

Please post some sources for any/all of these.........

I'm not on the computer I had the sites saved on, but I did manage to find something on the Turkey one. I probably should have worded it better, the Turkish government itself hasn't outright said it's their yet, but it's a pretty vocal affirmation.

http://maidantranslations.com/2014/03/17/turkey-under-ottoman-empire-treaty-with-catherine-the-great-if-crimea-declares-independence-it-returns-to-turkey/

Will try and get the sauce on the others when I return home.

Edit: Again, I should probably note that that link isn't the one I actually had, and I only posted it because I could find it. If it's spewing BS, muhbad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 20, 2014, 12:59:00 am
Ukraine refused to abandon their bases and have declared that if necessary they'll open fire.

Meanwhile, the Crimean government asked the Tatars to move away (To somewhere else on the Crimea) because they need the land they currently reside on. For 'social purposes'. Are these people fucking nuts?

Okay, Never mind my previous post. Looks like the Russian are actively working on making this "Kosovo #2". Putin compared it to Kosovo after all, so better make it look like it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 01:04:57 am
I said this was gonna happen...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 20, 2014, 01:08:53 am
Oh hey tartars, yeah we promised that we would not discriminate you and stuff but ehm well ok here it is, we kinda want to use the land your currently living on for something... ehm.. else, you know for social stuff..
So yeah could you perhaps ehm, move or something, no worries we will help you move... forcibly..
What are you talking about stalin and racism, we russians are fighting against those neo nazis in kiev!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 12:49:26 pm
So...Ukraine is scared Russians will invade more areas, Russians are officially denying it...what do you guys think?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 20, 2014, 12:49:45 pm
Will happen.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 20, 2014, 12:56:54 pm
There are also some regions in Moldavia and other countrys around who asked Russia to annex them as well ...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on March 20, 2014, 12:57:41 pm
It will be a cat and mouse game if you ask me: The EU and US will embargo Russia with ever increasing embargos, Russia will respond to those sanctions with God knows what kind of reprisals, and so on and on untill one of the parties decides that the only way out of the conflict is a force of arms. AKA war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 12:59:17 pm
It will be a cat and mouse game if you ask me: The EU and US will embargo Russia with ever increasing embargos, Russia will respond to those sanctions with God knows what kind of reprisals, and so on and on untill one of the parties decides that the only way out of the conflict is a force of arms. AKA war.

That, or nothing happens and the world carried on with their everyday business. Until Putin does something really stupid, or he is overthrown.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on March 20, 2014, 01:02:05 pm
It will be a cat and mouse game if you ask me: The EU and US will embargo Russia with ever increasing embargos, Russia will respond to those sanctions with God knows what kind of reprisals, and so on and on untill one of the parties decides that the only way out of the conflict is a force of arms. AKA war.

That, or nothing happens and the world carried on with their everyday business. Until Putin does something really stupid, or he is overthrown.

I really hope that the world will not give in simply because its Russia. Dont get me wrong, I prefer not to get conscripted, but over the past ten years, we all had to listen to how great the EU was and how grand mutual cooperation is. Its time to actually show that the EU can get things done apart from economical relations.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 01:05:55 pm
I agree with you for 100%, mate. I just have my doubts.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 20, 2014, 01:08:40 pm
They are all a bunch of pussies.

Only way to get shit resolved is with showing balls and power, Russia does it, if all EU gets together and kicks him out of crimea, literally with shooting all his soldiers straight to hell he will know better.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 20, 2014, 01:13:15 pm
It will be a cat and mouse game if you ask me: The EU and US will embargo Russia with ever increasing embargos, Russia will respond to those sanctions with God knows what kind of reprisals, and so on and on untill one of the parties decides that the only way out of the conflict is a force of arms. AKA war.

That, or nothing happens and the world carried on with their everyday business. Until Putin does something really stupid, or he is overthrown.
I don't think Putin will react stupid. He is the mightiest man in the world and I think you have to be really intelligent to reach this position. :D
But I personally believe nothing will happen. The NATO states will start off with some embargos, Russia threatens with the cessation of oil supplies and life will go on.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 01:15:21 pm
Putin indeed isn't stupid. But he is a nationalist, and that's his weakness.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 20, 2014, 01:17:48 pm
Well, that's true but he declared loudly and clearly that he won't have any ambitions on other former Russion territories.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 01:27:16 pm
He also loudly and proudly declared that keeping to international law and respecting the sovereignty of nations was the only way to avoid war. He just doesn't seem so truthworthy anymore.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 20, 2014, 02:05:51 pm
Well, that's true but he declared loudly and clearly that he won't have any ambitions on other former Russion territories.

Hitler after the treaty of Munich? Lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on March 20, 2014, 02:11:37 pm
He also loudly and proudly declared that keeping to international law and respecting the sovereignty of nations was the only way to avoid war. He just doesn't seem so truthworthy anymore.

You're overreacting, would this face lie to you?  ;D

Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 02:26:42 pm
He literally said it, so no, I'm not  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 20, 2014, 02:38:28 pm
We won't annex Crimea

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 20, 2014, 04:49:54 pm
Well, tell me when Putin proclamates Greater Russia. Until then I won't believe exactly the opposite of what he says.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 20, 2014, 04:53:56 pm
During peace, prepare for war.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_fzoZww-9g
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on March 20, 2014, 05:00:12 pm
Well, tell me when Putin proclamates Greater Russia. Until then I won't believe exactly the opposite of what he says.

Do it like me: Dont believe him at all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Walko on March 20, 2014, 08:21:02 pm
Read pages 1-38 today... Still no end in sight.. morale is low.. Still have no idea what the fuck is going on. Just another 46 to go  :-[
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 20, 2014, 08:34:19 pm
Guize i figured it out okey? stay wit me

Poopin is going to gib all hiz truups mooskets and then inverd the Uraine all Tsarisk style #yolo #420blazeit #freetibet
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wolfy on March 20, 2014, 08:48:31 pm
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Putin is bad. That's all i have to say on the matter  :P
But that Vice news bit was intresting(Shit be going down)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 08:55:00 pm
Wonder if we will see foreign volunteers. No, I'm not saying I'm gonna join up as soon as the shooting start. I just wonder about it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wolfy on March 20, 2014, 09:07:23 pm
I consider my self safe since I am still to young to join up. But i doubt
we will see any "forgeign volunteers"(Wouldn't rule it out since i didn't think Russia would invade
the Ukraine a few feeks ago either)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 09:08:25 pm
I'd just prefer a straight up EU+NATO against the Russians at this point.

Because seriously, fuck Putin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 09:16:44 pm
I'm liable for conscription. And I actually don't even care. I'm the only one I've spoken too who DOESN'T try to find out ways to escape conscription.

Also, joining up in foreign service means I'll lose my nationality. Not that that I'm all that keen on getting shot by Russian or pro-Russian Crimeans.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 09:22:35 pm
Only one?

*Raises hand*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 09:26:32 pm
Meant Dutch people.  :P

How does the US conscription law work?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 09:31:23 pm
Raffle.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 09:34:05 pm
Really? Not all? Here it's all who make it trough the tests (though it's inactive now). When conscription was still active, they did sometimes dismiss an entire year because the previous one had been big. They'd use conscripts for all kind of jobs, not just regular cannon fodder. My dad was a driver.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Walko on March 20, 2014, 09:34:47 pm
Fuck conscription.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 09:36:37 pm
Fuck conscription.

    - Every Anarchist ever

Conscription has the positive effect that it forces people to make a choice and also gives the 'I go, all go' feeling. I do acknowledge the fact it isn't entirely fair to sent people to war without their consent, but wars that truly are defensive wars...Maybe it's our duty? I think it's mine. Correction, I like to think it's mine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 09:36:50 pm
Really? Not all? Here it's all who make it trough the tests (though it's inactive now). When conscription was still active, they did sometimes dismiss an entire year because the previous one had been big. They'd use conscripts for all kind of jobs, not just regular cannon fodder. My dad was a driver.

Basically, everyone signs a paper once they become 18. Then they pick a month and date, if you were born on that day you're to report to the nearest Army recruiting station.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 10:10:24 pm
Only army? Do conscripts form their own units or are they combined with regulars?

Here conscripts and volunteers have been together in units since...1842?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 10:12:56 pm
What usually happens is the conscripts are lead by a lifer (Someone who's made the military his carrier). I don't know if volunteers get their own units, probably do.

Also you can also be conscripted into the Marines or Navy. It depends which branch needs the men.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on March 20, 2014, 10:41:16 pm
Im not dodging conscription. If it comes, it comes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 20, 2014, 10:44:18 pm
Pretty sure they pick the ones about to turn 20 first.. (like me, but I already signed my life away)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 10:45:19 pm
Pretty sure they pick the ones about to turn 20 first.. (like me, but I already signed my life away)

Hey, someone's gotta lead the conscripts am I right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 20, 2014, 10:47:42 pm
So happy i wont have to do time in the US. Will be doing my service in the glorious SVENSKA Armén.

Anyhow, back to Ukraine related maybe?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 20, 2014, 10:49:37 pm
Fuck conscription.
For me, conscription generally depends on the situation. I despise the fact of sending people to war without their approval and I also hate it when it's used in offensive, imperialist wars. But I mean, if a nation is being invaded, the govt should be able to bolster its ranks. Of course, a draftee should have the option to leave the nation safely.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 10:54:44 pm
Doesn't that remove the entire point of conscription?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 11:00:40 pm
I'd rather have draftees have the change to choice whether they serve for a period of time. In case of Emergency. Like, everybody is called up, gets medical check, and then can choice to do basic training and serve for period of time (contract), like 6 months, or a year. Depending on the situation. Something along those lines. It's a combination between conscription and voluntarily service.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 11:04:55 pm
Most medical problems can get you out of the Draft easy. My friend's uncle got out of Vietnam because he has a milk allergy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 11:06:09 pm
Here you can get out if you study to be a priest  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 11:07:23 pm
Ah, if that happens here you get sent in as a Chaplain.

Because someone needs to be saying something about God when bombs start dropping.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 11:12:33 pm
So a little more on-topic, Russian troops (And this time, it is really Russians proper), boarded three Ukrainian naval vessels. Some shots were fired, though there are no reported casualties.

Russians are really being dicks. They blocked the harbor so the Ukrainian navy can't even leave - Not that they want to.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on March 20, 2014, 11:32:00 pm
Really? Not all? Here it's all who make it trough the tests (though it's inactive now). When conscription was still active, they did sometimes dismiss an entire year because the previous one had been big. They'd use conscripts for all kind of jobs, not just regular cannon fodder. My dad was a driver.

Basically, everyone signs a paper once they become 18. Then they pick a month and date, if you were born on that day you're to report to the nearest Army recruiting station.
That could make birthday celebrations really hard to organize, so many people with the same birthday :o
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 11:33:49 pm
It's the army. They only celebrate VICTORY!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 20, 2014, 11:40:34 pm
Doesn't that remove the entire point of conscription?
yes which i am highly against either way.

If we need conscription for an event in our history which come along once in awhile, do a Dutchie idea (Duuringz)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 20, 2014, 11:49:23 pm
I have some good ideas. Sometimes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 20, 2014, 11:50:56 pm
If a nation needs troops, it has the right to pull people. Though a clause stating that conscription is only allowed in the case of an attack on American soil would be nice.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 21, 2014, 12:57:37 am
If a nation needs troops, it has the right to pull people. Though a clause stating that conscription is only allowed in the case of an attack on American soil would be nice.
A modern, successful government cannot exist without the consent of its people. If the people don't consent to being forced to fight for a nation (even defensively) the people shouldn't be forced to fight. Of course, in mega-nationalist America, you would basically have an overbearing amount of volunteers. You could also always pull a Stalin and forcefully recruit the prisoners of a nation. Which the United States has an abundance of.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 21, 2014, 01:21:37 am
If you're willing to get government funds and stipends you should be willing to put yourself forward for a draft.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 21, 2014, 01:28:47 am
If you're willing to get government funds and stipends you should be willing to put yourself forward for a draft.
(Btw I do agree with some kind of clause, forgot to add that to last reply)

That sounds like a form of bribery or loan sharking whatever you call it. I almost always supports a governments action towards the building and betterment of infrastructure. But Americans are too obsessed with war and "what if" scenarios.

WHAT IF THE CHINESE INVADE?

Really? The Chinese are going to invade a nation who's defense spending and military is over three times as much as theirs?

I don't see us needing drafting  for defensive purposes for a long time and if I'm alive when that time comes, we'll see. It's easy to make up our minds now with no threat but who's to say? But as a person who doesn't understand "national pride" and "duty" and stuff like that, I don't see myself volunteering or allowing myself to be drafted if the time comes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 21, 2014, 01:33:20 am
It's not military obsession, it's just the ideal. If the US gets into a war where we need the damn troops, a draft makes perfect sense. I mean there was a draft in WWI and WWII, but most of the people were volunteers.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 21, 2014, 01:56:19 am
It's not military obsession, it's just the ideal. If the US gets into a war where we need the damn troops, a draft makes perfect sense. I mean there was a draft in WWI and WWII, but most of the people were volunteers.
Burning witches almost 500 years ago "made sense", doesn't mean we still practice it. And like you just said, most people volunteer because of the amount of nationalism that is integrated into the US so there seems to be no need for a draft.

What makes the American military so efficient and deadly is the fact that it is a volunteer army most of the time and when it is, you have determined troops fighting for whatever ideas they think are threatened. Put a majority of forced soldiery into an unpopular war and you get...well...Vietnam.

And are you telling me there's not an obsession with the military and masculinity in America? There is a non-stop stream of idolization of soldiers and the military "fighting for freedom" in our society. There is constant, force fed idea that "diplomacy is for suckers". Notice how anytime there's an international crisis (Ukraine, Syria, etc.), some of the first reactions you get are militaristic and violent? For lack of better terms, no one wants to "give peace a chance"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 21, 2014, 02:12:12 am
I'm not saying the nation is overly militaristic, I'm saying a draft isn't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 21, 2014, 02:20:57 am
I'm not saying the nation is overly militaristic, I'm saying a draft isn't.
Forcing people to fight against their will and their interests is the sign of a militaristic state. When soldiery and fighting until the bitter end takes precedence over peace and diplomatic strategy, you are a militaristic state. You have focused more on the military's ability to act that your interior's ability to and that sacrifice proves that we (not just us, almost everybody) are focused more on our "national pride" and "honor" than saving as many people as we can.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Walko on March 21, 2014, 02:30:25 am
It's not military obsession, it's just the ideal. If the US gets into a war where we need the damn troops, a draft makes perfect sense. I mean there was a draft in WWI and WWII, but most of the people were volunteers.

Tell that to the 18 year olds that went to Vietnam, that a draft makes sense.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 21, 2014, 02:32:53 am
Ugh.

It's war. In order to fight a war, you need troops. It has nothing to do with militarism, drafts are needed sometimes to make sure the nation can fight.

Idealism only goes so far gentlemen, draft policies are needed in case of crisis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Walko on March 21, 2014, 02:35:21 am
So a nation can fight in a cause that it's people don't believe in?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 21, 2014, 02:39:26 am
Remember what I said about the "Only in self defense" clause? I'm not pro-draft in situations like Vietnam.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Walko on March 21, 2014, 02:40:53 am
I understand,  but  we should get back on topic
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 21, 2014, 02:43:08 am
Ugh.

It's war. In order to fight a war, you need troops. It has nothing to do with militarism, drafts are needed sometimes to make sure the nation can fight.

Idealism only goes so far gentlemen, draft policies are needed in case of crisis.
the drafts we have started were not during times of defensive crisis except during the Civil War (which even then, it was highly unnecessary).

The point is that with Americans, the draft is not necessary because so many will volunteer due to our militaristic, nationalistic attitudes.

There is also no guarantee a draft will work (*cough* Vietnam *cough*). In fact, if you need to resort to a draft, there's a greater chance you will lose the war you are fighting. It becomes a quantity over quality issue.

Remember what I said about the "Only in self defense" clause? I'm not pro-draft in situations like Vietnam.
which are very rare and if it becomes self-defense, the draft becomes unnecessary because we always have an overbearing amount of volunteers.
I understand, but how could you determine what is a legitimate case for what is an ok draft and what isn't? Either way, we should get back on topic
okay, we've beaten this draft topic to death.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 21, 2014, 02:46:20 am
In the case of the United States being attacked on her own soil, and we need troops, there should be a draft. It's one of those things you sign for once you're an American citizen. All we can hope is that it's enacted when needed.

Also, the draft was needed in the Civil War. We sure as shit didn't have a large enough regular army to fight the rebels.

ON TOPIC:

US has actually just hit Russia with even more sanctions. Their economy is going to be in shambles soon.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/20/news/economy/russia-us-sanctions/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 21, 2014, 05:12:47 am
Just going to point this out that in your lifetime there will never be a draft in America or World war 3.  Nuclear weapons, global trade agreements, and a lot of other stuff unless that goes away, will block a world war and draft from happening.  Unless we get some crazy president who orders the invasion of China or something lol

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on March 21, 2014, 05:18:06 am
If you really want to be technical about it, the US was drafted up to have pretty much every dude in the 'militia,' of which would be called by the State's Governors in times on need. It wasn't intended to have these said dudes go and invade countries, because we were never intended to have a standing army. Hence, the whole "an Army may be raised for the duration of two years" if an actual army were ever needed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 21, 2014, 09:11:00 am
Nuclear was is an impossibity. Mutual destruction. Trade agreements never stopped a war, ever.

Though I agree you'll never have a draft. You have a big-ass militairy and probably enough volunteers. Maaaybe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 21, 2014, 09:42:43 am
Perhaps go back to topic?

Sanctions got increased, and again are a big joke, Russia sanctions the same way some american higher ups which is hilarious.

In other shitty news Tymoshenko is running for president in Ukraine, which is as corrupt as shit, thankfully most Ukrainians know this and won't vote for her.

At least 20k Russian troops are massing at the eastern Ukrainian border possible invasion force.

Ukraine is preparing to remove all it's troops from Crimea. Since they stand no chance to fight the overwhelming force in front of their bases.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 21, 2014, 09:46:02 am
No Nato country is going to be at war with Russia soon. For a war between Nato and Russia you will have to wait until the last resources on this planet are drained and everyone wants to grab Greenland and the surrounding area in hope for more oil.

And even then, a Nuclear war is not going to happen. Atleast not at the beginning. The question is, if one side is loosing and has no proper troops left, what will they do? Will they start using their Nukes?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tharan on March 21, 2014, 09:58:10 am
The fact Putin is only 5 foot 5 surprises me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 21, 2014, 10:03:51 am
Who are the facists again?

Quote
Over the last year, the percentage of residents of the Russian Federation who support the slogan “Russia for the Russians” has risen from 56% to 66%, and the share of the population who favors expelling immigrants rather than helping them adapt has gone up from 64% to 73%.

http://www.interpretermag.com/xenophobia-in-russia-at-an-all-time-high-experts-say/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 21, 2014, 10:46:48 am
Oh Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 21, 2014, 06:39:50 pm
Call me a fascist, but millions of illegal immigrants taking the jobs of native population might have something to do with that development.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 21, 2014, 06:52:13 pm
Call me a fascist, but millions of illegal immigrants taking the jobs of native population might have something to do with that development.
I shall raise you on that, fascist.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 21, 2014, 07:04:59 pm
I see, so someone who tries to find a job outside the area he was born in, deserves to be treated violently and as if he has no rights?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on March 21, 2014, 07:05:24 pm
Call me a fascist, but millions of illegal immigrants taking the jobs of native population might have something to do with that development.
Blame the people hiring immigrants, not the immigrants themselves. They can't help that they are so gosh darn inexpensive to hire with little to no drawbacks(From the oligarchs perspective).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on March 21, 2014, 07:08:57 pm
...deserves to be treated violently and as if he has no rights?

Violently? No. That being said, if an immigrant migrates to a country illegally then they really only have their basic human right, as opposed to the legal rights. In continuation, I have no problems with immigrants working in my country, if they come though legally and pay the taxes they're supposed to.

Back on topic, our sanctions on Russia will do nothing severe. I can hear Putin laughing at them from Kentucky.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 21, 2014, 07:14:25 pm
I'm pretty sure that giving them a beating cos 'NJET RUSKI' is bad.

Also,
Blame the people hiring immigrants, not the immigrants themselves. They can't help that they are so gosh darn inexpensive to hire with little to no drawbacks(From the oligarchs perspective).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on March 21, 2014, 07:16:24 pm
Spoiler
...deserves to be treated violently and as if he has no rights?

Violently? No. That being said, if an immigrant migrates to a country illegally then they really only have their basic human right, as opposed to the legal rights. In continuation, I have no problems with immigrants working in my country, if they come though legally and pay the taxes they're supposed to.

Back on topic, our sanctions on Russia will do nothing severe. I can hear Putin laughing at them from Kentucky.
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What would you have them do? Fling a couple MOABs at the Kremlin? Didn't work with the sand people, I doubt it will work here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on March 21, 2014, 07:21:10 pm
I'm pretty sure that giving them a beating cos 'NJET RUSKI' is bad.

Yes, it is.

What would you have them do? Fling a couple MOABs at the Kremlin? Didn't work with the sand people, I doubt it will work here.

I am not advocating it at all. We need to stop saying that "there will be serious costs" if there really won't be. When we do that (see "You crossed the red line, we may strike your facilities Mr. Assad") we lose credibility.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 21, 2014, 07:36:51 pm
http://roarmag.org/2014/03/global-uprisings-bosnia-documentary/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 21, 2014, 08:07:25 pm
http://roarmag.org/2014/03/global-uprisings-bosnia-documentary/

Maybe 2010-2014 is the new 1848
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on March 21, 2014, 08:34:22 pm
That's okay, according to Cincinnati's newspaper, Kentucky "is still partying like it's 1829" because of a few laws we passed. top lel
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 21, 2014, 10:52:31 pm
Augy, those unrest have been over since early February. There are still protests but the Prime minister resigned more then a month ago. And there's no military intervention.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 21, 2014, 11:33:28 pm
Blame the people hiring immigrants, not the immigrants themselves. They can't help that they are so gosh darn inexpensive to hire with little to no drawbacks(From the oligarchs perspective).
I agree on that.

Maybe 2010-2014 is the new 1848
uhh... Helloo...?  We're living in like 1914, not the 1830's.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: joer5835 on March 21, 2014, 11:56:48 pm
Maybe 2010-2014 is the new 1848
uhh... Helloo...?  We're living in like 1914, not the 1830's.

1848, the year of the big revolutions and uprisings in europe. Doesn't ring a bell?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 22, 2014, 12:09:01 am
Maybe 2010-2014 is the new 1848
uhh... Helloo...?  We're living in like 1914, not the 1830's.

1848, the year of the big revolutions and uprisings in europe. Doesn't ring a bell?

He doesn't seem to be familiar with much of history. Don't worry about it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 22, 2014, 12:55:57 am
The 1848 revolution in the Netherlands was the best, actually. Not that we had one, but the king still let go of most of his power and ordered a new constitution made. Just 'cos he was scared.

Good old days, good old days...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 22, 2014, 01:06:31 am
http://www.neweasterneurope.eu/articles-and-commentary/1150-seven-reasons-why-the-association-agreement-is-important-for-ukraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 22, 2014, 02:04:59 am
The 1848 revolution in the Netherlands was the best, actually. Not that we had one, but the king still let go of most of his power and ordered a new constitution made. Just 'cos he was scared.

Good old days, good old days...
1830 revolutions best revolutions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nasoori on March 22, 2014, 03:48:15 am
The 1848 revolution in the Netherlands was the best, actually. Not that we had one, but the king still let go of most of his power and ordered a new constitution made. Just 'cos he was scared.

Good old days, good old days...

Pretty much the same story in Denmark o/ \o
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 22, 2014, 04:06:39 am
Maybe 2010-2014 is the new 1848
uhh... Helloo...?  We're living in like 1914, not the 1830's.

1848, the year of the big revolutions and uprisings in europe. Doesn't ring a bell?

He doesn't seem to be familiar with much of history. Don't worry about it.
If you add 100 years to the numbers I said, does it ring a bell? I was refering to people who are saying "We live in [current year], not 1930's." Historical joke for you, but you don't know enough of it for understand yet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 22, 2014, 08:58:46 am
I laughed really hard at that joke maaaaan.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 22, 2014, 09:12:10 am
British parliament speaks.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/in-response-to-president-putins-address-to-the-russian-parliament
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 22, 2014, 09:36:08 am
Quote
If you add 100 years to the numbers I said, does it ring a bell? I was refering to people who are saying "We live in [current year], not 1930's." Historical joke for you, but you don't know enough of it for understand yet.

Ah well. How clever of you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 22, 2014, 01:42:56 pm
The 1848 revolution in the Netherlands was the best, actually. Not that we had one, but the king still let go of most of his power and ordered a new constitution made. Just 'cos he was scared.

Good old days, good old days...
1830 revolutions best revolutions.

Mah United Kingdom of the Netherlands   :'( :'( :'(

Russian navy took over the only Ukrainian submarine. Half the crew joined the Russians, half left. This is starting to look like a civil war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bramif on March 22, 2014, 03:05:23 pm
The 1848 revolution in the Netherlands was the best, actually. Not that we had one, but the king still let go of most of his power and ordered a new constitution made. Just 'cos he was scared.

Good old days, good old days...

Pretty much the same story in Denmark o/ \o
First Schleswig war, yo! Dem damn Germans trying to free themselves.... :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Valerian on March 22, 2014, 03:12:07 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26698754

Things are starting to escalate even more.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 22, 2014, 03:14:36 pm
Russians claim 16.000 Ukrainians defected  :o

Where are Prince_Eugen and Admiral when you need them?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 22, 2014, 03:15:06 pm
out there being mobilized? or defecting according to the russian?


This post has been edited by the Great and All-knowing Vladimir Putin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on March 22, 2014, 03:57:43 pm
Never mind
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 22, 2014, 07:47:41 pm
Russians attacked an airbase after the Ukrainians refused to leave. There was shooting and one guy (a journalist) got wounded.

Edit: Okay, I made a mistake there, sorry guys. It's apparently Ukrainians closing the border (expectable). Russians said Ukrainian troops aren't allowed out - which makes no sense.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 23, 2014, 01:31:07 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBLs_AsBtjg

Just mass amounts of Desertion.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 23, 2014, 09:01:35 am
What else are you going to do?

Your country, your homeland is taken over, your family lives there, your wife lives there, your children live there and you have only 3 options;
1. Join the Russian army, keep your rank and base you work at.
2. Stay in Ukrainian army, leave everything behind and move to some random base in Ukraine where you are far away from your family, chances are you are not allowed to see them.. And have no friends, live alone in a new house you have to find.
3. Loose your job but remain in your homeland near your family, but then have a big job insecurity, because finding jobs in crimea is not easy, there is no industry at all etc.

Hell even I would consider option 1 to be the best, but if you ask them straight up if they really love Russia most will probably say yes so they keep their job but think NO, if Ukraine takes back Crimea somehow today, most will immediately defect back...
Also you have a case of constant bombartment of Russian persuasion and propaganda, no other tv stations or radio is in crimea but russian state TV/Radio etc.


Also more info on Russia Today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQkXv08uL5c
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 24, 2014, 08:09:31 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fur0PJKvOg



http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/24/ukrainian-women-kidnapped-by-russians-in-crimea-tell-their-tale.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on March 24, 2014, 06:56:59 pm
Spoiler
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C_xzZgCFCA[/youtube]
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Is it too late for this?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 24, 2014, 07:11:08 pm
Spoiler
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C_xzZgCFCA[/youtube]
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Is it too late for this?

Lel, best part of the VICE series. I broke out laughing when I first saw that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Josef Lenin on March 25, 2014, 02:47:11 am
Spoiler
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C_xzZgCFCA[/youtube]
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Is it too late for this?
Its never too late.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 25, 2014, 08:50:20 am
Now the annex is done the local tartar tv channel is getting less and less rights on things it can broadcast, naturally because it might not be so pro Russian?
http://mediafreedomwatch.org/ru-krymsko-tatarskomu-kanalu-zapretili-veshhat-v-pryamom-efire/


Yey Russia is so democratic and stuff right?
http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/crimea-citizens-to-receive-possible-5-year-jail-terms-for-anyone-who-talks-of-belonging-to-ukraine-or-independence/


In good news however the leader of the extreme right "right sector" movement (Alexander Muzychko (Sashko Biliy) ) was shot dead yesterday.
Let that facist pig rot in hell.

Note that most Ukranians don't support the right wing parties at all.
However Kremlin backed tv stations claim things like that the Jews brought the holocaust upon themselves.
http://euromaidanpr.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/russian-tv-host-says-jews-brought-the-holocaust-around-themselves/



Also Poland minister of foreign affairs received a letter from a high up in the Russian parliament asking them if they would support splitting Ukraine in two parts if they would be given the north-western half of the country.
A similar letter was send to the Romanian foreign minister.
http://www.tvp.info/14506221/duma-do-polskiego-msz-podzielmy-ukraine
(use google translate if you don't speak polish)
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs.v3.tvp.pl%2Fimages2%2F0%2Fb%2F6%2Fuid_0b628ce11a1d930f4cb7ebacc49ea9e41395641009565_width_633_play_0_pos_0_gs_0_height_355.jpg&hash=8f67d4017bfa618cd104c0314c3d553cd8f2db4a)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 25, 2014, 01:25:32 pm
Relevant?

Relevant!
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/mlfj0TI.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 25, 2014, 01:47:06 pm
I can't believe that the split-off plan isn't world news yet. Any confirmations about it?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 25, 2014, 01:50:13 pm
I can't believe that the split-off plan isn't world news yet. Any confirmations about it?

There are no confirmations whatsoever, and even the big Americans news corporations like CNN haven't said anything about it, which makes me feel like it might be BS. Considering the media likes to jump on every piece of sensationalist fear mongering garbage they can get their hands on, I would have thought they would be freaking out over this. Or maybe it just hasn't reached them yet. Who knows, but to me it sounds sort of far fetched.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 25, 2014, 03:08:45 pm
Yeah, I thought the same thing.

Dutch news is surprisingly silent about this subject, and any info it does give are either neutral pieces of information, or 'this is what Russia said:'
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 25, 2014, 03:41:07 pm
Well I did some googling and the only semi well known outlet that has reported on it has been Reuters, which is primarily a celebrity gossip magazine... so go figure.

Also, the Russian politician who has been in the center of all this is exactly that - a politician. He has no real power as far as I can tell except for his vote in parliament, and another thing is that I believe the whole thing was just a proposition - an idea. If this comes anywhere close to fruition I would be seriously surprised. Especially because there are currently some bad trust issues going on between Russia and Poland right now, so I doubt Poland would even begin to consider an offer such as that. Romania may be a different story, but I still think it unlikely that a deal like that would go through.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: -~Carson~- on March 25, 2014, 06:13:31 pm
This is a very odd situation for Ukraine. I just hope that two of the worlds super powers don't go to war. That would just be horrible!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 25, 2014, 06:33:52 pm
US/EU threaten with new sanctions. Economically this time.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 25, 2014, 07:32:07 pm
Russia ain't no G8 no more!! I guess they would be sooo mad right now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 25, 2014, 07:55:40 pm
Or not really. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/24/russia-shrugs-threat-expulsion-g8)

However, I found this quite interesting
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fglobalvoicesonline.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F12%2F%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B9%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BD-01_engl-800x525.jpg&hash=6e9874b7fbfe49f30e0ee072104c2d907fa5d0a8)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on March 25, 2014, 08:05:52 pm
Any country would have acted the same, ice cold. Russia can not afford to look affected by the sanctions, but I dare say Putin sweats.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 25, 2014, 10:26:03 pm
Russia ain't no G8 no more!! I guess they would be sooo mad right now.
Or not really. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/24/russia-shrugs-threat-expulsion-g8)

I thought it was obvious...
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi3.kym-cdn.com%2Fentries%2Ficons%2Foriginal%2F000%2F012%2F132%2Fthatsthejoke.jpg&hash=fcc715cc18b802a82a485c4cbd50bf87bf385316)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 25, 2014, 10:28:43 pm
Do not underestimate the economic drain Russia currently is in. Even the threat of economic sanctions, a hint that they might come, is enough for investors to stay clear away.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 25, 2014, 11:29:45 pm
Not that easy to cancel everything when deals and big investments has already been made.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 25, 2014, 11:33:04 pm
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/liz-wahl-quit-russia-today-putins-pawn-104888.html#.UzHZPlcxDpa
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 26, 2014, 12:05:23 am
Not that easy to cancel everything when deals and big investments has already been made.

Take an economy lesson or two. Sounds like you need one.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: 1stNOG_IDF on March 27, 2014, 03:42:50 pm
Putin Stronk.
Putin Savior
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 27, 2014, 04:13:31 pm
Putin Stronk.
Putin Savior

Putin best dictator 2k14
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sasuau on March 27, 2014, 04:16:05 pm
Putin love, Putis is life. He's gon save us all from Nazis and imperialists. He will save all the russians being persecuted in Equestria. Heil!
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 27, 2014, 04:20:45 pm
All hail Tsar Vladimar I of the house of Putin!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on March 27, 2014, 04:37:58 pm
Oh... *walks away slowly*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 28, 2014, 12:52:18 am
Haven't been monitoring thread lately, so sorry if this has been posted before, but Natalia Poklonskaya is now on Ukraine's wanted list, apparently.

Spoiler
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http://rt.com/news/prosecutor-poklonskaya-wanted-crimea-349/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 28, 2014, 12:59:34 am
qt 3.14 10/10 would make waifu

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 28, 2014, 01:02:47 am
qt 3.14 10/10 would make waifu
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 28, 2014, 01:04:34 am
stfu

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdqZpttGqwg[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on March 28, 2014, 01:28:06 am
underbite / 10
would not bang
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 28, 2014, 01:31:35 am
unnoticeable in most situations / 10
still would bang
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 28, 2014, 09:51:29 am
Gotta love some of the reactions I seen (on my facebook -_- ) concerning the (monetary) support to Ukraine.

"Eastern Europa is all the same anyway"
"Ukraine is corrupt, why are we helping them, it's Greece all over again"
"They aren't getting any of my money!"
"EU is too weak to do anything anyway"
"Pfff, USA should shut up, they invade stuff all the time, so Russia can invade Ukraine, it's pretty fair"
"We should just give it all to the Russians, who cares?"

And my personal favorite (Said by an Anarchist) :
"The strong countries take over the weak countries, it's natural, Darwin said so"

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 28, 2014, 01:44:12 pm
Gotta love the anarchists sarcasm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on March 28, 2014, 01:52:16 pm
Gotta love the anarchists sarcasm.
+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 28, 2014, 02:12:13 pm
Obama isn't even trying to pretend anymore.

https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/26-7
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 28, 2014, 02:15:32 pm
Obama isn't even trying to pretend anymore.

https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/26-7

Quote
But even in Iraq, America sought to work within the international system. We did not claim or annex Iraq’s territory. We did not grab its resources for our own gain. Instead, we ended our war and left Iraq to its people in a fully sovereign Iraqi state that can make decisions about its own future.

I chuckled. False flag operations are within international law, I guess. Also, to state that Iraq is now in a stable position to make its own decisions is frankly laughable. The country is almost as bad as it was before we went in.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 28, 2014, 02:48:06 pm
Gotta love the anarchists sarcasm.

Oh it wasn't sarcasm. Then again, I must mention that this is a self-declared Anarchist. He seems to think that making jokes about politics and not caring much about it anyway, equals Anarchism.

Hmm, the Ex-president of Ukraine says every region should have a referendum to decide 'on the future of the region'... I can see some more annexing happening very soon.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 28, 2014, 02:48:33 pm
The only reason they did not annex it (Iraq), is because it is thousands of kilometers away from Merica... It would be way to hard to maintain and supply. Making a puppet state out of it is much easier.

As I said before, Russia is doing a much better job, they did not have to kill thousands of people. Then again, Merica had much longer supply lines.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 28, 2014, 02:50:25 pm
We're not avoiding a conflict, just post-phoning it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 28, 2014, 02:51:25 pm
Yes, exactly.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 28, 2014, 02:54:41 pm
The only reason they did not annex it (Iraq), is because it is thousands of kilometers away from Merica... It would be way to hard to maintain and supply. Making a puppet state out of it is much easier.

As I said before, Russia is doing a much better job, they did not have to kill thousands of people. Then again, Merica had much longer supply lines.

Probably mainly because the vast majority of Crimea's population supports them, and the Ukrainian government knows better than to begin an open conflict with Russia. Iraqi citizens thought slightly differently... as we found out the hard way.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 28, 2014, 02:56:32 pm
Let's forget that the Iraqi people were fed anti-American propaganda and the Crimeans are fed pro-Russian. That has an effect on people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 28, 2014, 03:04:38 pm
Let's forget that the Iraqi people were fed anti-American propaganda and the Crimeans are fed pro-Russian. That has an effect on people.

Well to be fair they are largely ethnically Russian, so it's understandable that they'd want to maintain their roots with the country. Propaganda probably has a moderate amount to do with it, but far less than it did in Iraq. Also, in the Iraq situation the US just came in with little to no prompting or warning, where they had no presence beforehand and few political or diplomatic ties the country (although economic ones for obvious reasons) and started tearing shit up with no benefit to the Iraqi people, whereas in Ukraine the Russians actually do have some justification for their actions, and it is affecting their own citizens positively (debatably). It's kind of an uncomparable situation if you ask me, but I do think the Russians are slightly more justified here than the Americans were in Iraq.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 28, 2014, 03:17:10 pm
58%. Plus all the Russian ex-soldiers that stayed their after their retirement. I wonder where those 'self-defense'-groups came from.

I fail to see how Russia has justification. There were a few protests and some fights, but to say that the Russian populace of Ukraine was in danger, is idiotic. Besides, there are regions with more Russians then in the Crimea, so why weren't those invaded too, if that's the reason to go to war? Why 'just' the Crimea? Because that's what Putin wants. Iraq was an oppressive regime with no political freedom (and a dictator), and Ukraine isn't even close to that.

I noted that Crimeans largely talk about '23 years'. 'After 23 years we're back home'. Guys, what happened 23 years ago? Yush. The fall of the Sovet Union. These people don't want Russia, they want the Soviet Union.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 28, 2014, 03:53:25 pm
True that. And I am not sure that Russia is so much different to the Soviet Union. Most citizens still feel like they are in the Soviet Union and just changed their name and gave up some territories.
I guess most Russian think that 23 years ago everything was better. They are probably not being told what was really going on in the Soviet Union.
It is different in Germany, after the fall of the Empire, everything changed, the whole political and economic system was rebuild more or less from scratch and people were told what actually happened during the 1940s. I highly doubt that Russians are being taught about Gulags etc. (I mean.. They are still in use today.) The system did not change.

Either way, there is no Justifcation for what Russia has done. It is their own fault that the Soviet Union failed, just because crimea once was part of Russia does not mean that it is still today. parts of Poland once were part of Germany. Hungary was part of Austria.
I mean come on, Germany and Austria are not demanding that countries back, just because parts of them have been German/Austrian through most of the History.


In the end, it does not matter whether any of these invasions were justified or what they had in common (or did not have in common). What matters, is that it happened and that no one is going to stop any major "superpower" or "world power" or however you want to call them, if they grab some land. Not yet. Wait a few more years until all major resources are gone and everyone will be fighting for the last drop of oil...
It is going to happen. The only way out of it is to revolutionize the way we are spending and using resources. Building a new system that does not rely on oil, gas or coal but on something that can be reused over and over again. A resource that renews itself or is available in such masses that we have to much of it. (Nuclear Fusion?) 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 28, 2014, 05:15:46 pm
True that. And I am not sure that Russia is so much different to the Soviet Union. Most citizens still feel like they are in the Soviet Union and just changed their name and gave up some territories.
I guess most Russian think that 23 years ago everything was better. They are probably not being told what was really going on in the Soviet Union.
It is different in Germany, after the fall of the Empire, everything changed, the whole political and economic system was rebuild more or less from scratch and people were told what actually happened during the 1940s. I highly doubt that Russians are being taught about Gulags etc. (I mean.. They are still in use today.) The system did not change.

Either way, there is no Justifcation for what Russia has done. It is their own fault that the Soviet Union failed, just because crimea once was part of Russia does not mean that it is still today. parts of Poland once were part of Germany. Hungary was part of Austria.
I mean come on, Germany and Austria are not demanding that countries back, just because parts of them have been German/Austrian through most of the History.


In the end, it does not matter whether any of these invasions were justified or what they had in common (or did not have in common). What matters, is that it happened and that no one is going to stop any major "superpower" or "world power" or however you want to call them, if they grab some land. Not yet. Wait a few more years until all major resources are gone and everyone will be fighting for the last drop of oil...
It is going to happen. The only way out of it is to revolutionize the way we are spending and using resources. Building a new system that does not rely on oil, gas or coal but on something that can be reused over and over again. A resource that renews itself or is available in such masses that we have to much of it. (Nuclear Fusion?) 

Thats why i'm an advocate of the Zeitgeist movement.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on March 28, 2014, 07:39:48 pm
Here in Belgium the news has catched news that Russia also takes interest into Moldavia because not that long ago a region had a referendum to join Russia and that Russia currently has enough troops to go through Ukraine into Moldavia
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 28, 2014, 09:52:51 pm
At long last, Dispatch 19.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bgtKoYBZVg[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on March 28, 2014, 10:17:18 pm
Interesting combination of Russian Berezka camo and some British DPM camo for the Ukrainian Marines....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 30, 2014, 05:38:08 am
Let's forget that the Iraqi people were fed anti-American propaganda and the Crimeans are fed pro-Russian. That has an effect on people.
US killing hundreds of thousands civilians turned out to be the most effective anti-American propaganda in the whole middle-east. US decided to destabilize Iraq, simply because Hussein refused his country to be privatized by American corporations. Same scenario as in South America, CIA-led coup in Iran. The oppressive regime in Saudi Arabia run by a dictator? Doesn't stop them from being one of the closest US allies, as they are friends of corporations.

Now to the comparison - even West-Ukrainians are thousands times more culturally tied to Russians than Americans and Arabs. Majority of Ukrainians are basicly culturally Russian.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 30, 2014, 08:23:35 am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhbbKoSH88c[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on March 30, 2014, 09:04:06 pm
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/30/exclusive-photographs-expose-russian-trained-killers-in-kiev.html

http://www.worldbulletin.net/europe/132365/crimea-parliament-breaks-promise-on-tatar-representation
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 30, 2014, 09:10:46 pm
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/30/exclusive-photographs-expose-russian-trained-killers-in-kiev.html

Interesting. However The Daily Beast is just about the most biased news source you can get, and the words in the article "The pictures shared exclusively with The Daily Beast" kind of raise some alarm bells. Not saying it's false information, but I'm a tad bit suspicious of its credibility.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on March 30, 2014, 11:46:06 pm
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/30/exclusive-photographs-expose-russian-trained-killers-in-kiev.html

Interesting. However The Daily Beast is just about the most biased news source you can get, and the words in the article "The pictures shared exclusively with The Daily Beast" kind of raise some alarm bells. Not saying it's false information, but I'm a tad bit suspicious of its credibility.

Same..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: 1stNOG_IDF on March 31, 2014, 06:31:40 am
Guys guys guys. It's Ukraine...


They'll trade for Crimea back with some nice borsch or something, Putin can't resist.

Putin stronk. In Putin we trust, and stuff.

mmm....borsch
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Friedrich on March 31, 2014, 09:52:39 am
Majority of Ukrainians are basicly culturally Russian.
I'm sorry, but are you stupid? That would be same if I call majority of Dutch as basicly culturally German. Just because they were for centuries german. So pls Netherlands heim ins Reich!
Honestly, that's retarded.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on March 31, 2014, 11:30:21 am
Majority of Ukrainians are basicly culturally Russian.
I'm sorry, but are you stupid? That would be same if I call majority of Dutch as basicly culturally German. Just because they were for centuries german. So pls Netherlands heim ins Reich!
Honestly, that's retarded.

Seconded. Sharing a culture doesnt mean anything, and is certainly not a reason to justify what has happened/is happening.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 31, 2014, 12:09:15 pm
So pls Netherlands heim ins Reich!

Pls no Anschluss
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 31, 2014, 12:30:15 pm
http://www.thenation.com/blog/179057/seven-decades-nazi-collaboration-americas-dirty-little-ukraine-secret
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 31, 2014, 12:33:57 pm
I fail to see how Ukrainians who allied themselves with the Nazi's are 'baddies'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 31, 2014, 12:50:10 pm
ok
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 31, 2014, 12:51:58 pm
Common education nowdays, Nazis is a term used for anyone your government doesn't like or someone who isn't 'murica.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 31, 2014, 01:13:38 pm
And terrorists as well as oppressive regimes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nasoori on March 31, 2014, 01:24:48 pm
Common education nowdays, Nazis is a term used for anyone your government doesn't like or someone who isn't 'murica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fZZqDJXOVg
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on April 01, 2014, 09:45:53 pm
Interesting article (about Swedes/Finns) - might be relevant to whats going on

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/01/us-ukraine-crisis-nordics-idUSBREA301AD20140401
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 01, 2014, 10:12:36 pm
USA is sending troops to Ukraine for a shared exercise with the Ukranian army.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 01, 2014, 10:25:27 pm
USA is sending troops to Ukraine for a shared exercise with the Ukranian army.


can u giff source pls?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 01, 2014, 10:43:30 pm
Dutch news site said the Kiev government just decided to invite 2500 NATO soldiers, including Americans and Poles. I don't have a source in English, but I trust this to be legit. Not really a very propagandish-story.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: 1stNOG_IDF on April 01, 2014, 10:55:17 pm
Quote
and Poles.

...Lol
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 01, 2014, 11:34:29 pm
Poland is a valuable NATO member and extremely willing to support Ukraine. What's the Lol for?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: 1stNOG_IDF on April 02, 2014, 12:09:39 am
Because it's Poland, quite possibly one of the most depressing, if not useless European countries.

Edit: Did I mention because it's Poland?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 02, 2014, 12:33:48 am
Because it's Poland, quite possibly one of the most depressing, if not useless European countries.

Edit: Did I mention because it's Poland?

Nah, that's a little too harsh. We've got shitholes like Belarus, Albania, Bulgaria and Moldavia which are far worse in terms of poverty, soviet cultural suppression and stagnant economies. Poland is relatively strong in those fields.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 02, 2014, 01:18:16 am
Because it's Poland, quite possibly one of the most depressing, if not useless European countries.

Edit: Did I mention because it's Poland?

Oh for fuck's sake, this isn't r/polandball. Don't shit on a nation that's was crippled by years of communist occupation.

They're sure as shit better off than most of Eastern Europe, hell they're better off than all of the P.I.I.G.S
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: 1stNOG_IDF on April 02, 2014, 01:20:10 am
But can Poland into space?

I think not.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 02, 2014, 01:21:18 am
Just as much as Israel cannot into anything good except war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on April 02, 2014, 01:29:45 am
Just as much as Israel cannot into anything good except war.
Them be fightin' words. Everyone please stop while we still can :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 02, 2014, 01:35:07 am
Just getting tired of people shitting on countries because they can.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 02, 2014, 01:42:19 am
Just getting tired of people shitting on countries because they can.

He was just joking m8. All the same, poland gets undeserved ridicule. They're been recovering pretty nicely from crippling economic depression brought upon them by decades of Soviet occupation. Probably the most well of any former Eastern Bloc country aside from Russia itself.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on April 02, 2014, 01:58:21 am
B-b-but my unit wiped out a polish squad last weekend? oh wait reenactment dont count? Sorry,

I seriously doubt this NATO request though, Ukraine is not member of NATO. Therefore, NATO can reject unless a NATO member is feeling threatened. Such as Poland can ask NATO to step in if felt threatened. 


i also did a google about less than an hour ago, nothing came up. Just bunch of article saying NATO dropped Russia crap blah blah blah.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 02, 2014, 02:00:10 am
Both Poland and Turkey have voiced opposition towards Russia, they could have blown the whistle.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: 1stNOG_IDF on April 02, 2014, 03:26:55 am
So mad, so Polish
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on April 02, 2014, 03:33:07 am
Please stop this useless instigation, IDF. Keep this thread civil and serious; if you cannot do that, please refrain from posting here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 02, 2014, 08:33:10 am
It wasn't a NATO request, it was an Ukrainian request.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 03, 2014, 02:16:31 pm
Apparently their in the process of identifying the shooters.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26868119


Also a small docu about the tartar opinion and background in Crimea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FZWgHi3unU
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on April 03, 2014, 09:18:50 pm
Seems like a war might be ineviteble...

Spoiler
Time to buy some zeppelins!
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUB9QGKCNmI[/youtube]
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: GLman on April 03, 2014, 09:21:47 pm
My friend moved from Ukraine when he was 10 :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 03, 2014, 10:17:55 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbT469xaqmA[/youtube]
m8s
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 03, 2014, 11:51:37 pm
Interesting. And good.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Krotan on April 10, 2014, 06:25:28 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26975204

Thought it was worth sharing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 10, 2014, 06:52:35 pm
[youtube]youtube.com/watch?v=wetleAB1XmY[/youtube]
The situation in Ukraine is in a strange tense stalemate right now
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 12, 2014, 08:16:28 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpdCvuf-ZOk[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on April 12, 2014, 08:29:13 pm
Do we know for sure if these occupations aren't paid dramas or is the majority of the crowd really for this?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 12, 2014, 08:32:25 pm
Do we know for sure if these occupations aren't paid dramas or is the majority of the crowd really for this?

Seems like they're just a vocal minority for the most part in Donetsk, but they have enough funding and power to at least take over certain areas through force of arms. Doesn't seem like they have much of a future though, as they don't enjoy extensive public support and the Ukrainian government is planning to oust them somehow.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on April 12, 2014, 08:43:42 pm
That red haired woman's voice...Jesus Christ...it made me want to lead a police action personally
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 13, 2014, 01:15:36 am
Apparently a small group of pro-Russian 'militia', armed with sub-automatics used solely by the Russian army, in the same uniform without insignia and under clear command of an officer, stormed a police station. Russia of course tells Ukraine that she can't use violence on these 'protestors'.

Russia also said she will not join the diplomatic talks on April the 17th if Ukraine uses military force.

What are your opinions guys? As for me: While pro-Russians love saying that their actions mirror that of the west, we haven't seen anti-Russia militias storming police bases out of the blue. It's hard for me to keep neutral; Russia is just so obviously involved in this and Putin just wants to revive his beloved Soviet-Union. For fucks sake, he literally said that countries that border Russia are not allowed to do anything anti-Russia, as they are 'historically Russian'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on April 13, 2014, 01:40:39 am
Opinions on the whole situation?

Russia seems to be undergoing a massive nationalistic pride boner that has lasted well over four hours which they have not told a doctor about yet.

The Russian government is run by a dictator intent on making himself a tsar.

The Russian government are trying to use whatever bullshit they can brew to get the states that were once in their hands during the soviet era back.

Russia I've heard has a rather xenophobic culture at the moment.

Accusing other nations for being facist, yet they seem to be going down that exact road.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 13, 2014, 11:43:32 am
I have to agree.

One Ukrainian security-force member got killed and 5 others have been wounded during their, as they call it, anti-terrorism operation in Slavjansk. Russia hasn't responded. As of yet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 13, 2014, 02:01:29 pm
http://www.alternet.org/world/americas-coup-machine-destroying-democracy-1953
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 13, 2014, 02:38:12 pm
Yes Augy, all the world is in one big conspiracy.

Apparently while pro-Russians Ukrainians can call in the help of the Russian Armed Forces, Anti-Russians are nothing but a bunch of capitalist conspirators when they appeal to the western powers? The sad truth is that Ukraine had three choices; The west, Russia, or complete neutrality. Russia has made the 3rd option entirely impossible (out of fear of the 1st). There will always be power blocs, it's just a product of diplomacy.

However, saying that the US ORGANISED this coup instead of just aided is a ridiculous claim. There were several months of protests and there were clear reasons for those protests. Yakunovich has been ousted, not arrested, not killed. There has been no system change, no installment of a new regime other then the creation of an intern government that will host elections in May. The west did not help that much, really. Especially now, after the revolution. Ukraine is in need of financial support and the EU and US are struggling to give it to them, with many political parties in several countries (including our beloved PVV of Wilders) refusing to give support, claiming Ukraine is a lost cause and nothing but a corrupt bunch of Nazi's. Hmm, that sounds familiar?

Europa and the Americas have one big advantage over Russia - They're actually democracies. Of course, the power game is still on, as it has always been. Yet can you deny that the western nations are more democratic and more free then Russia, over which Putin has ruled for 15 years now, transforming it into a totalitarian regimen and kicking it right back into good old Comrade Stalin's days?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on April 13, 2014, 03:56:03 pm
Why is everything what doesn't cope with your views a conspiracy theory? Actually I would choose to live in USSR, pre-ww2 Germany or pre-60's America rather than in a ultraliberal democracy such as Netherlands. At least I be more likely to be 'brainwashed' into being a decent, norm-abiding person than a marijuana-smoking sexual deviant, sad but true. Totalitarian regime would most likely be the lesser good between that and an anarchist society.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 13, 2014, 04:30:44 pm
Why is everything what doesn't cope with your views a conspiracy theory? Actually I would choose to live in USSR, pre-ww2 Germany or pre-60's America rather than in a ultraliberal democracy such as Netherlands. At least I be more likely to be 'brainwashed' into being a decent, norm-abiding person than a marijuana-smoking sexual deviant, sad but true. Totalitarian regime would most likely be the lesser good between that and an anarchist society.

Wanting to live in the USSR I can believe - it's every deluded 21st century young communist reminiscer's wet dream. But pre-ww2 Germany? How would that be an attractive choice at all? The Weimar period was just shitty all around, with little to no redeeming quality. Surely you mean pre-ww1 if you're talking about totalitarian "utopias"?

Ah well, either way you're making absolutely no sense, and it's clear that you have little to no actual experience with the Netherlands, or any western country for that matter if you're willing to make a claim so ridiculous as one saying you'd be a pot smoking sexual deviant if you lived there. I think you're a product of the cold War, born after 1991 in a former eastern bloc country of soviet-educated parents, and you never quite grew out of their views. That part isn't your fault, but you could at least attempt to be a tad bit open and less hostile to western ideas, as they're probably not as extreme and outlandish as you'd like to believe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 13, 2014, 04:34:03 pm
a ultraliberal democracy such as Netherlands. At least I be more likely to be 'brainwashed' into being a decent, norm-abiding person than a marijuana-smoking sexual deviant, sad but true.

Uhm...Okay. I also never said it was a conspiracy. Russia meddling with Ukraine is not a conspiracy - It's Russia's foreign policy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 13, 2014, 05:23:49 pm
Actually I would choose to live in USSR, pre-ww2 Germany or pre-60's America rather than in a ultraliberal democracy such as Netherlands.
You're still in Norway right?Actually you can live in USSR, move to Russia and wait few years.
Btw Norway is even more terrible in that sense than Netherlands.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on April 13, 2014, 05:35:16 pm
Activate nationalism...


*every nation is shitty in some way
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 13, 2014, 05:47:02 pm
What are your opinions guys?
There are a lot of:
1. It was started by Akhmetov and Efremov, with help of Russia and local criminals, who wants to gets with this some guaranties from new government, like 'you do not start investigate on our business, income, schemes, leave it alone, leave our people on their positions, and we end with this separatism'.but it going off the control
2. There will be conversations USA-EU-RU-UA on 17th April. Russian main idea that federalism is needed here in Ukraine, and it can solve the problem, thats why they rush in to create some Donetsk-Lugansk-East-South republic or at least trying to made another referendum to "prove" they point.
3. Putler wants to recreate USSR, some USSR 2.0, and wants to gather as much as he manage to do until Russia will be in complete isolation
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on April 13, 2014, 09:06:38 pm
/Takes Crimea

/Instantly become Soviet Union.   ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 13, 2014, 09:20:03 pm
/Takes Crimea

/Instantly become Soviet Union.   ::)

Soviet Reunion
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 13, 2014, 09:20:54 pm
Putin said more then once that the destruction of the Soviet Union was the greatest error of the 20th century. He considers Gorbachov a criminal and sees himself as the Pan-Russian hero that will make everything right.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 13, 2014, 09:27:11 pm
If Gorbachov was a criminal than Franco was a saint.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 13, 2014, 09:47:18 pm
Apparently they are going to put Gorbachev on trail for dissolving the Soviet Union.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 13, 2014, 09:59:51 pm
He considers Gorbachov a criminal and sees himself as the Pan-Russian hero that will make everything right.
Not only him.
Btw,
MOSCOW, April 10. / ITAR-TASS /. A group of deputies of the State Duma from the different fractions prepared a request to the Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika to conduct a prosecutor's check of the events that occurred during the collapse of the USSR.
Deputies expect that based on the request and subsequent checks will be started criminal cases, including on the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
/Instantly become Soviet Union.   ::)
Not instantly, but he probably doesn't have other choice, except that, if wanted to rule the country for long time.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on April 13, 2014, 10:14:54 pm
I wub Gorby

Now i h8 poopin
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 14, 2014, 12:39:17 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpdCvuf-ZOk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 14, 2014, 01:02:11 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpdCvuf-ZOk

Ur late m8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Josef Lenin on April 14, 2014, 01:03:38 am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpdCvuf-ZOk[/youtube]
As you can see here. Evidence of double posting content. That's very rude Vince.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 14, 2014, 01:10:22 am
Sorry missed it  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MagicTeatowel on April 14, 2014, 01:40:04 am
Sorry missed it  ::)
tbh, I think the mods should just ban Vince. He wanders round as if he owns the place!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on April 14, 2014, 01:41:06 am
Sorry missed it  ::)
tbh, I think the mods should just ban Vince. He wanders round as if he owns the place!
+1
I have no idea what planet he thinks he's on.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 14, 2014, 01:48:06 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on April 14, 2014, 02:16:15 am
That's no forum... that's an FSE station....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Josef Lenin on April 14, 2014, 03:54:12 am
That's no forum... that's an FSE station....
Lock S-foils in attack position
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Anyways enough off-topic, but yeah Ukraine, what a great opportunity for East and West media outlets.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 15, 2014, 01:39:02 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUNVwbp_JSA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 15, 2014, 08:39:59 am
So Ukraine started its anti-terrorist action. Ruski invasion inbound?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on April 15, 2014, 09:35:19 am
Not until tomorrow. Wednesday is perfect point for invasion.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 15, 2014, 01:47:57 pm
Not sure if joking...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: munky-wunky on April 15, 2014, 03:10:55 pm
Don't worry duuring there going to the right
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 16, 2014, 12:10:35 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wxEIWu9c94
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 16, 2014, 12:27:02 am
The issue with the Pro-russians, other then being badly informed ('Kiev are Nazis! Fascist! Killers!'), is that they simply do not negotiate. There's no clear leader or party. They just sent in a list of demands and do not reply on any attempts of the Kiev Government to actually talk about it, even when they are willing to give in on things. Why? Why do they refuse to negotiate? What's even more shitty is that Russian media seem to report the protesters refusal to talk or negotiate as some sort of passive aggression of Kiev.

Also, lots of old women. That's a notable difference I saw between Kiev and Crimea. Kiev was for the greatest part male, young to middle-age, yet in Crimea and once again here in Eastern Ukraine, the female elderly make up a good part of the protesters. I guess it's the old 'SOVIET RE-UNION PL0X'-thing. Cos you know, everything was better in the USSR.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 16, 2014, 12:31:36 am
Back in the USSR!  ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn3YqoRDTQo


But seriously, nostalgia... it is bad..
Overall, if I grab a small group of protestors and AK's and posses a local administration building here I will be stormed by armed police and if I even aim my AK at them shot dead and I'll be seen as a terrorist... somehow in Ukraine this is not allowed and Russia will invade if you as a gov try to stop an armed terrorist force.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 16, 2014, 12:36:11 am
It's also interesting how people simply blame everything on Kiev and see Russia as the big savior.

From a newsarticle, a female Ukranian from Kramatorsk  :

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"The plant I work at in Kramatorsk gets all of its orders from Russia, and none from Europe. When Kyiv started spoiling relations with Russia the number of orders decreased," Alekseyeva says, explaining her reasons."

So Russia gives them less orders - Yet Kiev is to blame. Right. that's fair. I'm also really surprised by the simplicity of these people's reasoning. 'They Nazi'. 'Russia is our brother'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 16, 2014, 01:09:48 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.tumblr.com%2Fcf1a0fb923d1f89b98a6f26fdb885ae6%2Ftumblr_inline_mtyasxJniM1r21fd3.jpg&hash=0773751a5026b6a9bf7b50c636b20a9c4686216e)

Finns, your services are required in removing pirogi from the premises!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 16, 2014, 03:55:42 pm
Pro-Russia miltia seized six Ukraine armoured vehicles in Eastern Ukraine, and that's been confirmed by the Ukrainian military. Whether the soldiers defected to Russia, are simply not following orders or something else, we simply don't know. It does appear that at least some Ukrainian soldiers deserted to the (Pro-)Russian side.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Palfer on April 16, 2014, 04:01:56 pm
I honestly think Russia and Ukraine have enhanced the problem. Yanukovych was ousted out of power -- fair enough. It was the Will of the people of Ukraine. Russia and Putin wish to exercise their 'divine power' and cause dissent and troubles in Ukraine. The Russian and Ukrainian economies have suffered detrimentally because of this… Is it really worth it? There will be elections soon, Yanukovych could stand for Office again if he and Russia feel that he is 'so popular with the Ukrainian people' and the 'one true president of Ukraine'.

It's funny. The UN and Nato etc. moved into Iraq and Afghanistan without hesitation, Libya too, but we see by Syria and Ukraine that when Russia opposes action, all the other Nations run away with their tails between their legs! Either do something, or do nothing! The way John Kerry speaks is utterly hilarious "If the Russians continue, there will be consequences" *Russians don't deescalate*, *American Government Freezes banks of like 2 Russian citizens* "Take that, Russia!"

Get good.

#Britain, #RoyalNavy, #FukPutin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 16, 2014, 04:12:06 pm
That's because nobody wants war.

I've done some research. At least three of the six captured vehicles are BMP model.
Spoiler
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It's a little hard to identify due to all the men sitting on top, but I think they are BMP-1's. Of which Ukraine has over a thousand. I can't see their numbers, so I can't say for sure how many they got.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on April 17, 2014, 12:01:58 am
Russia: The nation that condemns the use of force whilst still practicing the use of force themselves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 17, 2014, 12:07:24 am
Russia condems the US for 'measuring with two measurements' by saying the Kiev protest were legit and the Eastern Ukraine aren't. Funny, cos Russia did exactly the same, just turned around. And with absolutely no neutrality what-so-ever. The Western protets also took months before they turned ugly and guns did not appear on the protester side until the last few weeks and scarcely used. The Eastern 'protesters' stormed buildings with AK-47's.

American diplomats say Russia wants Ukraine to become a Federation in which Russia has veto-right. In short, it's annexation without removing the Ukrainian-Russian border from the map.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 17, 2014, 01:45:14 am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTdkY8tl2b0[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 17, 2014, 01:48:52 am
Why all this useless violence, just hold a vote, most of the people in these regions do not want to join Russia...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gokiller on April 17, 2014, 02:27:10 am
That Russian LT Colonel at the end. Nailed it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 17, 2014, 10:38:11 am
"We're so much better then the Kievs! We might attack ambulances but we're still better!"

Even the Berkut didn't attack ambulances. These people are no better then the Right Sector they hate so much. Also, that Russian Lieutenant-Colonel - Isn't that 100% proof there is Russian involvement?

EDIT: Of course Putin denies it. He can deny all he wants. It's fucking clear.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on April 17, 2014, 02:40:39 pm
Why all this useless violence, just hold a vote, most of the people in these regions do not want to join Russia...

Voter intimidation was fanatic in Crimea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on April 17, 2014, 03:18:45 pm
Why all this useless violence, just hold a vote, most of the people in these regions do not want to join Russia...

Voter intimidation was fanatic in Crimea.
It's true, Russia is getting better with the years ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 17, 2014, 04:33:07 pm
UN representatives noted many cases of violated human rights. Even Russia recogizes the UN, so there's little Putin can do.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 17, 2014, 05:49:11 pm
Quote
Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy At Work, joins Thom Hartmann. Joining the European Union has been a disaster for countries like Greece - Spain - and Ireland. Austerity cuts have decimated their already struggling economies. So why is Ukraine even THINKING of moving closer to joining the EU?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEsiSTTiI9U

radical!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 17, 2014, 06:19:48 pm
Ukraine does not want to join the EU and the EU does not want Ukraine to join them. This has been clear from the start and stated multiple times in different media. What are you blabbing about?

Edit: Russia Today. Really Augy? For someone who keeps saying the media are biased and controlled by the capitalist and whatnot, that's a rather disappointing move.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 17, 2014, 09:35:57 pm
Richard Wolff is a pretty vocal anti-capitalist who makes appearances everywhere.

Russians are being imperialist scumbags but any western intervention would surely lead up to another world war.
That being said, it would be good if the people didn't succumb to nationalist intoxication and started something from the ground up because both Russians and Ukrainian people suffer the same meaningless existences. be it under a capitalist state or a socialist state. they will find their way.

Only time will tell, you guys raging about the russians is pretty entertaining though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 17, 2014, 09:44:01 pm
you being a retarded anarchist is pretty entertaining as well
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 17, 2014, 09:52:08 pm
I love you too, Sven.  :-*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 17, 2014, 09:52:40 pm
no problem bby
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 17, 2014, 11:28:09 pm


Richard Wolff is a pretty vocal anti-capitalist who makes appearances everywhere.

Great! How this is relevant to what I said? Or just a random extra text of information that nobody asked for and is completely unnecessary for the current subject?

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Only time will tell, you guys raging about the russians is pretty entertaining though.

I find you it pretty entertaining that you, the famous FSE anarchists, watches Russia Today and thinks its legit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 03:21:29 am
Rossia rosssia rosssia! Death to fascist and glory to comrade Putin!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on April 18, 2014, 04:43:17 am
Well, if you have critical sense I don't see what's wrong with using RT as an alternative source for getting information. You have to understand when they make up things and when do they actually benefit from saying the truth.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 18, 2014, 04:45:15 am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GK1mWiCi8T4[/youtube]

LITERALLY. HITLER.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 18, 2014, 07:24:54 am


Richard Wolff is a pretty vocal anti-capitalist who makes appearances everywhere.

Great! How this is relevant to what I said? Or just a random extra text of information that nobody asked for and is completely unnecessary for the current subject?

Quote
Only time will tell, you guys raging about the russians is pretty entertaining though.

I find you it pretty entertaining that you, the famous FSE anarchists, watches Russia Today and thinks its legit.

Unneccesary in your outdated world view, my respect for you has become absolute zero. i hope someone smashes your smug attitude and bites your nose off. 
Just don't bother responding to me if all you're gonna do is whine.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 18, 2014, 10:23:56 am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GK1mWiCi8T4[/youtube]

LITERALLY. HITLER.
There is a lot of talk about that it's a fake thing.

If it's true I understand why I hear these people chanting RAZZIA RAZZIA, 2nd world war all over again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 18, 2014, 12:33:52 pm
Augy's pattern is so clear.

*posts crap*
*involves in discussion*
*Says the other party knows nothing*
*insults the other party*
*rages at the other party and says never to discuss again, which he will*

Back to Ukraine: Eastern Ukraine militia's (That's what we are calling them now?) refuse to leave, an agreement reached in Geneve yesterday. They say they won't leave until the 'illegal' government in Kiev leaves. Which would mean they want a re-installation of Yakunovich, which West Ukraine will never do...So we are back at zero.

Russian invasion in 3....2....1....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 01:23:22 pm
The government in kiev is illegal and undemocratic, you can't just vote in parliament to overthrow an democratic elected president. The east of Ukraine never wanted yanokovich gone, and that's why they are rebelling.

There can only be 1 solution to this, and that is the east separating from the west, which would be best for all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 18, 2014, 02:05:23 pm
fuckin hell, this kid is back...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 18, 2014, 02:11:22 pm
The government in kiev is illegal and undemocratic, you can't just vote in parliament to overthrow an democratic elected president. The east of Ukraine never wanted yanokovich gone, and that's why they are rebelling.

Yes. Yes they can. It's constitually to remove the current president, get an intern and write out elections. You're just repeating the nonsense and propaganda you hear without knowing what you're talking about.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 18, 2014, 02:12:37 pm
The government in kiev is illegal and undemocratic, you can't just vote in parliament to overthrow an democratic elected president. The east of Ukraine never wanted yanokovich gone, and that's why they are rebelling.

There can only be 1 solution to this, and that is the east separating from the west, which would be best for all.
You have strange opinions man, but in this case I can totally agree with you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 02:18:46 pm
During if you are right, it's still and undemocratic move. And the ones in charge now i Kiev have not been elected by the people, but by parliment. Doing something like that was very common in dictatorships, like the USSR och Third reich.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 18, 2014, 02:49:41 pm
During if you are right, it's still and undemocratic move. And the ones in charge now i Kiev have not been elected by the people, but by parliment. Doing something like that was very common in dictatorships, like the USSR och Third reich.

And in the Russiam Federation


davay cyka blete
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 02:58:06 pm
I don't think Putin was elected by the kremlin....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 18, 2014, 03:03:45 pm
I IZ IMPERATOR PUTIN FORMER HEAD OF THE FSB WHO ORCHESTRATED BIG WAR IN 1999


pls 'elect' me

zatknesz cyka kremlino, do not mak me lok lik da dictator eventho u heff no real powur
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on April 18, 2014, 03:43:18 pm
Are people really believing that a western intervention will lead to a next world war? What is this 1914?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 18, 2014, 03:50:52 pm
Well, the USA wan't to increase their power by gaining capabilities for example from Russia; if they don't do so they will die slowly. That's the only reason for nearly every US intervention into domestic activities of other countries in the last 70 years.

And the one thing that prevents the USA from attacking Russia is their military power. Countries like Lybia, Iraq and Afghanistan did not have that military power.

Everyone who think this international affair deals about the Ukrainian people or stuff is a fool.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MagicTeatowel on April 18, 2014, 04:39:45 pm
Ukraine should deploy its secret weapon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE)! NOW IS THE TIME!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 18, 2014, 04:42:39 pm
Ukraine should deploy its secret weapon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE)! NOW IS THE TIME!

QUICKLY! INVADE BEFORE THEY FURTHER DEVELOP ITS CAPABILITIES!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MagicTeatowel on April 18, 2014, 04:49:20 pm
Ukraine should deploy its secret weapon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjHJneVonE)! NOW IS THE TIME!

QUICKLY! INVADE BEFORE THEY FURTHER DEVELOP ITS CAPABILITIES!
Hmm, Ukraine better speed up as Russia has its own secret weapon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUstrmJzyc)!

(All the Mericans are looking at this and thinking wtf) Good O'l Eurovision!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 18, 2014, 05:02:06 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=GK1mWiCi8T4[/youtube]

LITERALLY. HITLER.

I would question if even fascists are stupid enough to do this considering it will give Russia even more ammo to invade. It was either a small group looking for attention or the Russian intelligence services.

http://www.dailydot.com/politics/ukraine-jewish-registry-fake/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 18, 2014, 05:14:05 pm
3Well, the USA wan't to increase their power by gaining capabilities for example from Russia; if they don't do so they will die slowly. That's the only reason for nearly every US intervention into domestic activities of other countries in the last 70 years.

And the one thing that prevents the USA from attacking Russia is their military power. Countries like Lybia, Iraq and Afghanistan did not have that military power.

Everyone who think this international affair deals about the Ukrainian people or stuff is a fool.

It amazes me that people still don't understand the difference between convential and guerilla warfare. A nation fighting a defensive guerilla war on its own turf can beat an army a hundred times its size and sophistication almost unconditionally. This happened with both the Soviets and the Americans in Afghanistan, the Soviets in Finland, and the Americans in Vietnam. In a conventional war the US has the military capability to defeat any nation on earth. In a guerilla war it's anyone's game. Not the mention the fact that if the Russians were to fully invade Ukraine it would be the US based defenders fighting in that way, so the odds would be even more in favor of them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 05:18:05 pm
If the Americans would attack it would trigger a nuclear war, and the winner of that would be Russia since the only place where someone can survive the aftermath of it would be Siberia.
Russia would then haft to re-populate the earth.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on April 18, 2014, 05:35:52 pm
A nuclear war is highly unlikely. No one wants to eradicate billions of people for fucking Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TheBoberton on April 18, 2014, 05:36:10 pm
If the Americans would attack it would trigger a nuclear war, and the winner of that would be Russia since the only place where someone can survive the aftermath of it would be Siberia.
Russia would then haft to re-populate the earth.

The correct answer is "Everybody dies", and I truly doubt the Russian high command would be so stupid as to end the modern world, simply because someone attacks them conventionally.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 18, 2014, 05:37:47 pm
During if you are right, it's still and undemocratic move. And the ones in charge now i Kiev have not been elected by the people, but by parliment. Doing something like that was very common in dictatorships, like the USSR och Third reich.
If the Americans would attack it would trigger a nuclear war, and the winner of that would be Russia since the only place where someone can survive the aftermath of it would be Siberia.
Russia would then haft to re-populate the earth.

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about and can't be taken seriously.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 18, 2014, 05:41:05 pm
I'm siding with Duuring here, Elias you've got the knowledge on this topic of a retarded polar bear-Chimpanzee crossbread.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 18, 2014, 06:14:53 pm
Perhaps it is for the best to not have conflicts on this topic with eachother.

Last time EliasMartinW you got banned for a month for what you said on this topic.
I think its best if you simply don't post in this topic anymore from now on to reduce the conflicts and insults that are flying over and forth here.

Hope you understand.


Now lets move on on-topic please.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 06:36:16 pm
So im the one that should not post here because people call me an idiot, dat logic?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 18, 2014, 06:38:46 pm
You shouldn't post here because you're saying things which we've proven to be false about 200 times over. Look at he constitution of any nation, it say that Congress/Parliament can vote a President/Prime Minister out of office.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 06:40:04 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 18, 2014, 06:41:39 pm
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Everything that happened in the Ukrainian parliament was against the Ukrainian law and everyone who took part at the deelection of Janukowytsch is a criminal. Same thing about the former Crimean parliament.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 06:51:29 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on April 18, 2014, 06:56:08 pm
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Everything that happened in the Ukrainian parliament was against the Ukrainian law and everyone who took part at the deelection of Janukowytsch is a criminal. Same thing about the former Crimean parliament.
Same then with the people's republic of Donetsk.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 06:57:11 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on April 18, 2014, 06:58:15 pm
Why am i not allowed to post here? Im not attacking anyone or posting offensive stuff. It's not my problem that you don't like my opinion.

Perhaps it is for the best to not have conflicts on this topic with eachother.

Last time EliasMartinW you got banned for a month for what you said on this topic.
I think its best if you simply don't post in this topic anymore from now on to reduce the conflicts and insults that are flying over and forth here.

Hope you understand.


Now lets move on on-topic please.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 18, 2014, 07:00:22 pm
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Everything that happened in the Ukrainian parliament was against the Ukrainian law and everyone who took part at the deelection of Janukowytsch is a criminal. Same thing about the former Crimean parliament.
Same then with the people's republic of Donetsk.
True. And same with Lybia, Syria, Kosovo. Looks like we'd live in an illegal world which would be (in my opinion) better without the USA.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 07:00:47 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on April 18, 2014, 07:04:35 pm
You know if the owner of this very website tells you it's best to stop posting here because you got banned last time. I would listen.

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Everything that happened in the Ukrainian parliament was against the Ukrainian law and everyone who took part at the deelection of Janukowytsch is a criminal. Same thing about the former Crimean parliament.
Same then with the people's republic of Donetsk.
True. And same with Lybia, Syria, Kosovo. Looks like we'd live in an illegal world which would be (in my opinion) better without the USA.
Well that's utter bullshit (in my opinion). If we were to look on the world that way every country would be illegal and I for one am very gratefull for USA to be here so that countries like yours and mine don't have to spend that much money on the military.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 18, 2014, 07:09:39 pm
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Everything that happened in the Ukrainian parliament was against the Ukrainian law and everyone who took part at the deelection of Janukowytsch is a criminal. Same thing about the former Crimean parliament.

Prove it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 18, 2014, 07:12:47 pm
Im not sure, but i think shooting at police and the president of your country makes you a criminal  :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 18, 2014, 07:15:33 pm
To some americans nowadays that would make you a patriot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on April 18, 2014, 07:17:11 pm
Im not sure, but i think shooting at police and the president of your country makes you a criminal  :-\
storming governement buildings and military bases with weapons doesn't?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 18, 2014, 07:17:34 pm
Again, it's not my problem if people insult me, im not offended by it. They are the ones "insulting" me, so stop them from posting here.

Opinions are not respectable if they aren't backed up by facts or experience. For instance, if I said "Twilight is the best book series ever" but I hadn't read any books besides Twilight my opinion would be invalid because I did not have the proper experience to make a claim like that. This applies to politics as well. Making wild assertions with no factual backing and then saying "Durr no it's just my opinion" doesn't make your fallacious argument any more credible, and it certainly doesn't make it acceptable to blatantly ignore moderator instructions and then act surprised when you're punished accordingly.

Stop arguing your false point. It's idiotic and you're just digging yourself into a hole.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on April 18, 2014, 07:23:16 pm
Im not sure, but i think shooting at police and the president of your country makes you a criminal  :-\

Nice job having the portrait of a mad dictator as your avatar, kindly go to hell.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on April 18, 2014, 07:26:54 pm
Im not sure, but i think shooting at police and the president of your country makes you a criminal  :-\

Nice job having the portrait of a mad dictator as your avatar, kindly go to hell.
and then saying the kiev governement is undemocratic
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 18, 2014, 07:38:58 pm
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Everything that happened in the Ukrainian parliament was against the Ukrainian law and everyone who took part at the deelection of Janukowytsch is a criminal. Same thing about the former Crimean parliament.

Prove it.

This is the Ukrainian constitution (the red parts are those which were left out in the displacement of Janukowytsch):
Article 111
The President of Ukraine may be removed from the office by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in compliance with a procedure of impeachment if he commits treason or other crime.

The issue of the removal of the Presi dent of Ukraine from the office in compliance with a procedure of impeac hment shall be initiated by the majority of the constitutional membership of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall establish a special ad hoc investigating commission, composed of special prosecutor and special investigators to conduct an investigation.

The conclusions and proposals of the ad hoc investigating commission shall be considered at the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

On the ground of evidence, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine shall, by at least two-thirds of its constitutional membersh ip, adopt a decision to bring charges against the President of Ukraine.

The decision on the removal of the President of Ukraine from the office in compliance with the procedure of impeachment shall be adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by at leas t three-quarters of its constitutional membership upon a review of the case by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, and receipt of its opinion on the observance of the constitutional procedure of investigation and consideration of the case of impeachment, and upon a receipt of the opinion of the Supreme Court of Ukrain e to the effect that the acts, of which the President of Ukraine is accused, contai n elements of treason or other crime.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 18, 2014, 10:49:13 pm
From what year is that constitution?

There has been a investigating commission. It was done in a few hours, but there was one.
The major issue what while every PRESENT MP voted in favour of removal, more then a quarter was indeed not present. And there lays the issue - a member of parliament must vote in favour, against, or abstain. What does not showing up mean?

Technically due to a reshuffle of party membership, the Party of Regions no longer held the majority and therefor is forced to resign. Yet what was left had fled the capital and left the country leaderless in a crisis. Yukanovich and his party members had the duty to Ukraine to stay and lead the country. They fled. Yakunovich fled to the country that invaded Ukraine a few weeks later. In other words, he fled to the enemy, which isn't just treason - It's high treason.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 19, 2014, 09:15:25 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mywTyAhlJM
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 19, 2014, 12:24:08 pm
They say they won't leave until the 'illegal' government in Kiev leaves. Which would mean they want a re-installation of Yakunovich,
It's Yanukovich, not Yakunovich
Actually a lot of people on the East do not want him here, after he cheated on them, when did nothing what he promised back in 2010, then shamefully ran away, and final chord were photos and documents from his mansion, that showed how luxuriously he lived and how much money was robbed and "laundered" while he was president.
He has only 2 advantages -  in eyes of some part of people he isn't fasci-nazi-prowest-american-eu-controlled leader, but "own", and all in all, he is still legitimate, but that is not enough.
Doubt Putin will make a bet on him, there could be founded other people for the separatist leader role.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 19, 2014, 12:29:38 pm
I just can't wrap my head around those Eastern European names.

I don't see how Putin can put anyone else in power.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 19, 2014, 04:17:25 pm
Putting Yanukovich is a fail for all campaign, and i think Putin realize that.
As for anyone else, looks like will be Oleg Tsarov
Totally prorussian jerk, recently declared himself ready to be a leader of South-East people, although recently got slightly beaten by crowd of angry people in one south city, and almost got again in other :D
However, yesterday Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia met him at Moscow, and in official message for media Tsarov called as a "leader of the "South-East" movement", so probably they made their choice.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 21, 2014, 11:21:24 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNig07RtWxA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Josef Lenin on April 22, 2014, 01:06:01 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNig07RtWxA
Is that the ukrainian Ronald Weasley?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 22, 2014, 11:44:38 am
It is a terrible and sad thing to think that poor ukrainian workers should be sent to kill and wound poor Russian workers merely because a few "leaders" incite them to do so with populism and nationalist nonsense.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 22, 2014, 11:54:50 am
Is a soldier a worker?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 22, 2014, 12:38:21 pm
Is a soldier a worker?

Sounds like capitalist talk comrade worker Durring!  :p
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 22, 2014, 12:40:24 pm
Augy that famous Communist picture where the workers are crushed underneath various layers of society, including the soldiers who say 'We shoot at you'. And know they are suddenly part of the 'workers'.

What is the 'workers' class anyway? The dump masses? Everybody with a job? Everybody who earns less then average?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 22, 2014, 12:56:59 pm
Working class has historically consisted of or been labelled as the lower class, the proletariat, the laboring class afaik. Mainly made up of people who rely on their own physical labor to survive.



Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 22, 2014, 01:48:00 pm
There's really only two classes, those that work and those that employ.
On your note of soldiers, they are also workers as they are dependant on a wage to live but they also serve the employers and the state. Soldiers generally despise their officers and it takes lots of monetary incentive to attract volunteers mixed with usual propaganda.

Then thwre's many people who identify with middle class, these are nearly always working class who are better off and have a little property. making them love the state, law and the status quo.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 22, 2014, 02:09:07 pm
Augy is still living in the time of Das Kapital.

Soldiers hate the officers? The officers arent aristocrats or nobility anymore, they are an average person who received extra training and education in the military.

Once again showing that you're a mid 1800s halfwit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 22, 2014, 02:37:09 pm
I will not be drawn out into conflict with those of lesser opinions, especially the neoliberals.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on April 22, 2014, 02:41:12 pm
Speaking from my subjective military experience(Only a years worth) I honestly don't know what you're talking about.

I mean sure, if the Furir tells me to gun down a village full of edgy dissidents I might get a strong urge to shoot the bastard,

but generally speaking there should be no rational reason for me to loathe the chain of command in the manner you describe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 22, 2014, 02:47:40 pm
I will not be drawn out into conflict with those of lesser opinions, especially the neoliberals.

lol u never get drawn into conflict because you're wrong since i called you out for spouting bullshit as usual
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 22, 2014, 02:52:21 pm
Calling it bullshit just shows either that you're intellectually ignorant or dishonest about anarcho-communism.

Have you been in a warzone, Shorts?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on April 22, 2014, 02:56:18 pm
No, and even if I decided to go to one of the designated shitholes the likelihood of me actually having to engage an enemy is minimal.

As I said, subjective experience of being in the Swedish military, it's quite alright.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that the vast amount of soldiers never actually see any real combat.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 22, 2014, 03:00:40 pm
Its mostly non-coms serving with the regular soldiers in the field ever since soldiers started murdering their officers, Vietnam and WW2 also saw many officers being fragged by their own soldiers who refused to go to hot combat zones.

You don't see many higher officers in the field for that reason.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 22, 2014, 03:05:43 pm
Its mostly non-coms serving with the regular soldiers in the field ever since soldiers started murdering their officers, Vietnam and WW2 also saw many officers being fragged by their own soldiers who refused to go to hot combat zones.

You don't see many higher officers in the field for that reason.

Higher officers arent in the field because they are planning the war on maps, the logistics, the cooperstion between combat arms, moving armies of hundreds of thousands and up to millions.

This isn't the 1800s where a single general can control an entire army in the field... Once again mate, move on from the time of Das Kapital.

Also i'd love for you to show accounts of soldiers of varying armies kill their officers for making them take action.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shortshorts on April 22, 2014, 03:10:11 pm
I can see it happening in a war with conscripts, they never asked to be there and would leave in a heartbeat if they could,

but it's ridiculous to say that this would be a common occurrence in a modern professional army.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 22, 2014, 03:33:24 pm
Vietnam and WW2 also saw many officers being fragged by their own soldiers who refused to go to hot combat zones.

'Being fragged' was how soldiers got rid of glory hounds, officers that got men killed for no good reason other then advancing their careers. Young men, often fresh from boarding school. They threw a grenade in their bed and boom. The number of how much that happened range from three to thirty-seven, I believe. They weren't killed because they were going into hot zones, they were killed because they were véry bad officers.
Sure soldiers murdered their officers. They also frequently murdered each-other. Why? Because that's what they are trained to do. The moral barrier of 'killing iz bad!' is removed.

Have you been in a warzone, Shorts?

Have you?

I have the pleasure of knowing several (Ex-)soldiers and it's very clear that how rich you or your family was has very little do to with being a private or being an officer. It's entirely based on your own intelligence, your own capability, and the level of secondary education. Why do those men become officers? Because they have the capability to become one. Someone who did VMBO (Dutch lowest level of secondary education) simply lacks the capacity to finish the course to become an officer, with a few exceptions that can become officers by the Shortened Course. Class system has nothing to do with it.

Now I presume you are going to say something about how our educational system is fucked up/capitalist conspiracy, in which case you are entirely free to suggest how officers should be chosen.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gokiller on April 22, 2014, 04:05:40 pm
Those video's are really interesting. I'm amazed to see how it went with those Ukrainian troops in the last video. That anti-terror operation seems to be going great. lol
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Fruble on April 22, 2014, 07:00:48 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27118875

Dayum.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 22, 2014, 07:02:27 pm
He might wanna send Western-Ukranians along so that they don't give up their weapons again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 22, 2014, 08:12:52 pm
He might wanna send Western-Ukranians along so that they don't give up their weapons again.

That would be used as propaganda against the gov't if they used the western troops agains the eastern terrorists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 22, 2014, 08:19:31 pm
Probably. Still a bit ridiculous.

'Ukraine is sending Ukrainians soldiers against us!' 'OMG THAT'S...kinda expectable?'
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gokiller on April 22, 2014, 09:06:34 pm
Simon Ostrovsky of vice news is being held by the Pro-russians activists. lol

That didn't take long lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 22, 2014, 09:38:32 pm
Simon Ostrovsky of vice news is being held by the Pro-russians activists. lol

That didn't take long lol.

Wait, what? Source?

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gokiller on April 22, 2014, 09:39:32 pm
http://www.nu.nl/buitenland/3757994/nieuwe-militaire-actie-separatisten-oekraine.html

Dutch news website, last bit.

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Russische en westerse media melden dinsdag dat de Amerikaanse journalist Simon Ostrovsky in Slavjansk wordt vastgehouden door pro-Russische separatisten. Ostrovsky's werkgever, de website Vice.com, zegt op de hoogte te zijn van de ontwikkeling.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 22, 2014, 11:22:29 pm
Ah yes, it's also been confirmed on Vice's Twitter and Facebook pages. Well that suck, I hope for the best. Simon is a cool guy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 22, 2014, 11:40:46 pm
Won't the USA be very pissed about an American citizen being held prisoner?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 22, 2014, 11:42:47 pm
Yes, hopefully enough to do a anti-terrorist resque operation with  the Seals. they don't take prisoners, they shoot two bullets on each target straight through heart and  head, goodbye terrorists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 22, 2014, 11:45:33 pm
Nah. They have to keep friends with the Ukrainian government. Plus American people do not want their country to intervene again - Which is kinda understandable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 23, 2014, 12:03:38 am
Won't the USA be very pissed about an American citizen being held prisoner?

Nah, but the OSCE is getting pissed about it because a lot of journalists from different countries are being detained by Pro-Russian forces. The US probably won't do much about it , because first of all they wouldn't want to escalate tensions, and since the forces detaining journalists are not officially under Russian jurisdiction there's not much that can be said directly against Putin without further proof. Additionally, as journalists are being targeted pretty undiscriminately (one from Belarus was arrested the other day), it's hard to claim specific malicious intent against western media.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 23, 2014, 12:11:18 am
I find it very funny that the US want to impose another embargo on Russia if they won't make the seperatists in the Ukraine stop rebelling (which would be an intervention into an internal conflict of a foreign country) after they imposed embargos on Russia for intervening into an internal conflict of a foreign country. ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 23, 2014, 12:14:53 am
I find it very funny that the US want to impose another embargo on Russia if they won't make the seperatists in the Ukraine stop rebelling (which would be an intervention into an internal conflict of a foreign country) after they imposed embargos on Russia for intervening into an internal conflict of a foreign country. ::)

I'm not sure what you are saying. There are the embargos and sanctions aimed at the invasion and annexation of the Crimea, and those aimed at the Russian involvement of Eastern Ukraine. Russia might be just trying to get the western powers to the negotiating table. He'll throw the 'I won't attack the rest if you let me keep Crimea'-offer up soon enough.

Sudetenland, anyone?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 23, 2014, 12:17:56 am
I find it very funny that the US want to impose another embargo on Russia if they won't make the seperatists in the Ukraine stop rebelling (which would be an intervention into an internal conflict of a foreign country) after they imposed embargos on Russia for intervening into an internal conflict of a foreign country. ::)

The Russians have been extensively funding the rebels and separatists. Pretty much all they would need to do is force Russia to withdraw their support, and the separatists would be severely weakened.

And stop saying you find things funny that you disagree with. That implies you possess the superior wisdom and foresight in this situation, which you don't, I'm sorry to say.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 23, 2014, 12:22:22 am
I find it very funny that the US want to impose another embargo on Russia if they won't make the seperatists in the Ukraine stop rebelling (which would be an intervention into an internal conflict of a foreign country) after they imposed embargos on Russia for intervening into an internal conflict of a foreign country. ::)

The Russians have been extensively funding the rebels and separatists. Pretty much all they would need to do is force Russia to withdraw their support, and the separatists would be severely weakened.
Do you know who was funding the rebels in Kiew? Right, it was the USA.


And stop saying you find things funny that you disagree with. That implies you possess the superior wisdom and foresight in this situation, which you don't, I'm sorry to say.
That's not better than Duuring who always puts things into the wrong context like the Sudetenland.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 23, 2014, 12:27:25 am
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Do you know who was funding the rebels in Kiew? Right, it was the USA.
Right, and the UK, and France, and Germany, and Canada, and Australia. Get over your irrational cynicism of the US. Every country in the world does this, and any other country in the position of the US would do the same.

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That's not better than Duuring who always puts things into the wrong context like the Sudetenland.
"BUT MOMMM, HE DID IT TOO SO IT MUST BE OKAY FOR ME TO DO IT!!! WAHHH!"

yeah alright.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 23, 2014, 12:31:25 am
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That's not better than Duuring who always puts things into the wrong context like the Sudetenland.
"BUT MOMMM, HE DID IT TOO SO IT MUST BE OKAY FOR ME TO DO IT!!! WAHHH!"

yeah alright.
And ofc THIS is not totally childish and inappropriate but my post is?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 23, 2014, 12:31:52 am
How is that wrong context? Hitler promised not to invade the rest if he could annex Sudetenland. Why Sudetenland? Cos there were a lot of Germans living there. Putin annexed the Crimea because there are a lot of Russians there. He has not quite made the offer yet, but even then.

The situation is similar to a frightening degree.

Do you know who was funding the rebels in Kiew? Right, it was the USA.

Maybe you should wonder about why they fight. Maybe they fight because they are sick of corrupt presidents and Russian influence in their country? The USA and the western nations are democracies. They have a fair legal system that doesn't follow the orders of politicians. Russia has neither. Russia is a dictatorship that is in the current process of passing law after law that removes civil rights and freedoms, especially the right to free press, free speech and right to peaceful assembly.

I, by the way, don't believe the Ukrainian revolution started by the USA or the west. Helped? Maybe. People forget that the revolution took MONTHS, and when suddenly the President is ousted, oh my, suddenly everybody is a western conspirator. If the USA tried to overthrow the current government and install a pro-USA government, they did a very shitty job at it, and the suggestion is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 23, 2014, 12:34:47 am
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That's not better than Duuring who always puts things into the wrong context like the Sudetenland.
"BUT MOMMM, HE DID IT TOO SO IT MUST BE OKAY FOR ME TO DO IT!!! WAHHH!"

yeah alright.
And ofc THIS is not totally childish and inappropriate but my post is?

Is it really that hard for you to figure out my point? I was commenting on the fact that you sound like a baby by making the claim that as long as other people are doing it you're in the clear as well.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 23, 2014, 12:41:37 am
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That's not better than Duuring who always puts things into the wrong context like the Sudetenland.
"BUT MOMMM, HE DID IT TOO SO IT MUST BE OKAY FOR ME TO DO IT!!! WAHHH!"

yeah alright.
And ofc THIS is not totally childish and inappropriate but my post is?

Is it really that hard for you to figure out my point? I was commenting on the fact that you sound like a baby by making the claim that as long as other people are doing it you're in the clear as well.
No, but I just tried to make you realize that you aren't in a position to judge me regarding to my post by writing something that could not get beaten any more in its stupidity.

I think I failed ...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 23, 2014, 12:47:32 am
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That's not better than Duuring who always puts things into the wrong context like the Sudetenland.
"BUT MOMMM, HE DID IT TOO SO IT MUST BE OKAY FOR ME TO DO IT!!! WAHHH!"

yeah alright.
And ofc THIS is not totally childish and inappropriate but my post is?

Is it really that hard for you to figure out my point? I was commenting on the fact that you sound like a baby by making the claim that as long as other people are doing it you're in the clear as well.
No, but I just tried to make you realize that you aren't in a position to judge me regarding to my post by writing something that could not get beaten any more in its stupidity.

I think I failed ...

Oh boy, you really do not understand irony and sarcasm. I'm sort of confused as to how you could interpret my post as anything other than what I intended. I honestly don't even know how to respond to this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 23, 2014, 12:49:50 am
Quote
That's not better than Duuring who always puts things into the wrong context like the Sudetenland.
"BUT MOMMM, HE DID IT TOO SO IT MUST BE OKAY FOR ME TO DO IT!!! WAHHH!"

yeah alright.
And ofc THIS is not totally childish and inappropriate but my post is?

Is it really that hard for you to figure out my point? I was commenting on the fact that you sound like a baby by making the claim that as long as other people are doing it you're in the clear as well.
No, but I just tried to make you realize that you aren't in a position to judge me regarding to my post by writing something that could not get beaten any more in its stupidity.

I think I failed ...

Oh boy, you really do not understand irony and sarcasm. I'm sort of confused as to how you could interpret my post as anything other than what I intended. I honestly don't even know how to respond to this.
kden
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 23, 2014, 12:31:53 pm
Remember the VICE News piece in which Simon and one of his cameramen were abducted by pro-Russian soldiers at a checkpoint in Crimea? That video has now been made private sometime between today and last night.

Now it seems Dispatch Fifteen was taken down as well. Both these episodes in particular showed the Russian side in a poor light. They both happen to have been taken down since Simon has been held.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 23, 2014, 01:09:31 pm
Maybe his captives wanted those removed and threaten to harm him if they weren't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on April 23, 2014, 04:24:44 pm
if this what happened then wow that's unacceptable. I urge the UN to do something! YEAH! I shall put pressure on them me alone against the world uh yeah!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on April 23, 2014, 04:44:53 pm
You can see the fifteen episode here :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FWBXuu3aQ4

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 23, 2014, 06:41:16 pm
And I dont think we will see any new vice reports presented by Simon any time soon;

(https://i.imgur.com/AP4A2qb.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on April 23, 2014, 09:15:10 pm
From article I read online

An American journalist working for Vice News is being held by pro-Russian separatists in Slaviansk, Vice News said in a statement posted on its website Tuesday.
The international channel said it is in contact with the U.S. State Department and other appropriate government authorities to secure the release of Simon Ostrovsky.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Wednesday, "We are deeply concerned about the reports of a kidnapping of a U.S. citizen journalist ... reportedly at the hands of pro-Russian separatists."
Such hostage takings violate the terms of the Geneva agreement, she said.
"We call on Russia to use its influence with these groups to secure the immediate and safe release of all hostages in eastern Ukraine," Psaki added.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on April 24, 2014, 12:41:26 am
NETHERLANDS WATCH OUT

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/23/world/europe/russian-bombers-intercepted/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

"Dutch fighter jets scrambled Wednesday to intercept a pair of Russian military aircraft that entered its airspace, a fairly routine action that comes amid heightened tensions between Russia and NATO, a Dutch official said."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 24, 2014, 01:26:02 am
Yes fairly routine..

For years and years now, about 3-4 times a year, a bunch of Russian aircraft enter our airspace unannounced, usually military Russian planes not responding to radio contact.
As any country would do, they send fighter jets to intercept and guide the plane back to international airspace.

Usually the planes will leave our airspace quickly and then enter the UK airspace, where they get intercepted by already alerted British Jets.

If the Russian planes do not follow the commands of the jets and continue to violate airspace the jets have the power and clearance to bring the invading plane down, it has not yet happened because in the end the Russians did follow the commands.

I think it's a standard Moscow thing to test the waters so to say and see how fast response NATO has.
Also to show they can have bombers anywhere in Europe at any time.


Amongst the current crisis however its completely retarded to keep running that Agenda.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on April 24, 2014, 01:31:42 am
Test NATO's response with Cold War era Bombers.

That logic tho
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 24, 2014, 04:12:47 am
Not many people can brag about having such a great neighbor who routinely makes sure your security is up to scratch lol...

Hallo Jakob! Just making sure your airspace is bomber proof.

I suspect they're checking any significant changes in military interception technology/capabilities of NATO countries while training their pilots to work under pressure and perhaps gleam incites into foreign intercept tactics and what to expect etc. I don't know if they change routes at all in order to investigate potential blind spots.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EliasMartinW on April 24, 2014, 08:35:35 am
<snip>
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 24, 2014, 10:14:23 am
Why did u ever unban him
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 24, 2014, 10:47:22 am
In several cases he said he was an American and from Vice. You are, as ever, talking bullshit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 24, 2014, 04:00:41 pm
Russia is mobilizing some extra troops. This is 10 kms from the Ukrainian-Russian border, apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2nfAHkvAP_k
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 24, 2014, 06:41:37 pm
Good news!

(https://i.imgur.com/aigL1nb.png)


I guess they were too afraid to keep an american captive for too long.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 24, 2014, 06:52:43 pm
Good news!

(https://i.imgur.com/aigL1nb.png)


I guess they were too afraid to keep an american captive for too long.

Great! I'm guessing he's gonna take a break now, though. Maybe they'll bring back that substitute journalist they used in one dispatch.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 24, 2014, 06:55:03 pm
In the mean time russian invasion seems imminent...

Because well 5 terrorists got shot of course, which is obviously in Russia eyes a crime against the Russian speaking protesting civilians.... xD

Yeah, usually when you are a civilian that is protesting you don't wear full military gear, masked face, an AK assault rifle and start setting up traffic checkpoints and start shooting a army convoy.


Also next vice report already;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6rPlH0K7o4

No mention about his kidnapping, it will probably be in the next report when he is safe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sasuau on April 25, 2014, 07:03:55 am
I like the outfit of that mayor! Classy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 25, 2014, 08:53:51 pm
Simon wrote an article about his time in captivity and his thoughts on the whole thing

https://news.vice.com/articles/i-had-it-pretty-easy-because-i-was-let-go-simon-ostrovsky-on-his-detention-in-sloviansk?trk_source=homepage-lede


Also, the borders of Crimea have now been changed in Google maps. In a statement Google said they "wanted to be present in the world as it is, not as people wish it to be". Interesting move, considering Crimea is not recognized as a part of Russia by the vast majority of the international community, which means the change cannot be official.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 26, 2014, 12:17:15 pm
Neither is the occupation of east Jerusalem but that's the way it is currently. http://domino.un.org/unispal.nsf/0/a39a906c89d3e98685256c29006d4014

The point of maps is to show you where you stand at this particular point in time rather then where you were, should and/or will be standing give or take x amount of time. This doesn't mean Google supports the annexation in any way though.

Ultimately whatever authority controls (has annexed) that particular region at current time will likely be marked on the map.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on April 27, 2014, 08:21:08 pm
Ukrainian nationalists hang Russian

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdj24-pWnzc&feature=player_embedded
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 27, 2014, 08:27:38 pm
Ukrainian nationalists hang Russian

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdj24-pWnzc&feature=player_embedded
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damn, that was intense

well, that will surely provoke a response from the Pro-Russians and Russians
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 27, 2014, 08:33:41 pm
GG Previ Sektor.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on April 27, 2014, 08:48:37 pm
Apparantly, the hanging was fake. They used one of those fake ropes, and to cover it up, they made sure he didnt swing his back towards the camera.

This was most likely done by pro-russians in order to stir shit up.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 28, 2014, 12:42:07 am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QP6sM5VnUQ[/youtube]
VICE has gotten noticeably more pro-west in the titles of their latest videos. Perhaps Simon's detention struck a nerve?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 28, 2014, 10:49:22 am
We wantz referendumzz..

They are basically doing the same as they did on Crimea again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hammerstout on April 28, 2014, 02:29:06 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQGRJN4Radk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 28, 2014, 06:51:42 pm
Time to send the special forces to kill the terrorists if you ask me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on April 28, 2014, 06:53:22 pm
How about seal off the east?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 28, 2014, 08:02:37 pm
Meh vice isn't even trying to appear unbiased anymore.

https://news.vice.com/articles/brain-behind-crimea-annexation-wants-to-see-a-return-to-russian-imperialism
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on April 28, 2014, 08:06:30 pm
Can't blame them after the kidnapping and beating for "spreading lies"..
Besides they pretty much proven that the green men are cossacks, which are well not Ukrainian usually.


Ofcource not all news is unbiased, but I still think vice is better than RT.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 28, 2014, 08:41:31 pm
Ukrainian nationalists hang Russian

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdj24-pWnzc&feature=player_embedded
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 :D  ;D
do you really take it seriously?  ???
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Evani on April 30, 2014, 08:28:46 pm
They need batman
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 01, 2014, 04:27:35 am
Can't blame them after the kidnapping and beating for "spreading lies"..
Besides they pretty much proven that the green men are cossacks, which are well not Ukrainian usually.


Ofcource not all news is unbiased, but I still think vice is better than RT.

Vice is better then most news networks, In my opinion.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 01, 2014, 04:28:15 am
I'll stick to Al Jazeera and France 24.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 01, 2014, 04:44:54 am
I'll stick to Al Jazeera and France 24.

Why? They're all going to be virtually the same. Al Jazeera is a bit less biased but still can't be completely clean. My daily rotation is VICE, BBC, CNN, FOX (Yes), Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Forbes and then The Daily Beast, with RT coming in occasionally in recent months . Why? To gain a perspective from the entire political spectrum. Forming your own opinions based on information presented to you works a lot better than just listening to what your preferred news network says, even if they're supposedly reliable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on May 01, 2014, 05:06:16 am
I'll stick to Al Jazeera and France 24.

Why? They're all going to be virtually the same. Al Jazeera is a bit less biased but still can't be completely clean. My daily rotation is VICE, BBC, CNN, FOX (Yes), Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Forbes and then The Daily Beast, with RT coming in occasionally in recent months . Why? To gain a perspective from the entire political spectrum. Forming your own opinions based on information presented to you works a lot better than just listening to what your preferred news network says, even if they're supposedly reliable.
Sorry, Nips, I only go iamright.com

most effective way to assure myself that I am infallible and everyone else is wrong
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 01, 2014, 06:29:17 am
I only got me dear mum to tell me I'm right, I don't need nobody else! >:( :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 01, 2014, 09:55:53 am
I'll stick to Al Jazeera and France 24.

Why? They're all going to be virtually the same. Al Jazeera is a bit less biased but still can't be completely clean. My daily rotation is VICE, BBC, CNN, FOX (Yes), Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Forbes and then The Daily Beast, with RT coming in occasionally in recent months . Why? To gain a perspective from the entire political spectrum. Forming your own opinions based on information presented to you works a lot better than just listening to what your preferred news network says, even if they're supposedly reliable.
I agree with you completely on this, All channels are somewhat biased, and its interesting to read all sides of a story.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Fruble on May 02, 2014, 10:17:34 am
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27250026
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on May 02, 2014, 02:06:38 pm
The heat is officially on, shit's about to happen.

itshappening.avi
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 02, 2014, 02:15:56 pm
They brought down that helicopter with a rocket launcher. That's real military gear.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Fruble on May 02, 2014, 09:39:54 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27259620

Sooo...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dom13WorstNW on May 02, 2014, 10:31:35 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj0N2iS5g_k
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sasuau on May 02, 2014, 11:05:55 pm
Shit's starting to get bad over there. I like how the crowd attack the police and when the police throw tear gas people start screaming fascists...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 02, 2014, 11:07:06 pm
Shit's starting to get bad over there. I like how the crowd attack the police and when the police throw tear gas people start screaming fascists...
They obviously don't know what facism is, when they want to join the Russian Fe-ditatorship.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Fruble on May 02, 2014, 11:18:41 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xh0FtGebts
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 03, 2014, 04:02:02 am
I think at this point it's a wee bit obvious Putin isn't planning on bringing back the CCCP.

I think he's actually going to make himself Tzar.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 03, 2014, 05:07:56 am
I think at this point it's a wee bit obvious Putin isn't planning on bringing back the CCCP.

I think he's actually going to make himself Tzar.

Mmm I think he'll go with world domination. Suits him well.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 03, 2014, 06:33:10 am
I think he'll stick with the red line that Russia has been touting for a long long time now: that the west (particularly NATO) should not get involved in CIS countries. CIS = commonwealth of Independent states.

As far as Crimea is concerned it sits smack bang in the middle of the Black sea and is one of 2 military ports that Russia has in the Black sea the other being on the east side of the Black Sea. It was highly unlikely the Russians where going to let that port fall under an administration that:

a) may in future be allied/part of an adversarial military structure (NATO).
b) that could turn hostile or cater for potentially hostile foreign observers so close to Russian military assets.

Particularly while its only port in the Mediterranean (Syria) has a question mark hanging over it.

The Ukraine already threatened to close the Crimean port off to the Russians during the Georgian war. It comes as no surprise that the Russians did what they did even if its inexcusable.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1f749b24-9f8c-11e3-b6c7-00144feab7de.html

I would almost wonder whether or not Russia decided to annex that territory in part because they knew there would be massive civil unrest coming to the Ukraine (whether by their own doing or not) thereby sparing the part of the Ukraine they really wanted while keeping the Ukraine busy with their own internal strife and making sure the Ukraine isn't in a fit state to become a potential future EU/NATO country.

Either way the Russians will get what they want; if civil war or just plain old war brakes out; the country will be in no state to join the EU/NATO period (much like Georgia was in no state to join NATO after confrontation with Russia).

Yes Russia will ruthlessly pursue its hegemony/strategic interests in the region, but don't assume that other nations aren't or wouldn't either. The Ukraine is caught between the strategic interests of 2 or more global powers, any of which; are happy to, and have; a history of financing,conducting or aiding: bloody revolutions, dictators, coups and military invasions around the globe.

And do not assume that any foreign government actually gives half a toss about the human lives lost on the ground. The loss of human life (on the civilian allied side) is something that gets bandied about in the tabloids like a martyrdom crucifix to convert the masses to a viewpoint only to be forgotten the following day or left un-investigated, while the loss of civilian life on the enemy side will receive a lot less coverage if any at all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 03, 2014, 06:50:33 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj0N2iS5g_k

Idiot Pro-Russian protesters. Gotta feel bad for the police, it's like a freaking ROME II battle with them getting stones thrown at them with their shields up.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 03, 2014, 12:16:38 pm
Oh look, Putin holds Kiev and the west responsible for the Odessa fire. What a surprise eh? He wants the elections to be post-phoned. You know, because elections would mean Putin can't pull the 'ILLEGAL GOVERNMENT'-card.

I was actually following the riots in Odessa. It started as a battle within the streets where the Pro-Unity, backed by a far majority of the crowd, won over the Pro-Russians. Everybody then marched to the Pro-Russian camp and set fire to it. Next was the occupied Union House, over which a real fight broke out. However, as far as I'm concerned, I think that both parties are equally responsible and at the same time, neither wanted this. I mean, as soon as the fire broke out, Pro-Unity helped Pro-Russians to safety and then turned them over to the police (for their own safety) or the medics. There were, as ever, a few radicals, but that was certainly a minority.

This entire affair is pretty sad and both sides lost people. Also remember that at least 5 Pro-Unity protesters got shot dead by the Pro-Russian side, so Putin can claim all he wants - He does not have the moral high ground on this one.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on May 03, 2014, 01:32:32 pm
some vids:
pro-russian side
Spoiler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl1oqASAmK0
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from other angle
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBofgPq1EUs
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tibbert on May 03, 2014, 08:49:57 pm
May I add, that Russian Special Forces have killed many Right Sector (as well as other groups of course) members, and they still are trying to kill more.
It's truly a fuckery
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on May 04, 2014, 12:39:49 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLqz1F9PwWE
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Godfather673 on May 04, 2014, 03:05:27 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLqz1F9PwWE
thats some intense stuff, I just hope that these actions stabilize the country and not throw it into more chaos
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 04:47:31 am
This entire affair is pretty sad and both sides lost people. Also remember that at least 5 Pro-Unity protesters got shot dead by the Pro-Russian side, so Putin can claim all he wants - He does not have the moral high ground on this one.

This is true. However I would argue that the Kiev government is stumbling into one serious blunder after another. First of all it was bad idea to ban all current political representation of the East Ukraine, it was also a serious blunder to even consider or allow right-wing anti-Russian ministers into the government (even for a short time) since they where a minority to begin with and have used violence/intimidation where it has suited them which became deeply concerning to the East-Ukranians.

Then to opt for the removal of the Russian language (in an official capacity) in a move that generated more symbolic hatred then it did unity and was another bad move regardless of whether they followed through with it. It could also be argued that it was a serious blunder to begin military operations after the Geneva agreement to deescalate the situation but the verdict on that depends on the level of success the operation has in actually stemming violence against the state and from what I am hearing it may be having that effect.

Another thing; signing the EU association agreement when the country has in the past been split on the issue was perhaps not a good idea while so much uncertainty was looming in the air but granted there had been a lot of pressure to sign it from the Euromaidan:

Given the importance of the current negotiations about Ukraine possibly taking steps to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union, it is interesting to note that Ukrainians are split on whether the country should join the European Union or the Customs Union. Thirty - seven percent would like Ukraine to take steps to join the European Union, 33% prefer the Customs Union and 15% say Ukraine should join neither of these blocs. On another question, 34% say that Ukraine should have closer economic relations with Russia, 35% say it should have closer economic relations with Europe and 17% say it should have good relations with both. As would be expected, there are significant regional differences on these issues, with a greater percentage in the West, North and Kyiv taking pro - European positions and those in the East and South taking more pro - Russian positions. In the Center, 37% think Ukraine should have closer relations with Europe, while 26% prefer closer relations with Russia. These opinions in the Center represent a significant shift from the 2012 survey when 37% picked Russia and 23% picked Europe.
http://www.ifes.org/Content/Publications/Press-Release/2013/~/media/Files/Publications/Survey/2013/Ukraine%202013%20Summary%20of%20Findings%20Public_Final.pdf
http://www.ifes.org/Content/Publications/Press-Release/2013/2013-Public-Opinion-Survey-in-Ukraine.aspx

Additionally 2013 the response to the question of joining either the EU or customs union was nearly 50/50, something also reported by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology:
https://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/poll-ukrainian-public-split-over-eu-customs-union-options-332470.html


Furthermore from an Eastern perspective you have to remember that the Russians have a deeply suspicious view of the West, one that Victoria Nuland and John Mccain so carelessly provided opportunities for propaganda to reinforce the Russian point of view:

Spoiler
The Russians have jumped on Victoria Nuland's speech back in 2013 (Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs) as she mentions that they've spent over $5 Billion to push for Ukraine EU integration as far as I can tell.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2fYcHLouXY[/youtube]

Victoria Nuland asserting whom she doesn't want in the new Ukrainian government 0:40 apprx to Geoffrey R. Pyatt: United States Ambassador to Ukraine and saying the EU can go **** itself.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIvRljAaNgg[/youtube]

Victoria Nuland handing out food to Maidan protestors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbjNJbjEy04

And then this (not sure if accurate):
http://pando.com/2014/02/28/pierre-omidyar-co-funded-ukraine-revolution-groups-with-us-government-documents-show/
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In any case it wouldn't be the first time:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa

In regards to where it all started (The Maidan violence) it is commonly accepted that the Yanukovich government is to blame.

The Maidan sniper fire occurred hours after a truce had been agreed to that could have left Yanukovich in power. The Russians believe it was someone from the new coalition while the West believes it was someone acting on behalf of Yanukovich's or Putin's orders. There is footage of both Berkut snipers and Maidan snipers on both sides and both sides have come to wildly differing conclusions. The current Ukraine government followed through with an investigation but is accused of not providing evidence.

 And then the Russians used the phone call between Estonian Foreign Minister and Katherine Ashton discussing that the snipers at the Maidan protestors where a third party shooting at both sides of the fence.
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kriCMNE6b5E
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The source was later found out to be Olga Bogomolets who clarified her position a bit better:

Spoiler

Bogomolets has been a hero to the protesters on Maidan Square since then. They call her the "white angel," and some even call her Ukraine's Mother Theresa, the saint of their revolution. When Yatsenyuk assembled his interim cabinet, Bogomolets was on his shortlist. She was to be given a position just like Dmitry Bulatov, the leader of the AutoMaidan movement, who was kidnapped and likely tortured, and is currently Ukraine's minister of sports. Another member of the protest movement, Andriy Parubiy, the leader of the anti-government protests on Maidan Square, now heads the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. In the case of Bogomolets, appointing her to the position of health minister seemed to make sense.

She remembers receiving a phone call from Yatsenyuk's advisers, who asked if she was interested in the cabinet post. But instead of simply accepting the office, she wanted to set conditions so that things would truly change under the new government. She demanded international standards for the ministry, transparency in the billing of healthcare services and a new team. The advisers listened to what she had to say. They said nothing in reply, but on the next day they spread the rumor that she had turned down the job.

It was a lie, one of the usual political lies. For Bogomolets, it was an unmistakable sign that the old forces, the oligarchs and corrupt politicians, had already gained a foothold in the new government before any new policies had even been implemented.

'All They Wanted Was My Face'

She says she could have defended herself by telling the Maidan protesters about the advisers' deceptive behavior, thereby fomenting opposition to the new government. But she chose not to because, despite everything, she wanted to give the new beginning a chance to take hold. But also because she was no longer interested in being a part of the government.

"All they wanted was my face, but they weren't interested in real reforms," she says. Officially, she said that she had consulted with her priest, who had advised her to accept the post, but then she changed her mind. "My heart, sensitive to hypocrisy and farce, tells me it would be wrong to belong to the new goverment of politicians whom I hardly know," she recently told the Daily Beast website.

It was probably the right decision, now that the new government is increasingly being discredited. Voters now know that Bogomolets is not seeking office at any price, and that she has principles and refuses to frivolously abandon them. She could probably easily win the vote to enter into city hall, but she hasn't decided yet what she wants to do. Does she want to become mayor or perhaps a member of the Rada? Or would she rather run for the country's highest office and become Ukraine's first woman president?

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/maidan-hero-olga-bogomolets-considers-future-in-ukrainian-politics-a-962369.html

This was also the woman who was quoted by the Estonian foreign minister over the sniper incident. A section about it is also written which can give somewhat closure on that:


Will Ukraine Investigate Killings?

Her suspicions became public when, in early March, a recording of an intercepted telephone conversation between Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was posted on the Internet -- by the Russians. In the conversation, Paet said that Bogomolets questioned whether former President Yanukovich was responsible for the massacre. "There is now stronger and stronger understanding that behind the snipers it was not Yanukovich, it was somebody from the new coalition," Paet said in remarks later confirmed by the Estonian Foreign Ministry. "Olga told that, well, all the evidence shows that people who were killed by snipers from both sides, among policemen and people from the streets, that they were the same snipers killing people from both sides."

After the leak, Bogomolets' mobile phone began ringing incessantly. The Maidan protesters saw their revolution being called into question. In an interview with Britain's Telegraph newspaper, Bogomolets distanced herself from Paets' remarks, insisting that she hadn't said what he had reported, and demanded that the new government investigate the incidents.

On Thursday, Ukraine's interim interior minister, Arsen Avakov, released a report claiming that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian security agents had been involved in the planning that resulted in the deadly use of force last month. But it presented no proof.

So far, the democracy Olga Bogomolets would like to see in Ukraine hasn't been born yet.

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What makes matters worse is that the actual footage showing Maidan protesters being shot; shows them being shot from behind rather than from the direction of the police cordon (the video makes some far reaching assertions that should be taken with a large grain of salt):

WARNING! GRAPHIC!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnBa0Uj3Ijw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnBa0Uj3Ijw)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er2aAvs180g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er2aAvs180g)


While police snipers where probably in every which direction, a detailed investigation should have been undertaken to dispel myths and conspiracy theories. Perhaps it already has but bearing everything I've said in mind, both sides consider the other to be terrorist-like in nature or illegal. 

So does Putin have the morale high ground? No! Not from our perspective but from a part of the extreme Eastern perspective they are hoping and practically begging for Putin to intervene and if the violence continues and further blunders are made then the perception of who has the morale high ground will likely become increasingly irrelevant compared to who can stem the violence the fastest. Putin may not have the moral high-ground (in fact he seems to be capitalizing on the fear of the right sector the same way Kiev is capitalizing on fear of Russian agents) but depending on what propaganda you decide to believe it will likely determine what weights and measures you use to determine what the moral high ground even is. And currently the Russian and Western propaganda is in full swing.

Suffice to say I am extremely concerned that the difference in viewpoints between East and West are unlikely to be reconciled any time soon. One can only hope that the military operation will stem the violence but I have my doubts. 

To give you an idea of how out of control this is getting; a member of the TW forum who was at Odessa mentioned this:

Unexpectedly there was an official announcement from regional prosecutor's office.
"EVERY ACTION PERFORMED BY CITIZENS TO NEUTRALIZE ARMED TERRORISTS WILL BE CONSIDERED LEGAL."


 

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on May 04, 2014, 10:34:01 am
First of all it was bad idea to ban all current political representation of the East Ukraine, it was also a serious blunder to even consider or allow right-wing anti-Russian ministers into the government (even for a short time) since they where a minority to begin with and have used violence/intimidation where it has suited them which became deeply concerning to the East-Ukranians.
Who and how get banned, what do you mean?
As for "right-wing anti-Russian ministers" there is only two - Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Supplies, that has nothing special connected with East-Ukranians. ???
Then to opt for the removal of the Russian language (in an official capacity) in a move that generated more symbolic hatred then it did unity and was another bad move regardless of whether they followed through with it.
- It wasn't removing of "Russian language" but just Bill "On the principles of the state language policy"
- That bill was imperfect, doesn't counts many aspects of other languages, and should be reworked in that case, so this was the reason to cancel it
- All in all, decision about canceling was vetoed, so for now bill is "working" as earlier.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 04, 2014, 12:02:32 pm
Svoboda might be right-wing, but there's also the most loyal party to the new government. They've supported every notion without asking for concessions in return, which other parties did. Besides, they are as much Nazi as the PVV, Front National and UKIP. Its supporters stood behind the protests from day one and they got representation for that.

Besides, even if Svoboda was left out, the Kremlin would still point at Previ Sektor and scream 'THEY'RE ALL NAZIS AND FASCISTS'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 01:24:37 pm
Who and how get banned, what do you mean?

Sorry I was under the impression the Party of Regions was banned in parliament but they where only banned in the Chernivtsi, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. A draft bill has been introduced to ban them outright but it will unlikely pass. This a good a thing but likely the damage is done nonetheless and East-Ukranian representation is still unlikely to go without a physical beating judging by the fact that Oleg Tsaryov (presidential candidate Party of Regions?) sustained about 3 beatings thus far, at least one being attributed to the right wing movement. I'd say the bad press the right wing has received thus far hasn't helped either but ok he is a bit of a nut.

In any case the bad press for actions such as right wing MPs to go about beating or intimidating people who work in the media for example just adds to blunder(s) of having allowed right-wing representation in an interim government at such a crucial time when Unity was required.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/19/ukrainian-mp-assaults-television-chief-pro-russian-miroshnichenko-panteleymonov

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As for "right-wing anti-Russian ministers" there is only two - Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Supplies, that has nothing special connected with East-Ukranians. ???
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Deputy Prime Minister
Oleksandr Sych A member of parliament from the nationalist Svoboda party, Sych has served as the party's longtime ideological chief and the head of its regional organizations in Ivano-Frankivsk. Has worked as a history professor and has authored numerous essays on the history of Ukraine's liberation movement. Co-authored a controversial bill proposing to ban abortion except in instances of medical need or documented rape. Has said women have the right to not get pregnant, but should do so by "leading an orderly life."


Defense Minister
Rear Admiral Ihor TenyukhRear Admiral Ihor Tenyukh
Ihor Tenyukh (55) -- Rear admiral and former commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Tenyukh provoked Russian animosity in 2008 when he ordered vessels to block the entrance of the Russian Navy to the bay of Sevastopol during the Russia-Georgia War. Two years later, he was dismissed from his position by Yanukovych. Tenyukh played an active role during the Euromaidan protests, calling on members of the armed forces to defy "illegal" orders from the authorities. Lviv native and member of the nationalist Svoboda party.


Dmytro Yarosh, the head of the nationalist Right Sector, had been offered a deputy post on the council, but has not yet agreed to the terms. Unlike cabinet ministers, his post was approved by the interim president.

National Security & Defense Council Secretary - Andriy Parubiy  - co founder of Social-National Party of Ukraine together with Oleh Tyahnybok; the party combined radical nationalism and some neo-Nazi features (by its name and the "Wolfsangel"-like sign)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Parubiy
http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-whos-who-cabinet/25279592.html

Andriy Mokhnyk
Two Svoboda party members took over the ecology ministry and the agriculture ministry. Andriy Mokhnyk, 42-year-old deputy head of Svoboda with three higher educations (none ecology-related), took over the ecology ministry. This may be bad news for international companies that have signed agreements with Ukraine to develop alternative energy sources because the party had organized fierce resistance campaigns across the nation.



Ihor Shvaika
Svoboda's Ihor Shvaika, 38, was appointed Agriculture Minister. Russian-born and Kharkiv-educated lawyer, he worked in Kharkiv law companies in leading roles, as well as local branches of law companies. A member of right-wing nationalist Svoboda since 2007, he thrived on publicity when he moved to Kyiv after the 2012 parliamentary election. He was very vocal in anti-shale gas campaigns led by Svoboda, and was in the middle of a child abduction scandal last year, when his former wife accused him of taking away their 5-year-old child. He returned the child to the mother, Ukrainian media reported.


Serhiy Kvit
New Education Minister Serhiy Kvit, 48, has worked as President of Kyiv-Mohyla University since 2007. The school is considered one of the best in Ukraine, but has not developed much in 2007. Kvit has been a member of right-wing organizations in Ukraine, and an ardent enemy of previous Education Minister Dmytro Tabachnyk.

He supported EuroMaidan from the early days and led his schools' students during the protests. Despite revolutionary zeal, he was not known for leading any major changed in his school, and was not the student community's first choice for minister.


https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/op-ed/katya-gorchinskaya-the-not-so-revolutionary-new-ukraine-government-337768.html


Today, Svoboda holds a larger chunk of its nation's ministries (nearly a quarter, including the prized defense portfolio) than any other far-right party on the continent. Ukraine's deputy prime minister represents Svoboda (the smaller, even more extreme "Right Sector" coalition fills the deputy National Security Council chair), as does the prosecutor general and the deputy chair of parliament -- where the party is the fourth-largest. And Svoboda's fresh faces are scarcely different from the old: one of its freshmen members of parliament is the founder of the "Joseph Goebbels Political Research Centre" and has hailed the Holocaust as a "bright period" in human history.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/03/18/yes_there_are_bad_guys_in_the_ukrainian_government

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Granted the positions may have changed since the articles where written but the damage is done.

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- It wasn't removing of "Russian language" but just Bill "On the principles of the state language policy"
- That bill was imperfect, doesn't counts many aspects of other languages, and should be reworked in that case, so this was the reason to cancel it
- All in all, decision about canceling was vetoed, so for now bill is "working" as earlier.

You're right actually.


The deepening crisis in Ukraine involves not only issues of political sovereignty, European integration and Russian hegemony, but also language and its relationship to nationalism and ethnic identity. Immediately after the removal of President Viktor Yanukovych from power on Feb. 22, the Ukrainian Parliament repealed a controversial law passed in 2012 that allowed the use of "regional languages" – including Russian, Hungarian, Romanian and Tatar -- in courts and certain government functions in areas of the country where such speakers constituted at least 10 percent of the population. (In 1991, in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the newly independent state of Ukraine established Ukrainian as its sole official language.)

Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov has since vetoed that repeal, but the episode has alarmed many of Ukraine’s Russian speakers and others. “Just as the law itself was meant to validate the continued use of Russian in Ukraine for a wide range of activities, the move to cancel that law was perceived as taking away rights enjoyed by the Russian-speaking population, and potentially a sign that there might be growing discrimination against them,” explained Olga Oliker, a security and defense analyst at the RAND Corp.

http://www.ibtimes.com/watch-your-tongue-language-controversy-one-fundamental-conflicts-ukraine-1559069

 I understand that there are strong ethnic tensions and have been in the past but sadly the fervor of nationalism combined with possible anger has only helped to plunge the country into further difficulties. That nationalism and the involvement of right wing groups in the government will likely tarnish the majority of actions that somehow offend or panic the eastern Ukrainians.

Svoboda might be right-wing, but there's also the most loyal party to the new government. They've supported every notion without asking for concessions in return, which other parties did. Besides, they are as much Nazi as the PVV, Front National and UKIP. Its supporters stood behind the protests from day one and they got representation for that.

Besides, even if Svoboda was left out, the Kremlin would still point at Previ Sektor and scream 'THEY'RE ALL NAZIS AND FASCISTS'.

Right wing doesn't necessarily mean 'nazi' it could be limited in scope to nationalistic views that make citizens of differing ethnicity feel somewhat isolated, excluded or feeling intimidated. Nationalism is often inevitable in revolutions but that doesn't mean it helps promote unity in a multicultural globalist world/society, but like I said it was a blunder to add them to an interim government regardless of whether they where asking for anything in return or not and the decision has had obvious repercussions. Having said that, when Svoboda's party leader does this:
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https://i.imgur.com/s0sR7dL.jpg
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You do have to wonder...

Either way choosing loyalty and possibly 'muscle' as a government criteria does nothing to remove the remnants of suspicion that it may be the same old faces of corruption that still linger in the government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/world/europe/ukraine-parliament.html

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 04, 2014, 02:21:06 pm
Fact remains that Russia has made 'good' use of the Eastern Ukrainians' suspicion. These people are convinced that Kiev has been taken over by a violent coup of Nazi's and fascists, supported by the West, and that the only save harbor is Old Mother Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 02:53:06 pm
And the interim government made good use of known Russophobes and Right wingers while people like John Mccain and Victoria Nuland made good use of cramming themselves into pictures with the Svoboda leader not to mention get themselves so highly involved in the events on the ground that it was likely to provoke the notion that the West is engaging in financed regime change which is well known to have been the case during 2004 (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa).
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/john-mccain-meets-oleh-tyahnybok-in-ukraine-2013-12
http://www.dojorat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nuland-in-ukraine.jpg

How on earth either party didn't anticipate a backlash from ethnic Russians and/or Russia itself is somewhat startling given the strategic interests of Russia and the proximity.

Of course Russia was going to get pissed. Very few countries love the notion of a hostile government bordering their country particularly one that 'may' be aligned with friendly foreign adversarial interest.

So yes Russia used it to its own full advantage in a manner that was shit but not entirely unpredictable (although I do have to say the whole Crimea thing was pretty unexpectedly brazen). But given Russia's stance on Georgia and the fact that neigh half the country is ethnically Russian I would say its akin to kicking a known angry bear in the balls and seeing how far you can run before it mauls you.

And as far as propaganda is concerned; every country engages in it to some extent to further its own interests, if your country is susceptible to foreign propaganda you should be treading very lightly indeed.

Basically; when doing what is right for you own country in a volatile situation its best not to make the situation even more volatile by pissing off the most powerful neighbor you have.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 04, 2014, 02:57:02 pm
The big difference being that the Western nations are democracies, with free press and anchored civilian rights. Russia - Not so much.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on May 04, 2014, 03:17:59 pm
The big difference being that the Western nations are democracies, with free press and anchored civilian rights.
Not where I live.

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I will regret this.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 03:32:37 pm
The big difference being that the Western nations are democracies, with free press and anchored civilian rights. Russia - Not so much.

Russia has never been a true democracy - period. Its first attempt to become such was a disaster well remembered by its own citizens. Unfortunately failed economies are much more rife for dictatorships which are sometimes more effective when the economy is in the shitter. Putin may be seen as a prick but one can't deny that he has at least been good for Russia... thus far (economically).

At the moment Russia has very little government debt, unlike the US and the EU which both have a government debt to GDP ratio of 101% and 87.4% (collectively) respectively. Russia does however have a large external debt (private company/bank debt of the country).

I don't know if the ECU would bring the Ukraine any real prosperity... it likely won't. The EU association agreement along with the IMF agreement will however bring about strong austerity measures.

As far as press freedom goes; currently the US is ranked 46th on the press freedom index, right under Romania. While the UK is at 33.
http://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.php

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The United States’ new press freedom ranking comes on the heels of a new and dangerous campaign against Glenn Greenwald and other journalists who have reported on the documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

In recent weeks, high-ranking members of the intelligence community and members of Congress have called NSA journalists “accomplices” to Snowden’s leaks, and accused them of trafficking in stolen goods. And as Trevor Timm of the Freedom of the Press Foundation points out, these comments are only the most recent in a long line of attacks.

In 2012, after a series of high-profile journalist arrests at Occupy protests, the United States dropped 27 places in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, landing in 47th place. The following year saw some progress as the U.S. climbed back up to 33rd place, but the last year has erased those gains.

http://www.freepress.net/blog/2014/02/11/us-plummets-global-press-freedom-rankings
http://en.rsf.org/united-states.html
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I think press freedom tends to have limits in every country but then press freedom is rather useless when investigative journalism is overly costly and thus not even used now-a-days so that the press merely begins to parrot what the government is saying or even adopts the Government line unquestioningly. This is especially annoying/prevalent during wartime:

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With a little research, they could have exposed them as falsehoods. Of course, war always produces propaganda, but in both these wars the lack of questioning of official pronouncements by the news media was astounding. There was little media dissent from the interpretive framework provided by the government (Entman and Page 1994). The presentation of sanitized images was prevalent, whilst reporters were fed a plethora of spin terms and techno-specific images. Weapons and technology became the heroes and their consequences forgotten. As reporters were not allowed anywhere near any fighting, the media concentrated on ‘sexy’ weapons. Despite around the clock media coverage, it still lacked substance and came entirely from the perspective of the military that controlled both the content and the context. The media corporations, mostly CNN in this case, seemed complicit in this management of public perception by the authorities. The BBC took on its government’s view entirely and even went to the ridiculous lengths of banning the playing of songs such as Killing Me Softly with your Song, Everyone Wants to Rule the World , and We Can Work It Out (Taylor 1992, p.24). Such actions do not indicate a free and fair press but one which was conscious of ensuring continued support for the war, or at least, not wanting to assist in producing antagonism to the official government line. Of course, in war the news media is partially a tool of government but it is problematic whether the media should be totally compliant and by doing so hide the implications of government policy.

http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=isw

Perhaps the most fundamental danger to the ethical coverage of state violence is the progressive use by governments of influence campaigns prevalent in both these wars. The strategy of denial (the blocking of information to withhold the truth) and deception (an attempt to make someone believe something is not true) is becoming a favoured practice by governments (Godson and Wirtz 2002). These practices have developed in sophistication, and need equally clever journalists and media owners to counter them. In the two wars discussed, denial was almost complete in 1991 and so was deception in 2003 (with the complicity of media owners). The ethical responsibilities of the media were shunned and evaded in both wars.
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=isw
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 In the end though Russia's lack of a democracy doesn't excuse the lack of foresight or the blundering decisions of other nations though Russia may have to answer for its own actions. It also doesn't mean that the West is averse to slitting throats to get what it wants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_United_States_foreign_regime_change_actions
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 04, 2014, 04:14:10 pm
Pro-Russian crowds have attacked the Odessa Police station and ordered the release of all detainees. The police feared they'd be stormed, and thus gave in and they're being releashed. Meanwhile the Union House has been reclaimed by Pro-Russians and apparently they are surrounding the Police Armory.

Shit has gone from bad to worse.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 04:19:57 pm
I thought the the Pro Russians already have a military depot in their possession:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/24/protesters-ukraine-weapons-cache-mine

Either way, still bad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 04, 2014, 04:23:26 pm
That's in the east. Odessa is in the south-west.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 04:29:07 pm
I suppose but weapons on the loose can easily be moved or used in different locations especially since Odessa is connected to areas that are politically pro Russian...
http://world-news-research.com/ruthenia.html

then again I don't know if there are massive amounts of checkpoints now but alone sitting on a cache of a million weapons or more should be disturbing enough...

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 04, 2014, 04:34:40 pm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jNDy80-cc_E

Really don't like these new titles. They're so... sensationalist. Atill best footage around though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 04, 2014, 04:45:12 pm
That bald guy in camos. Clearly a leading figure. He just basically gave the crowd orders.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 04:51:44 pm
Well he stated what he wanted to do and asked if they agreed so technically not quite 'ordering' the crowd, perhaps instigating?

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 04, 2014, 05:02:00 pm
Well he stated what he wanted to do and asked if they agreed so technically not quite 'ordering' the crowd, perhaps instigating?

Eh he clearly has some sort of authority though. Maybe not officially, but it could be he's assumed the role of a natural leader through his respect within the community, or something like that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 05:07:26 pm
I would agree with that. There's a lot of Afghanistan vets in the Ukraine. Could be that he may be a guy with some military background or that he has some community influence due to being well respected as you say, I am just saying that he's still cautious enough to ask the crowd whether they agree rather than presuming they'll follow his orders at every whim.

 

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 04, 2014, 05:07:54 pm
It might have sounded like a question, but it's an order.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 05:10:47 pm
It sounded Russian. Everything in Russian sounds like an order. Try listening to Arabic it more often then not sounds like people are about to kill each other when they're just talking about the weather. I am going by the text. The voices are raised and angry like most mobs so it makes orders indistinguishable from angry rants and anything else they're saying.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 04, 2014, 05:17:05 pm
It's not the sound. It's the way he talks - No voice-raising and no pauses. This man knew what he was going to say and he also knew what reply he wanted.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 05:26:14 pm
Knowing someone will agree and knowing what you're going to say doesn't constitute an order. He appears once in the whole film and he's talking as if he was one of the guys who was at the checkpoint or wherever where others where captured. Hence I am guessing people were persuaded to come and help 'his' comrades out of jail etc as well as rely on him for some of the info. Additionally the footage cuts in once he's got people's attention etc so I can't see what happened before that.

At least that's what I am guessing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 04, 2014, 05:34:25 pm
He was certainly confident enough in his group to know that they would follow him if he suggested any course of action within reason. Notice how the shouting dies down when he starts speaking. People will follow him regardless of what he says, but due to the rather community oriented organization of the demonstrators and the fact that he's only one man in a sea of other angry citizens who just want to smash things, it helps to ask permission, even if it's only symbolic, to remind the people that they're in it together and that their objectives are still mutual to the point where they don't need to have a designated leader.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 04, 2014, 05:40:01 pm
That's a possible explanation but but a full gone conclusion if he was one of the guys who was there when his comrades where arrested and everyone else is relying on information from him to identify the guys and/or if he is part of a second group who have already made their arrangement(s) and hes liasoning with the this group to convince them to join them.

In any case it doesn't really matter unless the assumption is that the crowd is being directed by one of Putin's cronies.



Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 04, 2014, 05:58:51 pm
Well I just want to figure out how organized these people are. Are they acting under a higher authority or are they just an angry mob? Do many of them even like Putin and Russia, or do they just see it as an attractive alternative to Ukraine? Do they actually see any problem with their lives in Ukraine, or are they just acting under the effects of group control and peer pressure?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 04, 2014, 09:29:28 pm
There's a big crowd of at least several hundred pro-Unity protestors marching to remove the big Russian flag on the (burned) Union House. The Police had promised to take it down yet it's unclear if that has already happened.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bm0JyVUIUAAkdnq.jpg:large)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 05, 2014, 01:37:13 am
Well I just want to figure out how organized these people are. Are they acting under a higher authority or are they just an angry mob? Do many of them even like Putin and Russia, or do they just see it as an attractive alternative to Ukraine? Do they actually see any problem with their lives in Ukraine, or are they just acting under the effects of group control and peer pressure?

I miss Vice's Simon asking investigative questions :(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on May 05, 2014, 02:05:02 am
Well I just want to figure out how organized these people are. Are they acting under a higher authority or are they just an angry mob? Do many of them even like Putin and Russia, or do they just see it as an attractive alternative to Ukraine? Do they actually see any problem with their lives in Ukraine, or are they just acting under the effects of group control and peer pressure?

I miss Vice's Simon asking investigative questions :(

He'll be back, I doubt he returining to Sloviansk though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 06, 2014, 05:34:09 am
http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/05/putins-human-rights-council-accidentally-posts-real-crimean-election-results-only-15-voted-for-annexation/

Boy what a shocker.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on May 06, 2014, 06:46:31 am
http://rt.com/in-vision/slavyansk-ukraine-crackdown/may-ukrainian-ukraine-eastern/

Interesting photos, ignore title.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 06, 2014, 12:51:35 pm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/05/putins-human-rights-council-accidentally-posts-real-crimean-election-results-only-15-voted-for-annexation/

Boy what a shocker.

Yeah just read that. Oh Russia...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on May 06, 2014, 08:41:31 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spUnGGB5lKQ 

some dude on fb says the Russian entered Ukraine recently.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 06, 2014, 08:49:21 pm
http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/05/putins-human-rights-council-accidentally-posts-real-crimean-election-results-only-15-voted-for-annexation/

Boy what a shocker.

What the fucking hell O.O
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Fruble on May 06, 2014, 08:55:08 pm
Like it was much of a suprise. ^
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 06, 2014, 08:56:38 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spUnGGB5lKQ 

some dude on fb says the Russian entered Ukraine recently.

Haven't read anything about that on my twitter feed where I follow several freelance tourists. Besides, I think this recording might be from the Crimea where the pro-Russians partied after the 'referendum'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on May 06, 2014, 09:23:33 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spUnGGB5lKQ 

some dude on fb says the Russian entered Ukraine recently.

Haven't read anything about that on my twitter feed where I follow several freelance tourists. Besides, I think this recording might be from the Crimea where the pro-Russians partied after the 'referendum'.
Might be. Reminds me to eastern Germany in 1989 just that they had only shitty commie cars back then.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Coconut on May 06, 2014, 09:42:07 pm
I'm playing ukraine in eu4
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Ukraine will always own crimea in my heart.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 07, 2014, 12:24:28 am
nuklear wer is comming!!!!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 07, 2014, 02:08:07 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BSSocdQor8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 07, 2014, 03:07:43 am
http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2014/05/05/putins-human-rights-council-accidentally-posts-real-crimean-election-results-only-15-voted-for-annexation/

Boy what a shocker.

That isn't surprising. It was highly likely that Russia would fudge the numbers.

The article claims:

The TSN report does not link to a copy of the cited report. However, there is a report of the Human Rights Council, entitled “Problems of Crimean Residents,” still up on the president-sovet.ru website, which discusses the Council’s estimates of the results of the March 16 referendum. Quoting from that report: “In Crimea, according to various indicators, 50-60% voted for unification with Russia with a voter turnout (yavka) of 30-50%.”

It was unlikely they would ever get a 90% turnout. Even in the US the voter turnout has been in the 50 percentile range:

Note: While final exact figures for 2012 are yet to be calculated, the Bipartisan Research Center has stated that turnout for 2012 was 57.5 percent of the eligible voters, which they claim was a decline from 2008. They estimate that as a percent of eligible voters, turn out was: 2000, 54.2%; in 2004 60.4%; 2008 62.3%; and 2012 57.5%.[3] These were the same figures as given by the Center for the Study of the American Electorate.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_States_presidential_elections

But then people aren't voting on annexation. I would assume they made up statistics to justify the annexation of Crimea since it was never about protecting people over there it was about protecting strategic assets (ie: Sevestapol military ports which sit right in the middle of the Black sea).

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 07, 2014, 04:12:28 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-I5q3n_ZYI
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on May 07, 2014, 04:25:15 am
So essentially the more stupid an American is, the more pro-war he is? hmm

Beginning in July, U.S. banks will be required to start withholding a 30 percent tax on certain payments to financial institutions in other countries, which means Russian banks that buy U.S. securities after July 1 will forfeit 30 percent of the interest and dividend payments.  IRS can severely damage Russian banks/economy through this. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 07, 2014, 04:29:57 am
Damn, I guess my 3.5 GPA is a lie then.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 07, 2014, 04:39:02 am
Damn, I guess my 3.5 GPA is a lie then.

Are you one of those people who think grades or success in school translates directly to intelligence?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on May 07, 2014, 04:39:55 am
Damn, I guess my 3.5 GPA is a lie then.
Only 3.5? Not 139123012371972649182739812739012873817258775287456985743278652309873298470532645320948.5?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 07, 2014, 11:41:18 am
I wonder if there are any pro-Ukranians left in the Donbass Oblast.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 07, 2014, 10:56:16 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEkafQZ5IAA

You know what this means,
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Civil War.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 07, 2014, 11:01:08 pm
Damn, I guess my 3.5 GPA is a lie then.

Are you one of those people who think grades or success in school translates directly to intelligence?

Not directly, more like a correlation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 07, 2014, 11:03:45 pm


You know what this means,
Spoiler
Civil War.
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Not sure what makes you think this is some sort of decisive moment.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 07, 2014, 11:11:06 pm
Yeah naw, the Ukrainains aint gonna do shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 07, 2014, 11:19:25 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9A9oxJZ3MU

FORWARD COMRADES! FOR THE GLORY OF DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 07, 2014, 11:19:42 pm


You know what this means,
Spoiler
Civil War.
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Not sure what makes you think this is some sort of decisive moment.

If you have been watching Vice News (or any other reliable news network) you would know that Ukraine is at the break of Civil war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 07, 2014, 11:20:20 pm
Please for all that is good and holy let the war just start already...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 07, 2014, 11:22:33 pm


You know what this means,
Spoiler
Civil War.
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Not sure what makes you think this is some sort of decisive moment.

If you have been watching Vice News (or any other reliable news network) you would know that Ukraine is at the break of Civil war.

And if you were indeed watching Vice News (or any other reliable news network) you would know that the government in Kiev cannot afford to fight back and provoke the pro-Russian forces for fear of intervention from Moscow. The Ukrainians will not take direct action unless pro-Russian groups encroach further into Ukrainian territory, or unless they just start an all-out firefight with them. The situation is not as simple and black and white as it seems.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 07, 2014, 11:24:37 pm
Until the Russians take all the land up to Kiev and then claim they need to protect the Russian minority there too.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 07, 2014, 11:25:50 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9A9oxJZ3MU

FORWARD COMRADES! FOR THE GLORY OF DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLqz1F9PwWE

FOR THE GLORY OF UKRAINE AND DOES WHO DIED DURING THE REVOLUTION!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 07, 2014, 11:26:29 pm
The Ukrainian army did capture some roadblocks and is moving into the north and the south. There has been direct fighting with at least 4 death on the Ukrainian at circa 30 on the Separatist sides. That's a pretty direct action. No direct attacks on Separatist-held buildings. Let alone Donetsk. which, by the way, has a pretty good defensive lay-out. Geographically wise.

Seriously? No one is gonna comment on the tank but Edward?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on May 07, 2014, 11:30:53 pm
The Ukrainian army did capture some roadblocks and is moving into the north and the south. There has been direct fighting with at least 4 death on the Ukrainian at circa 30 on the Separatist sides. That's a pretty direct action. No direct attacks on Separatist-held buildings. Let alone Donetsk. which, by the way, has a pretty good defensive lay-out. Geographically wise.

Seriously? No one is gonna comment on the tank but Edward?

I bet all they could do is drive that in those two directions lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 07, 2014, 11:42:18 pm
Ugh, more death. Like that solves anything anyway.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 07, 2014, 11:45:59 pm
Damn, I guess my 3.5 GPA is a lie then.

Are you one of those people who think grades or success in school translates directly to intelligence?

Not directly, more like a correlation.

I disagree categorically.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on May 07, 2014, 11:52:32 pm
I just want to sub to this thread; Sorry I'm not contributing.  :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 07, 2014, 11:54:29 pm
I do wonder where in fucks name they got that T-34 from.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 08, 2014, 01:36:28 am
I do wonder where in fucks name they got that T-34 from.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on May 08, 2014, 10:46:44 am
That T-34 wont survive 2 minutes against a decently trained and equipped army.

Even if the Ukrainian army only had infantry, that tank could easily be taken out by any RPG. But they do not. They have air support and armored vehicles to support their infantry.
 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on May 08, 2014, 11:09:50 am
That T-34 wont survive 2 minutes against a decently trained and equipped army.

Even if the Ukrainian army only had infantry, that tank could easily be taken out by any RPG. But they do not. They have air support and armored vehicles to support their infantry.

still, it is an armoured vehicle with two 7.62mm machine guns and an 85mm gun (presuming they have ammo). That 85 will rip to shreds the APCs the Ukrainian army has. Its a lot of firepower the rebels shouldnt have.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 08, 2014, 11:39:58 am
I seriously doubt they'll use the freaking thing. It's easily outfought and outmaneuvered. If you go into battle with that thing against modern APC's, let alone modern tanks, you might as well go into battle covering your ass with a frying pan.

Edit: Donetsk people's Republic is still going to hold a referendum on the 11th.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on May 08, 2014, 01:08:51 pm
Regardless of how they got the tank their kinda stupid to show it of online instead of letting it be a surprise.. Now Ukraine knows they have a shitty tank before Ukraine didn't know shiet..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 08, 2014, 01:23:58 pm
It's probably for morale-purposes and the idea that most people wouldn't remember it's a shitty old tank.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 08, 2014, 02:18:36 pm
Sad that an old war relic like that is going to be destroyed :(

I love all things history so yeah...

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 08, 2014, 03:34:08 pm
How the fuck is olafson muted?  :o
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 08, 2014, 04:23:12 pm
How the fuck is olafson muted?  :o

He muted himself. Devs can still post while muted.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 08, 2014, 05:21:35 pm


He muted himself. Devs can still post while muted.

Omg abooose
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 08, 2014, 05:26:39 pm
With all the gear people had during protests, I wondered how difficult and expensive it was to get riot gear. So I did some online research.

...

Turns out, it's extremely easy. For like 400 euros, you have a quality shield, helmet, armour, knee and elbow protectors, baton, and a uniform (trousers, jacket, hat). All delivered to your home within a week. Shield maybe a bit longer.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on May 08, 2014, 05:39:10 pm
Well they probably stole most of it from the cops.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 08, 2014, 05:54:51 pm
Mostly shields, as they are the first thing cops would drop and the most easily taken from them. Helmets were largely Soviet-surplus and weapons ranged from clubs to hammers to slingshots. Body armour consisted largely of knee and elbow pads and those things are easily bought in the simplest sport store.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on May 08, 2014, 06:09:58 pm
I do wonder where in fucks name they got that T-34 from.

'Tank enthusiasts' started around 2013 from a museum to refrubish/restore it according to Voice of Russia. Maybe they decided to take the tank over or it was donated?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on May 08, 2014, 09:03:03 pm
Even admiral has some body armour he recently purchased. It is not hard to get that stuff. Certainly easier than getting some stuff you need for reenactment.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 08, 2014, 10:31:48 pm
There's riot Armour and then there are bulletproof vests. By the way, I read that the draft is back on, how's Admiral doing?

I also wonder what happened to that other guy. Eugen?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 08, 2014, 10:35:20 pm
God help them both, this looks like it's going to get messy quick.

Ah but wait, the world doesn't give a shit that other humans are dying. Swear to fuckin' God...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 08, 2014, 10:40:37 pm
I do wonder very much what happened to Eugen. We might not agree on a lot, but he's still an Ukrainian. Even though he was pretty pro-Yukanovich so I presume he's also pro-Russian.

Forty Pro-Russians tried to capture a Ukrainian borderpost in Izvarino, Luhansk oblast. They surrounded the post and demanded a surrender. The Ukrainians then opened fire, and the pro-Russians fled. This is probably one of the first armed take-overs that failed definitely.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on May 08, 2014, 10:42:58 pm
I do wonder very much what happened to Eugen. We might not agree on a lot, but he's still an Ukrainian. Even though he was pretty pro-Yukanovich so I presume he's also pro-Russian.

He disappeared on March 15th right before the Crimea referendum, havent seen him on steam either :/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 08, 2014, 11:01:08 pm
It would be unfortunate if something were to happen to him. Although I can see how he'd consider FSE and Steam extremely low on his list of priorities given the state of things, even if he is okay.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wolfy on May 08, 2014, 11:43:28 pm
I never got along with Eugen but I do hope hes ok.  Amusing to see the Pro-Russia's  showing their true colours and running for the hills.  Have they come up against real Ukrainian forces? I mean apart from the police.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 08, 2014, 11:44:24 pm
Let's hope it's soon, I'd like to see these bastards chased off to Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on May 08, 2014, 11:48:22 pm
It's interesting to see how the idea of 'Collective security' still isn't working to this day. The UN is still letting stronger more aggressive nations do as they wish annex lands of other member states, just like its long lost predessecor, the League of Nations. We still haven't learnt, have we?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 08, 2014, 11:50:29 pm
UN can't do anything, Russia's on the perm Sec counsel remember?

...Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to give 5 nations complete veto power!?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on May 08, 2014, 11:52:44 pm
UN can't do anything, Russia's on the perm Sec counsel remember?

...Who the fuck thought it was a good idea to give 5 nations complete veto power!?

They should probably switch over to a majority system for the veto powers, and eventually add a few other nations, or all nations into it. The permanent security counsel is rather pointless at this time as it gives far too much power to the hands of 5 countries to decide decisions of hundreds.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 08, 2014, 11:56:16 pm
But we can't change that.

Because they have veto power.

Anyone else following the logic here?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 08, 2014, 11:57:51 pm
But we can't change that.

Because they have veto power.

Anyone else following the logic here?
Assassination you say?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:02:44 am
More like complete constitutional remake, so that the majority of the nations in the UN can actually have a damned voice.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on May 09, 2014, 12:03:50 am
Or everyone just says 'Fuck the UN', walkout and make a new organization?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:06:40 am
Doubt it, the UN is one of the largest charity organizations in the world. Most nations need it to simply exist.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 09, 2014, 12:09:01 am
And so it has most of the 3rd world by the throat.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:12:02 am
And so it has most of the 3rd world by the throat stomach*.

People need food. Besides, the intended purpose of the UN was to stop World War III from happening, not act as the World Police.

Of course it'd be nice if they fuckin' did that job instead of the US going balls to the wall against any nation that's either communist or oil rich -_-
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 09, 2014, 12:18:48 am
The idea of Veto-power to the 5 biggest nations is that meant that the most powerful nations could stop actions that pissed them off. Because when a powerful nation gets pissed off, it's WARWARWAR. And like you said - the UN was made to avoid a third world war. Not to act as world police.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:22:51 am
Well someone's got to stop this God damned mess. The US won't do anything because we're still in post-Iraq/Afganistan shock, the EU is pussyingfooting this to an insane degree, China friggen SUPPORTS this, not even NATO is stepping up to the plate. For fuck's sake the US and Great Britian signed a damned treaty saying they'd stop this stuff from happening, and the only two fucking nations who've even done anything remotely militaristic is Turkey and friggin POLAND.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on May 09, 2014, 12:25:49 am
Polan is stronk

polan take moscovy like 1612
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:28:07 am
I swear to God and all of the friggin messengers, if I end up getting drafted into this shit without help from the bloody EU I'm going to shoot every single Belgian I see.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wolfy on May 09, 2014, 12:29:16 am
I swear to God and all of the friggin messengers, if I end up getting drafted into this shit without help from the bloody EU I'm going to shoot every single Belgian I see.
Hmmm, Americans shooting civies. Meh, wouldn't be the first time.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:30:51 am
I really wish I could actually argue against that...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on May 09, 2014, 12:32:53 am
I swear to God and all of the friggin messengers, if I end up getting drafted into this shit without help from the bloody EU I'm going to shoot every single Belgian I see.
Are you implying that you need a reason to start shooting Belgian?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:33:25 am
I swear to God and all of the friggin messengers, if I end up getting drafted into this shit without help from the bloody EU I'm going to shoot every single Belgian I see.
Are you implying that you need a reason to start shooting Belgian?

I may be an American but I still have morals.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wolfy on May 09, 2014, 12:35:43 am
Being American. Having no morals. Pretty much the same thing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:37:51 am
....*Facedesk*

I'm going to have a smoke...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 09, 2014, 12:45:55 am
Burning things... having no morals... massacerring civilians... being American... same thing.

Spoiler
This'll go on forever.  :P
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 12:49:42 am
I swear to God and all of the friggin messengers, if I end up getting drafted into this shit without help from the bloody EU I'm going to shoot every single Belgian I see.
Are you implying that you need a reason to start shooting Belgian?

I may be an American but I still have morals.

It is every man's moral duty to shoot Belgian filth on sight.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:50:15 am
Ugh, I said I was gonna quit these freaking things. Ah well, everything kills you on this planet. Only wish I had something better than Camels, things taste worse than asphalt.

So where were we, Ukraine being fucked while everyone else jacks off to it correct?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on May 09, 2014, 12:53:08 am
If they're gross, then stop eating camels, silly.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 12:53:12 am
Ugh, I said I was gonna quit these freaking things. Ah well, everything kills you on this planet. Only wish I had something better than Camels, things taste worse than asphalt.

So where were we, Ukraine being fucked while everyone else jacks off to it correct?

Get some Malborough Reds m8.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 12:54:56 am
1. This is my first cig in 6 months, I'm not going down that slople

2. Get back on topic
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 12:55:57 am
1. Stop being a PUSSAAYYYYYY and smoke some real shit
2. "Ukraine". That's the topic, right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 09, 2014, 01:05:56 am
We shall move onto investing in cigarette companies in the Ukraine and take advantage of the stressful situation, give out free packets. "For the stress" Get them hooked, have the country on its knees with nicotine addictions and Lung cancer.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 01:10:03 am
Oh for fuck's sake, I'm smoking to make me less fucking stressed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 01:10:39 am
We shall move onto investing in cigarette companies in the Ukraine and take advantage of the stressful situation, give out free packets. "For the stress" Get them hooked, have the country on its knees with nicotine addictions and Lung cancer.

Eh, they're already doing it on their own.

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"According to the above mentioned 2010 World Bank study 36% (28.6% is the average in Europe) of Ukrainians smoke tobacco, including 31% of those who smoke every day. Men with primary education and women with higher education are inclined to smoking. Some 80% of daily smokers are men. The average age that daily smokers start the habit is decreasing, and at present is 16 years. In the younger age group there are four times as many smokers as in the older age group. The smallest percentage of smokers is to be found in the west of the country (24.6%), while the largest is in the east (34%)."

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 09, 2014, 01:12:14 am
We shall move onto investing in cigarette companies in the Ukraine and take advantage of the stressful situation, give out free packets. "For the stress" Get them hooked, have the country on its knees with nicotine addictions and Lung cancer.

Eh, they're already doing it on their own.

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"According to the above mentioned 2010 World Bank study 36% (28.6% is the average in Europe) of Ukrainians smoke tobacco, including 31% of those who smoke every day. Men with primary education and women with higher education are inclined to smoking. Some 80% of daily smokers are men. The average age that daily smokers start the habit is decreasing, and at present is 16 years. In the younger age group there are four times as many smokers as in the older age group. The smallest percentage of smokers is to be found in the west of the country (24.6%), while the largest is in the east (34%)."

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Some other drug then! How about Alcohol? Or Caffine?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on May 09, 2014, 01:28:20 am
Opium. The brits had sucess with that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 01:32:10 am
Aye, n' fuck 'em for that. Now look at their old opium producing areas, all run by insane warlords.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 09, 2014, 01:37:35 am
Or everyone just says 'Fuck the UN', walkout and make a new organization?

Its called a coalition... remember Iraq? lol :P

Or Kosovo for that matter since no UN security council approval was given for intervention there.


Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 01:46:04 am
Or everyone just says 'Fuck the UN', walkout and make a new organization?

Its called a coalition... remember Iraq? lol :P

Or Kosovo for that matter since no UN security council approval was given for intervention there.

I think he means something like the UN but less of the power centralized to a few nations.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 01:53:57 am
Or everyone just says 'Fuck the UN', walkout and make a new organization?

Its called a coalition... remember Iraq? lol :P

Or Kosovo for that matter since no UN security council approval was given for intervention there.

I think he means something like the UN but less of the power centralized to a few nations.

So NATO, basically?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 02:01:28 am
UN does more than just military actions Nipple.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 02:05:51 am
Not anything that they're good at.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 09, 2014, 02:06:45 am
I swear to God and all of the friggin messengers, if I end up getting drafted into this shit without help from the bloody EU I'm going to shoot every single Belgian I see.

Wait, why the Belgians? They don't even have a national government for crying out loud. Have some decency.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on May 09, 2014, 02:11:21 am
I swear to God and all of the friggin messengers, if I end up getting drafted into this shit without help from the bloody EU I'm going to shoot every single Belgian I see.

Wait, why the Belgians? They don't even have a national government for crying out loud. Have some decency.
They share a border with the Dutch.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 09, 2014, 02:12:19 am
I swear to God and all of the friggin messengers, if I end up getting drafted into this shit without help from the bloody EU I'm going to shoot every single Belgian I see.

Wait, why the Belgians? They don't even have a national government for crying out loud. Have some decency.
They share a border with the Dutch.

So do Germany and France. GUNNA KILL EM TOO?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on May 09, 2014, 02:16:06 am
Back to topic!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 09, 2014, 02:20:17 am
Back to topic!

Stupid admins. Always ruining the fun! Bleh! No wonder they all live in Germany!

Okay, we'll get back on topic  :-*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 02:24:58 am
I swear to God and all of the friggin messengers, if I end up getting drafted into this shit without help from the bloody EU I'm going to shoot every single Belgian I see.

Wait, why the Belgians? They don't even have a national government for crying out loud. Have some decency.

EU Capitol is in Brussels, therefor all waffles must die.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 09, 2014, 02:36:25 am
Brussels is its own department, actually. Like Flanders and Wallonia. Own government, own ministers, entire thing.

Sooo, referendum on Sunday. Gonna be one big joke of course. Any ideas on what's gonna happen after 103% votes for independence?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 02:38:35 am
Maybe the world will grow a pair and tell Putin to fuck off?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 09, 2014, 02:41:31 am
Don't become one of those people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 02:42:48 am
Apologies, but I want his head on a pike.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 09, 2014, 02:46:22 am
So do I. But posting crap like 'ugh, west could grow a pair' is not gonna help. This isn't who has the biggest dick. It's politics.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 02:47:25 am
I don't give a damn what it is, I want someone to march into Russia and KILL THE BASTARD.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 02:49:27 am
Why? What exactly about him warrants death?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 02:56:35 am
Remember those letters that got sent out a while back to Crimean Tatars, removing them from their homes? A girl I know's Grandparents got one of those letters, and on top of that they found another dead lad near where they live. Now they're pinching pennies just to be able to afford to bring them over here, and they'll probably not be able to afford it.

I'm getting sick and tired of seeing this shite, I swear every single person I know has been fucked in some way shape or form by SOMETHING over the past year. Now for it to happen to a 13 year old girl's family, for "The good of Crimea"?  Kiss my ass, fuck pacifism, I want some damn blood, and I want to see Putin hanging from a damned tree.

And before someone spouts any blah blah blah personal vendetta bullshit, I don't give a damn. I just want this to be over and to have the glorious leader in a box.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 02:58:44 am
Yeah, he's a dick, whatever. That explains why he should be removed from office, imprisoned etc.. I still don't see why he should deserve to die for anything he's done.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 03:02:16 am
You're a better person than I am, from what I can tell.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 09, 2014, 03:40:31 am
Putin may be smart but he still a fucking dictator in my mind, i want his head on a pike as well, invading a country right after a revolution is a ass move.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 04:01:59 am
Putin may be smart but he still a fucking dictator in my mind, i want his head on a pike as well, invading a country right after a revolution is a ass move.

Because nobody westerners respect has done that ever, right? I feel like we need to remember that we're going to be automatically biased against Putin and the east, regardless of how open minded and knowledgeable we think we are. The media and western governments have sort of demonized him in recent months, and made it seem like he's some evil, power hungry tyrant who cares about nothing else but his own ambition and greed.

He's not. He's a harsh, iron fisted man who knows what he wants. He's an extremely shrewd politician and he is probably the smartest head of state with a presence on the world stage. He's used questionable means to advance his goals, but really that's necessary sometimes. Russia has a very different political climate than the west and it's perfectly reasonable that a man like him would rise to the top.

I hold immense respect for him simply because of what he's accomplished during his time in office, and the way he's brought Russia for the most part out of the economic depression and power vacuum that came out the Soviet Union's collapse in the 90's. I don't approve of all of his policies and methods, but you know, he gets shit done. And for that he is a boss.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 04:03:30 am
I don't want to concede to Godwin's law but...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 09, 2014, 04:05:52 am
Errr.... I don't want to dig a trench into the center of the earth that will make this forum destroy itself from the inside, so I'll stay silent on that and stick to Putin for now :-X
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 09, 2014, 04:15:29 am
I'm just saying man... there are parallels... well he hasn't started any genocide yet...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on May 09, 2014, 04:16:55 am
Putin has done some commendable stuff, such as creating more JV opportunities for Russian companies to work with American companies, including promoting R&D for pharma companies in Russia in order to create life saving drugs, towards cancer/Alzheimer's/etc.. He endorsed big hedge funds like Rusnano and others (uber billionaires) and encouraged them to work with American companies for these ventures.  Putin brought stability and pride to the Russian people after the chaotic, run-away inflation of the Yelzin years as well.  NOW, that does not mean he gets to sway the vote for him to keep getting reelected, although no one outside Russia really knows, maybe the majority of Russians still admire Putin, who knows (cant trust western media outlets these days).   He has done some horrible stuff this past decade, but none that deserves death, in favor of all he did for Russia after ex-Soviet era. Now.. in the future if he truly becomes like a Stalin or Hitler, it will be a different story..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 09, 2014, 04:17:12 pm
Sure. And Hitler build fantastic highways. Stalin made the Soviet Union into an Industrial superpower. Mao made China into a 'modern country'. Right?

Putin is a dictator that is putting up law after law, transforming Russia into the totalitarian regime that the Russians have known for decades under the USSR. I seriously can't stand people who say 'well, gotta admire Putin for what he did economically, so he's such a bad guy'. People always seem to admire dictators until they fall.

Russia has never been a democracy, and we, western people who have lived in democracies for generations, tend to forget that just because a country has elections and the same institutions we do, doesn't mean it's democratic or free.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 09, 2014, 11:10:06 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 10, 2014, 10:31:25 am
Fuck putin!  ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on May 10, 2014, 11:13:04 am
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Fuq Poot-in
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 10, 2014, 11:42:48 am
I'd say get Putin... but we British have been good friends with the Russians for a number of years, I sense we have a mutual respect for eachother... The blunder where the reporter took pictures of a junior minister walking into Downing street with documents saying the UK wasn't interested in doing anything to Russia is a reflection of that!

And as for the Russians, look at the order of this military parade, Putin puts his favourites first, and in this instance he put the UK first:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBiB_jHfMlg

0:30

And it's funny because the UK is the nation in the second best position to stop Russia, with sufficient military muscle and not dependent on Russian energy imports in any way. (Behind America, of course). The French and Germans are heavily dependent on Russia. So, yay, UK + Russia friends?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 10, 2014, 12:02:35 pm
Pretty sure that before the British come the Polish? And the Azerbajani. And the Romanians. And the Ukrainians. And a whole lot of nations I don't recognize. Go to 27:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70skQqd7tgM&feature=player_detailpage

Seriously, El_Presidente, what drugs are you on?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 10, 2014, 12:37:06 pm
Ah, but you see, we are the favourite out of the western nations - you fail to understand the point!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 10, 2014, 12:41:23 pm
Stop trolling.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on May 10, 2014, 04:44:53 pm
don't know if it was here
another interesting video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J18RziLIl30
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 10, 2014, 04:59:01 pm
This referendum is a farce, just like the one in crimea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 10, 2014, 05:30:46 pm
Haha, these barricades made by the pro-Russians were just told to go feck themselvesby the Ukrainian APC drivers.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=661_1399683308

This referendum is a farce, just like the one in crimea.

Illegitimate referendum? No problem.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=412_1399670339
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 10, 2014, 05:32:24 pm
Haha, these barricades made by the pro-Russians were just told to go feck themselvesby the Ukrainian APC drivers.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=661_1399683308

Someone didn't read the above post XD
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 10, 2014, 05:35:26 pm
Haha, these barricades made by the pro-Russians were just told to go feck themselvesby the Ukrainian APC drivers.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=661_1399683308

Someone didn't read the above post XD

A short gif vs the full video with sound? Thats a no-brainer. That shouldnt be an issue for you ;)

Also, http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4c1_1399657750 - Thats pretty bad. Street executions?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 10, 2014, 05:42:09 pm
No. It would be an execution if they had dragged a guy on to the streets, away from the public, put a gun to his face and shot him at point blank range.
These soldiers are being cornered by an angry mob and that's just asking for an escalation. What the soldiers did was bad, but saying that this is an execution is too far.

We hear three shots. The first has no apparent reaction. The second bang, the guy on his knees grabs his face and falls to the ground. Then, a split-second later, the guy in blue is shot in the leg. We see one soldier running away with his back to the camera, and another walking slowly to the same direction. It's very hard to see if they shoot (due to smokeless rounds) yet they're the only ones that could have shot the guy in blue - he's covered by the building from the other soldiers. That, or he has been shot by someone off-camera - whoever the fuck that might be. The walking soldier has his gun in rest-stance and the running soldier seems to have his gun pointing the other way when the shot is fired. This entire situation is questionable to say the least.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 10, 2014, 06:05:13 pm
This just in;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imcyNGvbPGw


Apparently caught 3 guys at a checkpoint with 100k referendum forms pre filled out with yes, whilst the referendum for donetsk is supposed to be tomorow.

Democracy my f*cking ass.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on May 10, 2014, 06:14:47 pm
Let me know if Ukraine has oil. We'll come over and help.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 10, 2014, 06:15:22 pm
Ukraine has large gas and oil assets as well as other natural resources.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 10, 2014, 06:48:36 pm
Not to forget grain fields. Lots and lots of grain fields.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 10, 2014, 06:58:52 pm
This just in;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imcyNGvbPGw


Apparently caught 3 guys at a checkpoint with 100k referendum forms pre filled out with yes, whilst the referendum for donetsk is supposed to be tomorow.

Democracy my f*cking ass.
Places with Russian Influence and democracy don't mix.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on May 10, 2014, 08:25:41 pm
Ukraine has large gas and oil assets as well as other natural resources.
Btw,
One of the two main areas with shale gas deposits - Yuzovska area -  lies right on the border between Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, and(what a coincidence! :)) Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka(cities where armed groups appeared in April) is roughly in center of it.
the map(cities marked in red):
Spoiler
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So there is an idea, that Putin does not really care about all "russian stuff" and need that territories, he just want to make and keep this region in conflict state as it is now to prevent from starting gas production. Foreign companies, in this case Shell, for sure will not started any deployment in this situation.
And this gas probably could help Ukraine reduce or maybe even deal with russian gas dependency, what Russia definitely does not want.
Crimean self also contains some oil, by the way :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 10, 2014, 09:08:13 pm
Stop trolling.

I wasn't trolling!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 10, 2014, 09:20:59 pm
Makes it all the more sad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 10, 2014, 10:44:46 pm
Makes it all the more sad.
Would you care to elaborate?  ???
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 10, 2014, 11:20:14 pm
Saying that the United Kingdom is in some special strong position, both military and economically, where it can make Russia change its course, but it chooses not to simply because 'mutual respect' and because Putin considers them his 'favorite' western ally...Well, that's a little bit stupid. Actually, it's really stupid. But then again, expectable from FSE's favorite UKIP-supporter.

If it were to be true, it would mean that the UK would be some sort of lone wolf shaking hands with Russia while the rest of the world turns its back on her, and it's very clear that that's not the case.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on May 10, 2014, 11:26:41 pm
Ah, but you see, we are the favourite out of the western nations - you fail to understand the point!


lololol Poland marched first and they're western.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 10, 2014, 11:28:49 pm
Poland can into senior parade position.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 12:37:32 am
Saying that the United Kingdom is in some special strong position, both military and economically, where it can make Russia change its course, but it chooses not to simply because 'mutual respect' and because Putin considers them his 'favorite' western ally...Well, that's a little bit stupid. Actually, it's really stupid. But then again, expectable from FSE's favorite UKIP-supporter.

If it were to be true, it would mean that the UK would be some sort of lone wolf shaking hands with Russia while the rest of the world turns its back on her, and it's very clear that that's not the case.

I said mutual respect, not allied! But the UK IS in a better position to stand up to Russia than France and Germany, because it is NOT dependent on Russian energy imports unlike the other two.

See how you twist words like every anti-UKIP idiot does? Wonder why people vote UKIP when everyone except a deluded socialist-liberal is wrong or politically incorrect?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on May 11, 2014, 12:50:31 am
Been told UKIP are nazis.   Duuring wouldnt be a nazis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 01:01:56 am
I said mutual respect, not allied! But the UK IS in a better position to stand up to Russia than France and Germany, because it is NOT dependent on Russian energy imports unlike the other two.

None of the western nations are dependent. Dependent means that you can't do without, and we can, in fact, do without Russian gas imports for quite a while before we start having problems. Russia, at the other hand, is very much dependent on the money they get from the export.

I don't wonder why people vote UKIP. I know why they do. British people can't stand change and they can't stand foreigners. The EU changes stuff and it's foreign. Tadaa.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 01:13:25 am
I said mutual respect, not allied! But the UK IS in a better position to stand up to Russia than France and Germany, because it is NOT dependent on Russian energy imports unlike the other two.

None of the western nations are dependent. Dependent means that you can't do without, and we can, in fact, do without Russian gas imports for quite a while before we start having problems. Russia, at the other hand, is very much dependent on the money they get from the export.

I don't wonder why people vote UKIP. I know why they do. British people can't stand change and they can't stand foreigners. The EU changes stuff and it's foreign. Tadaa.

Ah, anti-Britishness.

And yes, you'd be surprised to know how heavily energy dependent western societies would crumble without the energy imports they need from Russia so badly. The government only has enough stockpiles of fuel to maintain its own institutions for a few weeks at the most, and a similar amount to feed its population for a few weeks. You're not taking into account the panic that would break out as national grids ran into brownouts, fuel became scarce and the general looting and widespread civil disorder that could break out because of the prior two things.

I don't think you have any idea how dependent Europe is on Russian energy imports or the implications on European economies. The situation will only get worse for European countries very quickly, aside from the UK and Norway who still have sizeable gas and oil reserves, which would eventually run dry as well.

However, by the time the shale gas and oil in England, and the oil in the North Sea are sufficiently depleted I think we will have many alternatives (Such as Cold Fusion), or we could tap into the 200 years or so of coal reserves we have left (If we returned to industrial-revolution consumption levels, it is estimated as such), less we fall pray to the spectre of crippling energy costs that keep getting worse.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 01:17:26 am
I seriously doubt people will start looting because the gas prices go up.

I'm not anti-British. I love Britain. It's just that you people tend to forget that the world is no longer about you.  :P

I checked it, by the way. Britan imports 15% of its gas from Russia, and her own production drop by 7% a year. In other words, while the rest is trying to get away from Russia, Britain is getting more dependent.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 01:20:35 am
That sure as hell wasn't reflected in Eurovision tonight...

You say that, but if people can't acquire gas, several national grids of Europe might collapse leading to energy brownouts, which would have massive implications as alternatives probably can't be found for several days. All UK hospitals, for example, only have 3 days worth of fuel if the power grid fails - after that - if the government can't get more fuel to them if the national grid hasn't been restored, things turn south very quickly. The same goes for water treatment plants, only 3 days.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 01:24:23 am
You're forgetting that the Netherlands has its own gas reserves, by the way. We just export it all, because we get it cheaply from Russia. (Kinda ridiculous, I know)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 01:26:12 am
Mmm... it's more about electricity rather than gas or oil themselves. Without Russia, Europe's electricity production would collapse causing an incalculable number of problems...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 01:26:56 am
Thanks to the EU's 'green initiatives', we're all sons of bitches now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 01:27:07 am
Lol. We actually get only 5% of our gas from Russia. That means that in 2 years, Britain is about three times more dependent on Russian gas as the Netherlands. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 01:29:02 am
I'm on top of an old coal mine.

I'm also on top of 1.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas that hasn't been tapped yet, being an ol' Northerner! (Which will eventually be largely extractable due to technological advances).

Sorted!

But plz, this isn't the point, Coal Power, Oil/Natural Gas Power would all be crippled without Russia, and considering everyone's national grid is dangerously close to being in a deficit (Causing a brownout, there are fears of this happening in the UK thanks to the EU's incompetence, and our own government's incompetence for actually following the rules instead of breaking them like everyone in southern Europe does), with the lost production, bad things can happen!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 01:30:15 am
You just lost the discussion and are now trying to rescue your cause by pointing at coals and gas reserves that you can't even touch. You're being slightly ridiculous.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 01:31:14 am
I just edited it lol  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 01:33:14 am
Quote
But plz, this isn't the point,

"Shit, I lost the discussion. Better say that it wasn't important anyway!". Your point was that the UK was less vulnerable, while it's simply not. Get down from your UKIP-cloud.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 01:38:07 am
The UK has the strongest GDP figures in the western world for this year, based on predictions, great!

Not so great, because idiots have been supplying electricity for the past 30 years. We can't produce enough to keep up with huge increases in demands from a return of the manufacturing sector partially, and instead when our grid will inevitably fail it will have to automatically draw electricity from the French grid which we'll have to pay them for later >.>

Plz, darling, discussions evolve from mere gestures!

And no, my argument still stands, the UK has significant reserves that haven't been tapped into yet. Hence what your figures show, CURRENT PRODUCTION. MOST of Europe does not have a form of a significant energy reserve left. I am not proud of this in a nationalistic fashion if that would stop your word twisting for 5 minutes and constant misinterpretations.  I'm not in a UKIP-high-cloud, I'm in something called reality and hard line facts. A magical far away place from the socialist-liberal dogmaland.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 01:45:51 am
  I'm not in a UKIP-high-cloud, I'm in something called reality and hard line facts. A magical far away place from the socialist-liberal dogmaland.

Yet all you put forward are statements instead of actual numbers.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 01:49:17 am
1.3 trillion cubic feet of gas?

200-250 years of coal?

I love you still doorong
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 01:56:21 am
That you are currently not using and that you are currently not able to reach?

Love you too, prasidantahhh. In fact, I've grown bored of this discussion. Let's call it a day.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on May 11, 2014, 01:58:14 am
quitter

OK. We'll fight about the same pointless shit again for the 100th time later.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 11, 2014, 04:02:55 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlSzewPMhD4


Typical,
Anti-Ukrainian Protesters,
Dead Bodies,
Cowards,
War,
That's Eastern Ukraine for you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 11:32:26 am
Wait, wasn't it the NG that fought WITH the police AGAINST separatist militia?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on May 11, 2014, 12:41:58 pm
Please...

Germany produces most of its electricy from Coal (mostly imported from the US and from local sources) and from renewable energy sources.

Looking at this graph, only a small portion ofGermanys electricity is produced from gas. Renewable energy is growing, it already is producing more energy than Germanys Nuclear power plants and renewable energy will take them over very soon.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fc%2Fc9%2FEnergiemix_Deutschland.svg&hash=0ce0c5cdeee178a102660a6828fcc513aec8bbe9)


Lets see...
Germanys electricity production:

45.2% Coal
23.8% Renewable Energy
15.4% Nuclear Energy
10.5% Gas
4.0%   Others
1.0%   Oil

Besides that, Germany has over 22 trln cbm of shale gas that could be exploited. The only reason they are not being exploited right now, is because of enviromental laws. But I am pretty sure that if there is need, Germany will start using these.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on May 11, 2014, 07:55:57 pm
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=eff_1399818301

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-krise-400-us-soeldner-von-academi-kaempfen-gegen-separatisten-a-968745.html

National guard is closing in, shit's getting intense.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 11, 2014, 07:57:48 pm
Sounds like the party's gonna start fo real soon. I'll bring the red white and blue balloons! Can anyone pick up a six pack of oil barrels for the ride?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 11, 2014, 10:15:08 pm
These more extreme nationalist dont take these "civilian" threats and instigations that lightly.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ec_1399832157

They shoot to warn, but unlike most, they shoot to kill after they've shot to warn.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on May 11, 2014, 10:39:06 pm
Well, thats what you can expect when you get cocky with people who have weapons.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 10:41:00 pm
These more extreme nationalist dont take these "civilian" threats and instigations that lightly.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ec_1399832157

They shoot to warn, but unlike most, they shoot to kill after they've shot to warn.

How do you mean, they shoot to kill? They fired several warning shots and those guys JUST KEEP COMING. Then someone tries to ATTACK the guards and grabs hold of his AK. That's just ASKING for a freaking bullet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 11, 2014, 11:01:32 pm
Good old Soviet tactics. The human wave.

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-krise-400-us-soeldner-von-academi-kaempfen-gegen-separatisten-a-968745.html

National guard is closing in, shit's getting intense.

I had heared 'Blackwater' was in town (formerly called that). I hope they are more professional this time round given the bad track record in Iraq (if its true) but knowing the Russian pov their presence alone will likely inflame peoples anger more than calm it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on May 11, 2014, 11:06:34 pm
These more extreme nationalist dont take these "civilian" threats and instigations that lightly.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ec_1399832157

They shoot to warn, but unlike most, they shoot to kill after they've shot to warn.

How do you mean, they shoot to kill? They fired several warning shots and those guys JUST KEEP COMING. Then someone tries to ATTACK the guards and grabs hold of his AK. That's just ASKING for a freaking bullet.
Yeah grabbing someone's ak in the fire end isn't the smartest thing you can do.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 11, 2014, 11:09:49 pm
These more extreme nationalist dont take these "civilian" threats and instigations that lightly.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ec_1399832157

They shoot to warn, but unlike most, they shoot to kill after they've shot to warn.

How do you mean, they shoot to kill? They fired several warning shots and those guys JUST KEEP COMING. Then someone tries to ATTACK the guards and grabs hold of his AK. That's just ASKING for a freaking bullet.

And? Didnt I just say what you just described in other words?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 11, 2014, 11:10:29 pm
Good old Soviet tactics. The human wave.

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-krise-400-us-soeldner-von-academi-kaempfen-gegen-separatisten-a-968745.html

National guard is closing in, shit's getting intense.

I had heared 'Blackwater' was in town (formerly called that). I hope they are more professional this time round given the bad track record in Iraq (if its true) but knowing the Russian pov their presence alone will likely inflame peoples anger more than calm it.

Under whose employ?

Edit: Ah thanks RT

http://rt.com/news/158212-academi-blackwater-ukraine-military/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 11, 2014, 11:17:14 pm
According to the article there are rumors going around that they were employed to suppress the Russian militants/protests.

The article claims that these were rumors and that Russian media was stating it as fact but it goes on to say:

Ein Zeitungsbericht legt nun nahe, dass an der Sache womöglich doch etwas dran sein könnte: Laut "Bild am Sonntag" werden die ukrainischen Sicherheitskräfte von 400 Academi-Elitesoldaten unterstützt. Sie sollen Einsätze gegen prorussische Rebellen rund um die ostukrainische Stadt Slowjansk geführt haben. Demnach setzte der Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) die Bundesregierung am 29. April darüber in Kenntnis. Wer die Söldner beauftragt habe, sei noch unklar.

A news report bares open that this may not be so far from the truth: Loudly 'Bild am Sonntag' declares that the Ukranian security forces are being supported by 400 Academi-elite soldiers. They have supposedly lead missions against Rebels around the East Ukranian town of Slowjansk. That is what the Bundesnewsservice (BND) reported to the German government on 29. April. Who contracted the soldiers is still unclear.

Die Informationen sollen vom US-Geheimdienst stammen und seien während der sogenannten Nachrichtendienstlichen Lage, einer regelmäßigen Besprechung unter Leitung von Kanzleramtschef Peter Altmaier (CDU), vorgetragen worden. An dem Treffen hätten auch die Präsidenten der Nachrichtendienste und des Bundeskriminalamts, der Geheimdienstkoordinator des Kanzleramts und hochrangige Ministeriumsbeamte teilgenommen.

This information supposedly came from the US intelligence service in a meeting with Chancelery Chief Peter Altmaier (CDU). During that meeting the President for the News service and the Federal Criminal Police Office as well as the German Intelligence coordinator and high ranking officials apparently took part. (My translation for the government officials may not be exact).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 11, 2014, 11:22:10 pm
Well seeing as Blackwater are an American company I believe the American government has some sort of veto power over them (so they don't enter service under America's enemies, presumably). Maybe America made a deal with Blackwater and the Ukrainian government to offer their services for a lower price as a way for America to help out without actually committing US troops? Blackwater is also one of the most expensive and elite mercenary companies in the world, and so it seems sort of odd that the Ukrainian government would contract them without a special deal.

Edit: Here's something interesting. I was looking around on their website and I saw they released this statement:

http://academi.com/news_room/press_releases/88

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Some irresponsible bloggers and an online reporter have recently posted rumors that ACADEMI employees (operating under the name of Blackwater) are present in Ukraine. They are not and ACADEMI has no relationship with any entity named Blackwater or with the former owner of Blackwater, Erik Prince. Such unfounded statements combined with the lack of factual reporting to support them and the lack of context about the company, are nothing more than sensationalistic efforts to create hysteria and headlines in times of genuine crisis.

The basics: Those who understand the facts know that Erik Prince sold the company (which he had renamed 'Xe') in 2010 and retained the rights to the 'Blackwater' name. The new management of ACADEMI has made tremendous efforts to build a responsible, transparent company ethos, evidenced by the numerous awards ACADEMI has received for being among the most compliant companies in our industry. More information can be found here.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 11, 2014, 11:27:25 pm
The entire article starts off by mentioning that press release.  So they are aware of it.

Berlin - Es war ein eindeutig formuliertes Dementi. "Unverantwortliche Blogger und ein Onlinereporter" hätten "Gerüchte" verbreitet, wonach Angestellte der Firma Academi in der Ukraine im Einsatz seien. Das sei falsch und nichts mehr als ein "sensationalistischer Versuch, eine Hysterie zu kreieren". So äußerte sich der US-Militärdienstleister, ehemals unter dem Namen Blackwater zu unrühmlicher Bekanntheit gelangt, am 17. März auf seiner Webseite.

And yet they claim there may be some truth to it. Makes sense though that if the rumors are irresponsible that its likely not to go down well abroad and be used for Russian propaganda (which it already has). Should just mention though that they say that they can't verify the information as of yet. So looks like it will remain a rumor.

Also the Ukranian government claims the suspected units where not mercaneries but members of  Alpha special operations unit (Counter terrorism).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 11, 2014, 11:53:54 pm
I love how they are instantly labeled 'American mercenaries'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 11, 2014, 11:54:53 pm
Well where else would they be from, Singapore?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 12, 2014, 12:00:21 am
Well where else would they be from, Singapore?

RT's favorite thing about this story is that they don't have to warp any information or play with words to create their propaganda. In this case their bias can be judged by their intensity of coverage with this particular story in comparison with other news networks, and their specific rhetoric used when describing events and people. For instance right wing news papers in the US like to refer to Obama by his full name - Barack Hussein Obama. This is technically correct, but it's unnecessary information and their intentions in wording it that way are obvious.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 12, 2014, 12:11:56 am
In this particular case it was Der Spiegel reporting on a story that was run by Bild Am Sonntag although RT started the rumors I believe. Der Spiegel is a pretty well respected publication but I don't think Bild Am Sonntag is, then again not sure.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 12, 2014, 12:14:13 am
Well where else would they be from, Singapore?

RT's favorite thing about this story is that they don't have to warp any information or play with words to create their propaganda. In this case their bias can be judged by their intensity of coverage with this particular story in comparison with other news networks, and their specific rhetoric used when describing events and people. For instance right wing news papers in the US like to refer to Obama by his full name - Barack Hussein Obama. This is technically correct, but it's unnecessary information and their intentions in wording it that way are obvious.

My point was who gives a rat's ass, PMCs are just mad dog killers for the highest bidder, same as any other mercenary.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 12, 2014, 12:17:20 am
Well where else would they be from, Singapore?

RT's favorite thing about this story is that they don't have to warp any information or play with words to create their propaganda. In this case their bias can be judged by their intensity of coverage with this particular story in comparison with other news networks, and their specific rhetoric used when describing events and people. For instance right wing news papers in the US like to refer to Obama by his full name - Barack Hussein Obama. This is technically correct, but it's unnecessary information and their intentions in wording it that way are obvious.

My point was who gives a rat's ass, PMCs are just mad dog killers for the highest bidder, same as any other mercenary.

Right, but the fact that they're an American group is great for fear mongering and sensationalism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 12, 2014, 12:19:33 am
The fact that they're American ought to make Putin even angrier.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 12, 2014, 12:27:44 am
Well where else would they be from, Singapore?

RT's favorite thing about this story is that they don't have to warp any information or play with words to create their propaganda. In this case their bias can be judged by their intensity of coverage with this particular story in comparison with other news networks, and their specific rhetoric used when describing events and people. For instance right wing news papers in the US like to refer to Obama by his full name - Barack Hussein Obama. This is technically correct, but it's unnecessary information and their intentions in wording it that way are obvious.

My point was who gives a rat's ass, PMCs are just mad dog killers for the highest bidder, same as any other mercenary.

Right, but the fact that they're an American group is great for fear mongering and sensationalism.

I noticed that also Nipple. But to be frank, from what I've seen from RT I doubt there's much more kerosene they can pour onto this fire.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 12, 2014, 12:39:12 am
Its the news. Since when are they not into sensationalism? :D

Even Dailymail and the general tabloids ran with it.

Anyway the Russians are trying very hard to make it look like mercs on the ground, going as far as to get units to answer in English which I am sure plenty of Ukranians can do: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkboMhJuJxA#t=60

One of the comments below reads (But I assume the guy making the comment is Russian so bias beware):
He sounds like from Baltic states: Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia. This is definely not Ukranian accent as Ukranians speak perfect Russian. He said "I defend you" with a huge accent. He is in his late 40s-early 50s, look at his face. Therefore he is not from Ukranian special forces, nor from their military, too old. At that age Ukranians already in higher ranks, not on the ground. It is actually considered a shame for Ukranian military to be on the ground at this age, meaning no promotions were given during the service. So most likely he is a mercenary. His limited knowledge of Russian supports my findings as only this and older generation of Baltic citizens speak some Russian. 

Its a bit like that embedded Iranian journalist who got killed a while back. He met with a guy of Iranian origin fighting on the ground, the footage landed in the hands of rebels and suddenly it was Iran's elite special forces according to BBC even though the guys involved where idiots.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on May 12, 2014, 12:52:07 am
So what.. They are mercenaries.. Who cares what country they are from...
They work for whoever pays best.


Besides that, I do not trust "Der Spiegel" too much. They are known for releasing sensationalistic crap without any background check.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 12, 2014, 01:14:58 am
The question concering Sweden being a gap in northern Europe's defence is quite a big one at the moment. The president of Estonia fears that Russia could place missiles on Gotland, being able to reach Berlin, Copenhagen etc..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 12, 2014, 01:22:39 am
The Russians would have to get through the Finns first, and after the last time...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 12, 2014, 01:24:27 am
No, they've got access to the Baltic sea. And seeing as Sweden isnt part of any indepth defence organization, Finland wouldnt really have to try and stop them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 12, 2014, 01:25:14 am
Well then, glorious Latvian potato defence!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 12, 2014, 01:31:29 am
Oh they can get through to the Baltic sea without crossing into another country. Presuming that they've got a fleet in St Petersburg, their job would be fairly easy. Sweden has about 30 combat ready tanks on Gotland, along with a few airports that has various military aircraft on it. I am also sure that they've got a local home guard battalion consisting of around 800, could be more though.

Taking the island wouldnt be hard, once our airforce is knocked out that is. Our navy would not be able to put up much of a fight, but the 5 Visby-class corvette ships we have are top of the line, way better than Russia's older and worse corvettes and could easily stand on their own, and Russia has always been a country of quantity, not quality. Then again, 10 missiles vs 1..

I doubt any of this would occur without any interference from other European countries.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 12, 2014, 02:13:02 am
So what.. They are mercenaries.. Who cares what country they are from...
They work for whoever pays best.

Evidently the Russians do.

Quote
Besides that, I do not trust "Der Spiegel" too much. They are known for releasing sensationalistic crap without any background check.

Most news organizations/tabloids do, the entire Syrian conflict footage came with 'once again we can't verify the authenticity of this footage' At one point video of ARMA 2 was used to portray the IRA/the Libyan conflict and how helicopters can be shot down with conventional AA guns or some shit like that http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/27/ira-footage-video-game-itv



Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 12, 2014, 03:41:18 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPJ3clZ5mtw
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on May 12, 2014, 03:46:48 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPJ3clZ5mtw

Im guessing that was the same APC they captured.

If you cant use it you burn it lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 12, 2014, 11:00:05 am
Well where else would they be from, Singapore?

My point is that while the company might be by and large American, the soldiers usually come from all corners of the world.

Besides, I don't really see what the issue is, Clearly. "They just fight for money". Well, guess what, so does any military of any country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on May 12, 2014, 11:37:07 am
Yeah, but the difference is that the Military of a country can not choose who they want to fight for.

Mercenaries can. They can even switch sides during the fight. It is all up to them. (or the money...)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 12, 2014, 12:03:53 pm
Mercenaries are loyal to their contract. They don't switch sides during the fight. This isn't the 17th century.

Besides, once again, same thing. I can give you hundreds of examples of National Militaries switching sides.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 12, 2014, 12:26:42 pm
Well where else would they be from, Singapore?

My point is that while the company might be by and large American, the soldiers usually come from all corners of the world.

Besides, I don't really see what the issue is, Clearly. "They just fight for money". Well, guess what, so does any military of any country.

If we wanted to get into the technicalities of it then technically its against international law to use mercenaries in combat roles, at the very least its an area that needs more international regulatory rules since there's a list of criteria that would have to be fulfilled to define someone as being a mercenary and not all countries agree on the same definition. One of these includes getting higher wages than that of the country's national military. The foreign legion for example has the same pay grade as the regular army etc.

When Blackwater personnel got into hot water during a series of civilian shootings like in Nisour Square, the questionable legal status of the parties involved; should they have been tried by the Iraqi courts; prompted Blackwater to drive them to the airport at night and get them on the plane and out of the country asap since a mercenary doesn't fall under the same law or category as a soldier.

The problem is that mercenaries may not fall under the same legal status as soldiers and thus may be immune from being prosecuted for warcrimes. This was one of the concerns raised about Gaddafi's mercenaries.

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This means that mercenaries from countries such as Algeria, Ethiopia and Tunisia – which have all been named by rebel Libyan diplomats to the UN as being among the countries involved – would escape prosecution even if they were captured, because their nations are not members of the court.

The move was seen as an attempt to prevent a precedent that could see Americans prosecuted by the ICC for alleged crimes in other conflicts. While the US was once among the signatories to the court, George W. Bush withdrew from it in 2002 and declared that it did not have power over Washington.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8350968/Libya-African-mercenaries-immune-from-prosecution-for-war-crimes.html
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 12, 2014, 04:33:35 pm
Apparently one of the pro-Russian guys that was shot in Odessa was a re-enactor. Doing (how surprising) soviet infantry.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 12, 2014, 06:19:12 pm
https://news.vice.com/article/eastern-ukraine-apparently-votes-yes-to-joining-russia

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 12, 2014, 06:44:49 pm
The ones wanting yes are counting the votes, besides most people in the region coulden't vote... democracy at it's best! :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 12, 2014, 07:19:40 pm
Im just here to drop off a combat video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beDwmJVUHAE

I suppose the men in black are Ukrainian troops.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gokiller on May 12, 2014, 07:23:48 pm
I call gg Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 12, 2014, 10:50:36 pm
Russia is here to kill your dreams.

Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/WdyZEFA.png)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: The Nutty Pig on May 12, 2014, 10:58:50 pm
Russia is here to kill your dreams.

Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/WdyZEFA.png)
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I don't see what that has to do with the topic. Go posts your comics and memes somewhere else
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 12, 2014, 11:01:53 pm
Russia is here to kill your dreams.

Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/WdyZEFA.png)
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I don't see what that has to do with the topic. Go posts your comics and memes somewhere else
Beurecrat Nutty poogs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 12, 2014, 11:10:35 pm
Holy fuck Nutty is back.

And he has a UKIP banner -_-
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on May 12, 2014, 11:13:51 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cEjGhl6SbA

UKIP thread now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: The Nutty Pig on May 12, 2014, 11:14:33 pm
Nigel has a golden smile.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gokiller on May 12, 2014, 11:18:39 pm
what that has to do with the topic. Go posts your comics and video's somewhere else
::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 13, 2014, 05:33:07 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRqnhdOvwys
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 13, 2014, 06:12:23 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRqnhdOvwys

Their all still the Commies they once were!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 13, 2014, 11:41:11 am
The Crimea is not Russian and will never be Russian.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: 1stNOG_IDF on May 13, 2014, 12:28:12 pm
The Crimea is not Russian and will never be Russian.

I think Putin disagrees, bra.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 13, 2014, 01:09:46 pm
I couldn't help myself I came across it and yeah...

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F0.tqn.com%2Fd%2Fpoliticalhumor%2F1%2F0%2Fe%2FF%2F6%2Fputin-mykraine.jpg&hash=e43b2fac990cd3c43375ad81614057d890a9d80f)
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F0.tqn.com%2Fd%2Fpoliticalhumor%2F1%2F0%2FS%2FF%2F6%2Fvisit-russia.jpg&hash=d64f56c615a6db0bcedaa2c40ff72a216414a7c0)
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Apparently Chinese companies may invest/construct a previously proposed Kerch Straight bridge which would hopefully make Russia more accepting of not having a land bridge via East Ukraine to Crimea.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: {Day} on May 13, 2014, 02:33:52 pm
Poor Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 13, 2014, 03:46:12 pm
VICE crankin' out dispatches like the good ol' days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz8SmbVCK_s
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on May 13, 2014, 10:12:52 pm
Quote
If you were wondering why liveleak has been featuring so much bullshit propaganda from RT news lately...Yea, they sold out to Russian Times....
http://www.prlog.org/12299623-ruptly-video-news-agency-and-liveleakcom-announce-content-partnership.htmlRuptly Video News Agency and LiveLeak.com announce content partnership

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=783_1400007121#OmJQLGT1bb5lsrPR.99

muh western media bias
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 15, 2014, 01:37:38 am
lol http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=68a_1400104852
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Marceaux on May 15, 2014, 01:51:05 am
The future is inside the spoiler.  ;)

Spoiler
USSR will return.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital-art-gallery.com%2Foid%2F102%2F640x905_17787_Loyal_to_The_Party_2d_sci_fi_post_apocalyptic_ussr_picture_image_digital_art.jpg&hash=8f001b4815d93e30524ed3bdb069d0711074dd0e)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 15, 2014, 01:29:25 pm
The future is inside the spoiler.  ;)

Spoiler
USSR will return.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital-art-gallery.com%2Foid%2F102%2F640x905_17787_Loyal_to_The_Party_2d_sci_fi_post_apocalyptic_ussr_picture_image_digital_art.jpg&hash=8f001b4815d93e30524ed3bdb069d0711074dd0e)
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Putin have mentioned many times that he wish to restore the old Soviet Union.

Also, the first robot seen in this video totally has that killer look. Its only a matter of time until they turn it into a killing machine.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=871_1400148293
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 16, 2014, 01:18:35 am
The future is inside the spoiler.  ;)

Spoiler
USSR will return.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdigital-art-gallery.com%2Foid%2F102%2F640x905_17787_Loyal_to_The_Party_2d_sci_fi_post_apocalyptic_ussr_picture_image_digital_art.jpg&hash=8f001b4815d93e30524ed3bdb069d0711074dd0e)
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Putin have mentioned many times that he wish to restore the old Soviet Union.

Also, the first robot seen in this video totally has that killer look. Its only a matter of time until they turn it into a killing machine.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=871_1400148293

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lp9-_SmnX4
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 17, 2014, 05:16:22 am
https://news.vice.com/article/un-issues-damning-report-on-ukraine-as-pro-russia-militias-fortify-positions
https://news.vice.com/article/ukraine-rebels-ultimatum-expires-as-election-edges-closer
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: The Rebel on May 17, 2014, 06:12:54 am
I am not Ukrainian, just support them
Повстанці мають переважну силу. Ми не будемо коливатися Путіну. Хай живе Україна. ебать Путін
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F4%2F47%2FUkraine_animated_flag.gif&hash=272350caa7cda146cd9b6e746ada68c23130d28f)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EOrLUt12-OI/U21Dv7MQAWI/AAAAAAAADl4/mQAHbZ_b_FM/s649/Screwthat.gif)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gokiller on May 17, 2014, 01:07:29 pm
That old woman with the phone. She be like. GO!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 17, 2014, 03:06:15 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oaf7tWd_4sw
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 18, 2014, 01:38:55 am
From the Crimea. Flag-switching ceremony.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkpKt2Dkgac
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 18, 2014, 01:57:00 am
From the Crimea. Flag-switching ceremony.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkpKt2Dkgac

I've seen this before on Vice, this is petty old.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 18, 2014, 02:04:07 am
I know it is. That's not the point.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 18, 2014, 02:24:26 am
I know it is. That's not the point.

I know, i was joking.

The point is they all should be hanged for being traitorous and for betrayal.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 19, 2014, 01:10:16 am
European policy to Ukraine situation.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fx2.fjcdn.com%2Fgifs%2FMe%2Bwhile%2Bthe%2BCrimea%2BCrisis.%2BSave%2Bda%2BFunnyjunk_1d8d5a_5146390.gif&hash=9db98d57630af2d5f68fd0e4222e09c37f6457e2)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 19, 2014, 02:06:18 am
Well, its clearly evolved into a civil war right now.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=061_1400432301


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaIr2N5uDDI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eSRZ9QiYzQ
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 19, 2014, 02:55:02 am
This may blow over in the not to distant future. Russia seems reluctant to embrace the East Ukraine which has in itself undermined some of the separatist movements.

Steel workers in Mariupol have taken back the city or at least taken part of it back from separatists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/16/world/europe/ukraine-workers-take-to-streets-to-calm-Mariupol.html?_r=0

But polls had indicated that a strong majority of eastern Ukrainians supported unity, though few were prepared to say so publicly in the face of armed pro-Russian militants. When President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia withdrew support for the separatists last week, calling for a delay in the referendum and for dialogue on Ukraine’s future, the political winds shifted, providing an opening that the country’s canny oligarchs could exploit.

The workers who took to the streets on Thursday were among the hundreds of thousands in the east who are employed in metals and mining by Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, who only recently went beyond paying lip service to Ukrainian unity and on Wednesday issued a statement rejecting separatism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on May 19, 2014, 03:51:18 am
This may blow over in the not to distant future.
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fm.quickmeme.com%2Fimg%2F8d%2F8db02790ad2cfb19ad0df922935beb3c264869634adefe8f0586fc645a1970e2.jpg&hash=3d04884c058275914c8de9361cc24d7c6c2209ea)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 19, 2014, 05:29:24 am
2 posts above mine same meme :P Hence I used the word 'blow' :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Killington on May 19, 2014, 05:36:04 am
2 posts above mine same meme :P Hence I used the word 'blow' :D
Lol, didn't see that xD

Should probably have read the thread before posting :P ::) :-X
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pickett Pie on May 19, 2014, 06:40:56 am
Should probably have read the thread before posting :P ::) :-X
Forgetting one of the golden rules of the forums now, are we? :b
and I do hope this is over soon.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 19, 2014, 03:28:33 pm
I cant see it blowing over anytime soon, unless the pro-Russians get their way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plclJv-V2Z0#
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 19, 2014, 03:34:29 pm
All nice and dandy, but how many men does that camp hold. 30? 50? Do we have ANY idea on numbers of the Donbass Militia?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 19, 2014, 06:48:08 pm
Don't worry, Ukraine is getting some extra clandestine help.

http://generalstrikeusa.blogspot.nl/2014/05/cia-death-squads-in-ukraine.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 19, 2014, 06:55:18 pm
That article merely makes biased statements concerning conspiracy theories, then tries to prove it by talking about CIA activities in the '80s.

Please.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 19, 2014, 06:58:49 pm
Augy wins with the best sourced article linked this month. xD
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 19, 2014, 07:37:50 pm
You have your western media, some people post Russia Today and Al Jazeera. i dont find any of those critical enough of both sides so i seek my news also elsewhere.

http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/ukraine-excuse-me-mister-how-far-is-it-from-simferopol-to-grozny/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 19, 2014, 08:03:48 pm
This is western media. Just because it's writing negative articles doesn't suddenly make it non-west.

This is what you write
i dont find any of those critical enough of both sides so i seek my news also elsewhere.

This is what I read
Quote
I only trust articles that write stuff that support my theories
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 19, 2014, 08:51:54 pm
WORLD WAR III! :-\

Already got the rifle greased up.

Here's to sending some Russians to their maker.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on May 19, 2014, 09:57:35 pm
WORLD WAR III! :-\

Already got the rifle greased up.

Here's to sending some Russians to their maker.

Wolverines!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 19, 2014, 10:45:30 pm
How Putin views Ukraine.
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk%2Fi%2Fkeep-calm-and-serve-the-great-soviet-union.png&hash=0ac0555446ee9252361b0d61ef979d288a4883a9)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 19, 2014, 10:57:00 pm
I still say he'd reform the Russian Empire over the USSR.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 19, 2014, 11:09:00 pm
He's still gonna abandon the Donbass militia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 20, 2014, 08:50:38 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KFGgKPrWfY

and

https://news.vice.com/article/ukraine-is-now-detaining-journalists-too
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 20, 2014, 10:03:49 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KFGgKPrWfY

and

https://news.vice.com/article/ukraine-is-now-detaining-journalists-too

слава України слави героям

These guys aren't as harsh as the Pro-Russian insurgents are, so i support them. I hope the Ukrainian government helps them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 22, 2014, 05:29:27 am
https://news.vice.com/article/violence-and-intimidation-lead-up-to-ukraines-fragile-election?utm_source=vicenewsfb

gah
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Mr T on May 22, 2014, 08:54:31 pm
Good ol' Prince Charles has compared Putin's actions to Hitler, yet the Russians can't seem to see the obvious similarities. Even though Charles' comments were thought to be private, he still voices and analogy that I'm sure many people notice, you'd have to be blind not to see the similarities.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 22, 2014, 08:56:18 pm
10 seconds until someone comes to bash on Western thoughts.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 22, 2014, 08:58:14 pm
Good ol' Prince Charles has compared Putin's actions to Hitler, yet the Russians can't seem to see the obvious similarities. Even though Charles' comments were thought to be private, he still voices and analogy that I'm sure many people notice, you'd have to be blind not to see the similarities.

Good ol' Charlie.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 22, 2014, 11:41:54 pm
prince at that age, man that old woman won't ever pass away now his truthful words don't mean anything and don't hold as much power as what a King of Britain would say.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 23, 2014, 12:55:15 am
Ugh

https://news.vice.com/article/deadliest-rebel-attack-on-ukrainian-military-kills-at-least-14?utm_source=vicenewsfb
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 23, 2014, 01:11:28 am
Yeah, there's a full-on civil war going on there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 23, 2014, 01:13:12 am
The point is that it's escalating. Not something to be brushed over simply because there's already been violence there for a while.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 23, 2014, 01:15:51 am
And yet here we are, cozy behind our PCs as innocent people get butchered.

Not sure who I loath more at this point, these rebels or my nation for not having the gall to intervene.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 23, 2014, 01:19:42 am
And yet here we are, cozy behind our PCs as innocent people get butchered.

Not sure who I loath more at this point, these rebels or my nation for not having the gall to intervene.

Pah. Why must we intervene? We're not wanted there, and it's none of our business. Now, I'm not against intervention period, but it really isn't the job of the US to fix this situation. This crisis primarily involves the EU and Russia. The EU can handle things fine on their own - hell we'll give them money and guns if need be, but we don't need any American lives lost to save Ukraine's ass, especially as we have pretty much nothing to gain when the EU can perfectly capably fend for themselves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 23, 2014, 01:24:02 am
USA won't allow EU to do anything military without their help. Otherwise me might get the silly idea we can do without the USA. Ha-ha. The idea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 23, 2014, 01:26:00 am
Yeah, not without the guidance and backing of the US. That doesn't mean we need to commit US troops to the situation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 23, 2014, 01:38:30 am
So what, we're gonna stand back and watch another nation destroy itself?

What, are we going to wait until it's a nation that matters before we intervene?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Holland on May 23, 2014, 01:40:47 am
And yet here we are, cozy behind our PCs as innocent people get butchered.

Not sure who I loath more at this point, these rebels or my nation for not having the gall to intervene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srX9lfpyhdU
I immediately thought of this, upon reading that. I'm glad some random person got a lovely shit quality recording of it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 23, 2014, 01:49:11 am
I seriously do not mind less US involvement. Consider it a test for the EU.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 23, 2014, 01:50:15 am
Let's see... EU against Russia 1v1...

That's going to be a long, bloody, horrible war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on May 23, 2014, 01:58:05 am
Let's see... EU against Russia 1v1...

That's going to be a long, bloody, horrible war.

All wars are long and horrible... at least for now it's just a civil war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 23, 2014, 02:07:32 am
So what, we're gonna stand back and watch another nation destroy itself?

What, are we going to wait until it's a nation that matters before we intervene?

Destroy itself? Us not intervening will cause Ukraine to destroy itself? Are there no other nations on earth with political and military interests in Ukraine? We. Are. Not. Needed.

Have you learned nothing from Iraq and Afghanistan? I thought you were against our current foreign policy. Are you a jingoist now? What happened to your principles? Ukraine is no more of a justified war for us than any other - that is, it's none of our business whatsoever.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 23, 2014, 02:34:15 am
I'm Jingoistic when it comes to this stuff, yes.

If the US goes in, Europe will follow. But I see your point, and that's one of the reason why I'm not kicking up more of a storm over it, we don't need another Pakistan or Afghanistan.

But we had a treaty with these guys, because of Iraq we gave the Russians a precedent. How can we stand by and do nothing?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on May 23, 2014, 02:48:13 am
Clearly, don't be a warmonger. Let things settle themselves out, the United States should only get involved if either the United States or our allies become threatened.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 23, 2014, 02:55:58 am
I've got too little faith in humanity to "let things settle themselves out".

I dunno, I don't like death and I never have. But it just doesn't feel right, standing by like this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on May 23, 2014, 06:06:23 am
Let things settle themselves out

"Leave it to its fate." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide#International_response)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 23, 2014, 06:30:00 am
I'm Jingoistic when it comes to this stuff, yes.

If the US goes in, Europe will follow. But I see your point, and that's one of the reason why I'm not kicking up more of a storm over it, we don't need another Pakistan or Afghanistan.

But we had a treaty with these guys, because of Iraq we gave the Russians a precedent. How can we stand by and do nothing?

Our getting involved in that region was sadly what helped spark the whole affair. I know, I know... Russia bad and all that but there was no need for NATO to continually try and park its alliance in Russia's face and arse since they decided that Georgia and Ukraine should be part of NATO back in 2008. An idiotic move especially since public support for NATO admission in the Ukraine was lacking and geographically/politically its difficult to protect a partner like Georgia, there was also no need to financially and politically back the maidan coup and then have high level US politicians go around handing out cookies. It was a brilliant way to play with fire and give Russia the finger. 

We knew that NATO enlargement into Russia's sphere was likely to antagonize Russia based on our on cables, so I am not sure what exactly our strategy was supposed to be in the event of Russian reprisals:

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NATO'S ENLARGEMENT AND STRATEGIC CONCEPT

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12. (C) Levitte said that France was very pleased with the selection of Madeleine Albright to chair the "Group of 12," which will launch the process of reviewing NATO's Strategic Concept. Bruno Racine will be the French participant on the panel, and Levitte stressed that there is already strong agreement between France and the United States on the basis of exchanges that he has had with NSA General Jim Jones. Levitte noted that Paris agreed with Jones on suppressing the Membership Action Plan (MAP), which had become an obstacle rather than an incentive. A/S Gordon responded that we must not change the process in a way that would be interpreted as suggesting an end to NATO enlargement and eliminating MAP might do that. Levitte agreed and added that French President Sarkozy was "convinced" that Ukraine would one day be a member of NATO, but that there was no point in rushing the process and antagonizing Russia, particularly if the Ukrainian public was largely against membership. The Bucharest summit declaration was very clear that NATO has an open door and Ukraine and Georgia have a vocation in NATO (even if Georgia remains very unstable at the moment). Levitte added that Paris was very pleased with the ceremony on September 9 transferring the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) to French General Stephane Abrial.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/225319


2008:
NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO.  We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO.  Both nations have made valuable contributions to Alliance operations.  We welcome the democratic reforms in Ukraine and Georgia and look forward to free and fair parliamentary elections in Georgia in May.  MAP is the next step for Ukraine and Georgia on their direct way to membership.  Today we make clear that we support these countries’ applications for MAP.  Therefore we will now begin a period of intensive engagement with both at a high political level to address the questions still outstanding pertaining to their MAP applications.  We have asked Foreign Ministers to make a first assessment of progress at their December 2008 meeting.  Foreign Ministers have the authority to decide on the MAP applications of Ukraine and Georgia.
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_8443.htm
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Related but not important:

Spoiler

Putin's Ukraine expert, Sergei Glazyev, declared in 2008 that any further moves to integrate Ukraine with the west would lead to "social and economic chaos". Russia would act for sure to protect what it saw as its security interests. Nato ignored such warnings, declaring that Georgia and Ukraine "will become members of Nato". The EU flirted ceaselessly with Kiev. The west cheered on last month's coup against Ukraine's corrupt but elected president, Viktor Yanukovych. To Putin it all rolled up into his version of the Cuban missile crisis.

The veteran political scientist, John Mearsheimer, wrote in the New York Times two weeks ago that if ever a country was needed as a buffer between the west and Russia, it was Ukraine. The west made "a fatal mistake in backing the [Kiev] protesters" in their coup. It was strategically inept. Russia had lost an empire and was unlikely to accept a further tightening of its zone of interest in Ukraine. Sanctions were not an issue. "When vital interests are at stake," wrote Mearsheimer, "countries are invariably willing to suffer great pain to ensure security."

The west's brinkmanship over Ukraine seems inept. The Guardian's Shaun Walker reported yesterday from Moscow's inner sanctum that those round Putin were as baffled by the west's actions as they were surprised, even shocked, by their leader's impulsive reaction. The Crimean occupation was not long planned. It was Putin's response to the west's rejection of his coalition compromise for power-sharing between Kiev and the eastern region after the Kiev coup.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/25/crimea-cold-war-vladimir-putin-russia
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The fact of the matter is that Russia and NATO have nukes so the prevailing Russian strategy seems to be to get in there first before NATO does so that any attempt to dislodge them from their position with conventional means would be unfeasible unless done via a determined local insurgency. But in creating unstable conditions in both the Ukraine and Georgia Russia ends up discouraging NATO from admitting these countries into said alliance so either way Russia gets what it wants and then some.

Spoiler
"When the infrastructure of a military bloc is moving toward our borders, it causes us some concerns and questions. We need to take some steps in response," Putin said in a televised call-in with the nation.

"Our decision on Crimea was partly due to ... considerations that if we do nothing, then at some point, guided by the same principles, NATO will drag Ukraine in and they will say: 'It doesn't have anything to do with you.'"

Putin accused the military bloc of 28 nations of seeking to squeeze Russia out of its historic stomping ground in the Black Sea region, where Russian warships are based in the Tsarist-era city of Sevastopol.

"NATO ships would have ended up in the city of Russian navy glory, Sevastopol," Putin said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/17/putin-nato_n_5165232.html
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Interference seems to have resulted in an impulsive action taken by Russia/Putin and much like Georgia; Russia's intervention and destabilization of the Ukraine has successfully pushed for derailment of that prospect at least for the short term:
http://times.altervista.org/ukraine-nato-membership-denied-germany-seeks-easing/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-ukraine-crisis-nato-idUSBREA2H0D720140318

but maybe the Ukraine will be better off now that it is less burdened by a substantially pro Russian population in the Crimea that has held back the pro European populace in the past from attaining its goals on the EU association treaty, possible EU integration and a move away from Russia?

Given that the Ukraine's population is a mixed bag of ethnicity and loyalties that wind up in a struggle between regions competing to get their own corrupt representatives to lead the country I am almost inclined to agree with the following sentiments:

Spoiler
The fact is, like it or not, Ukraine is almost certainly better off without Crimea than with it. Nothing weakens a nation more than holding territory whose residents prefer to belong to another country.
http://time.com/29107/former-u-s-ambassador-to-ussr-let-russia-take-crimea/

Ukraine is better off without Crimea.  Critics will no doubt deride this yielding as weak surrender, but it is better viewed as a strategic concession.  Ukraine and the West are better off without Crimea, and perhaps other Russian-leaning regions in East Ukraine as well.  The Ukrainian interim government should negotiate exact borders – perhaps, say, Crimea and the three other oblasts that lead up to the city of Donetsk – with the goal of retaining the maximum population whose electoral balance tips unquestionably to Europe and NATO-friendly political parties. 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jayhallen/2014/03/05/break-ukraine-in-two/
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Let things settle themselves out

"Leave it to its fate." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide#International_response)

Yes but Rwanda doesn't have oil and/or isn't an energy corridor. So not surprisingly; no one got involved, apart from which; intervention does not necessarily mean people will hail you as a liberator especially given the potential for large amount of collateral damage your forces may inflict in the process.

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The administration did not want to repeat the fiasco of US intervention in Somalia, where US troops became sucked into fighting. It also felt the US had no interests in Rwanda, a small central African country with no minerals or strategic value.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/31/usa.rwanda
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But then genocides are not limited to countries where we haven't already intervened in some way (ie: El Salvador, Guatemala, even Libyan and Iraqi ethnic groups are or have been engaged in genocide). The last intervention we did due to accusations of genocide (Kosovo) had much the same result as Crimea ie: succession and becoming a protectorate of a larger power.




Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: 1stNOG_IDF on May 23, 2014, 08:59:12 am
1v1 EUvRussia, Russia would win. Putin would send in his bear cavalry then it's gg.

Honestly though, I doubt Europe would realistically "band together" [EEUUU..UNNITTE!].
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on May 23, 2014, 02:45:09 pm
Lol honestly a war which you guys are referring to may not even happen in our lifetime, or maybe when we are older, or not at all.  Nuclear armed countries would do anything to prevent war with one another.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 23, 2014, 02:59:19 pm
Yes. Nuclear weapons are pretty much neigh unusable as their use would result in an immediate nuclear holocaust on both sides unless one side decided to commit suicide for the benefit of mankind and not fire its nukes in retaliation. The resulting fallout would likely kill untold surviving numbers long after usage.



Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on May 23, 2014, 03:09:52 pm
I'd rather wait and see if the Ukraine can settle it on it's own. The last time we sent military forces to a country to "help" we got dragged into a 10 year conflict that we couldn't afford. We don't need another one.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on May 23, 2014, 06:07:53 pm
Lol honestly a war which you guys are referring to may not even happen in our lifetime, or maybe when we are older, or not at all.  Nuclear armed countries would do anything to prevent war with one another.

The presence of Nuclear weaponry does not dismantle conventional warfare. It's entirely possible for two nuclear powers to engage in conflict without using their nuclear arsenal. The whole Mutually Assured Destruction agreements, and the ones afterwards, pretty much settled that.

I'd rather wait and see if the Ukraine can settle it on it's own. The last time we sent military forces to a country to "help" we got dragged into a 10 year conflict that we couldn't afford. We don't need another one.

Exactly. And then, the same nations that wanted us to go in began their scoldings, because that's what the international community does. Even if, say, Russia were to outright invade Ukraine, I still wouldn't be too peculiar on the idea of going in. That's all Europe's problem. It's time for us to stop playing world police, because it costs too much and everyone hates us for it, you know, unless it's helping them, in which case they're practically begging for us to do something they yell at us about later.

Time to leave, before it gets edgy again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 23, 2014, 07:35:34 pm
Pls.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Fruble on May 23, 2014, 07:55:36 pm
1v1 EUvRussia, Russia would win. Putin would send in his bear cavalry then it's gg.

Honestly though, I doubt Europe would realistically "band together" [EEUUU..UNNITTE!].
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2For1aps.jpg&hash=7cfa391ff0c83fd416dca13d1839b829ac8bd35e)
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Do you want to spew anymore shit out of your arse? :-*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dom13WorstNW on May 23, 2014, 08:47:31 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzAIXo9BeFA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 23, 2014, 09:18:35 pm
Woohoo Simon!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 23, 2014, 10:22:24 pm
Woohoo Simon!

Simon best reporter Vice.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.images.express.co.uk%2Fimg%2Fdynamic%2F78%2F590x%2Fsecondary%2F151340.jpg&hash=0ab3fe4bf182800ab8d2cca7c792ca62de5aea15)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 23, 2014, 10:51:35 pm
that buttchin tho. Makes me wet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 24, 2014, 03:09:26 pm
It would be interesting to see if Simon could jump in on the pro-Russian side and do some coverage from their PoV.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: McEwan on May 24, 2014, 03:13:39 pm
Agreed, but I'd rather him stay out of a prison cell (or a grave). :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on May 24, 2014, 03:21:24 pm
Yeah, he is brave enough to be spending time in a bloody war zone haha, not to mention that Arab reporter that went to Syria. Jesus.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 24, 2014, 08:19:19 pm
I think it would be rather hard for him to convince them that he's doing unbiased reporting at this point after he was already arrested and he's been reporting for the Ukrainians for a good while. I don't think suddenly changing perspectives would bide well with either side - by doing that he'd probably also screw up his relations with the Ukrainians.

There's also just the fact that things are getting extremely dangerous out there. It seems like they're sort of losing the ability to pick and choose exactly what to report on at all times, as they were earlier on in the conflict. Now they're going with the flow and picking up any opportunities they come across, which makes it more difficult to say things like "Okay, today I will follow this group of pro-Russian forces" or "Today I will get to know these terrorists better - I am a journalist so I can do what I want in the name of information".

His own safety is becoming an issue of far greater importance, which I think will make his reporting more interesting when he gets himself into sticky situations, but the objective quality will diminish as he's forced to make choices that often favor his own well being over unbiased journalism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 24, 2014, 09:23:48 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7e6B64Iqqg

Something you don't see in this modern day world.

Video is summing up what happen in the past few months.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 25, 2014, 03:41:39 am
Here's another video which acts as a somewhat independent investigation into the Maidan shootings by the Political magazine and tv show: Monitor which ran in Germany. (seems to have made an impact in the past and has received a number of awards I believe).  http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor_%28Fernsehmagazin%29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDPJ-ucnyPU
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 25, 2014, 04:36:55 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJMrPxJPF0g
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 25, 2014, 08:32:12 pm
Based on preliminary polls, looks like Poroshenko won the election with roughly 56% of the vote. No surprise there. Now we'll just have to see how he plans to address the situation.

https://news.vice.com/article/ukraine-decides-on-its-next-president-and-future
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/25/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 26, 2014, 12:46:23 pm
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/9iR2Q2H.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 26, 2014, 02:38:32 pm
Nice drawing. I'm not sure what the message is, though, but I guess something about Anarchism and it being great?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on May 26, 2014, 02:48:40 pm
Nice drawing. I'm not sure what the message is, though, but I guess something about Anarchism and it being great?

Not enough Molotovs for that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 26, 2014, 03:01:26 pm
Nice drawing. I'm not sure what the message is, though, but I guess something about Anarchism and it being great?

They both say "Sovereignty, Honor, Faith, Glory" up top. In the middle they are saying "No class warfare!".
The bottom guys are anarchists and the Ukrainians on the left say "Everything for everyone right here right now, and on the right the Russians are saying something about equality.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 26, 2014, 03:34:25 pm
All I can read and understand is FASCISTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on May 26, 2014, 07:32:58 pm
It's purporting that the pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian sides are ideologically confused and hypocritical, and all of the rhetoric coming from them is rendered meaningless by its duplicity. The anarchists, while being a seemingly insignificant minority, are portrayed as the only faction with a consistent and transparent platform.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 26, 2014, 07:34:49 pm
LOL.  :o  ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 26, 2014, 08:09:05 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3uz-qdSqZU

Spoiler
But seriously, shit.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 26, 2014, 09:32:51 pm
doho

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27578440
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 27, 2014, 02:49:18 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ceDd-q86_k
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 27, 2014, 04:08:22 am
"Really fucking messed up."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 27, 2014, 04:13:04 am
"Really fucking messed up."

Welcome to humanity, table for two? We charge only $100 for the dinner-theatre, our current act is Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on May 27, 2014, 05:11:29 am
"Really fucking messed up."

Welcome to humanity, table for two? We charge only $100 for the dinner-theatre, our current act is Ukraine.
Care for dessert? I call it "Religion with a side of Fascism a la mode"

Sry clearly bae
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 27, 2014, 08:03:25 am
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/t1.0-9/10405365_10203454609664425_7067827575639197171_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 27, 2014, 09:14:25 am
Oh no. Russia propaganda "ALL OF EUROPA IS FACIST! SOON UKRAINE WILL BE TAKEN OVER! WE MUST INVADE!"

FASCISTS EVERYWHERE!!!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on May 27, 2014, 01:53:59 pm
Oh no. Russia propaganda "ALL OF EUROPA IS FACIST! SOON UKRAINE WILL BE TAKEN OVER! WE MUST INVADE!"

FASCISTS EVERYWHERE!!!
+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 27, 2014, 04:12:19 pm
I could be wrong but seems to me that the likely difference is that most of those parties are considered fascist because they run on a platform of limiting immigration and Euro skepticism rather than actually identifying themselves with National Socialism, its symbols and its old hatreds or actually espousing any direct racial hatred and tacit consent to violence in ways such as classifying the holocaust as a bright period of human history.

I am aware that some of those groups have pretty xenophobic outlooks and advertisements but I'd differentiate them from racist as they seem more religious and culturally prejudiced.

In any case violence against Jews in the Ukraine is present but not new. While I can't say that antisemitic attacks there are the direct product of ideological rhetoric from groups like Svoboda, I am certain it doesn't help. In any case its now a small dot of a much larger cycle of violence for which a number of parties share responsibility.
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.579873
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on May 27, 2014, 04:30:02 pm
Ha-ha, they're only considered fascist by a few people, who frankly need to get some basic education, the last time I checked RT managed to publish some very positive stuff about UKIP and NF and the late elections, and that's RT.
Some people here really went far with "horrible machine of Russian propaganda".
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on May 27, 2014, 09:31:41 pm
Ha-ha, they're only considered fascist by a few people, who frankly need to get some basic education, the last time I checked RT managed to publish some very positive stuff about UKIP and NF and the late elections, and that's RT.
Some people here really went far with "horrible machine of Russian propaganda".
Meant as a a reinforcer to what you wrote:
FN, UKIP etc. are not fascist, they do not want to create a totalitarian nationalistic one-party corporativist state. They're anti-EU moderate nationalists with democratic intentions. Might as well call social democrats for communists because they look a little like communists, which is far from the truth, but then again, people like to categorize individuals and groups in absolutes. It makes the world so much simpler.

Also, RT writing positive about them might be because they're anti-Eu ;)

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 27, 2014, 10:38:47 pm
Oh no. Russia propaganda "ALL OF EUROPA IS FACIST! SOON UKRAINE WILL BE TAKEN OVER! WE MUST INVADE!"

FASCISTS EVERYWHERE!!!

Speaking of FASCISTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MYMVfyHi0

*Not Ukraine*.  Just found this interesting, fascism is everywhere.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 28, 2014, 12:44:20 am
https://news.vice.com/article/ukrainian-troops-captured-me-and-then-asked-for-a-selfie?utm_source=vicenewsfb

lolsimon
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 28, 2014, 09:14:07 am
Oh no. Russia propaganda "ALL OF EUROPA IS FACIST! SOON UKRAINE WILL BE TAKEN OVER! WE MUST INVADE!"

FASCISTS EVERYWHERE!!!

Speaking of FASCISTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1MYMVfyHi0

*Not Ukraine*.  Just found this interesting, fascism is everywhere.

As an antifascist I support rf, they are known to be somewhat reckless, but they are trying to reorganize in a better manner. As an anarchist i am not as supportive since the movement is mostly communists and not very 'welcoming' of anarchists (but its not like they are excluding us or anything).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on May 28, 2014, 10:12:52 am
Why can't you simply be against nazi's and right wing facism without having to be communistic... this way you will not get 1000 people to protest against those people you can pretty much gather 70% of the countries population...  Anyway lets get back on topic.

I am quite excited to see the new president in his seat.. Only time will tell if he holds his promises.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 28, 2014, 10:46:12 am
And his chocolates... seriously he should kick off his presidency with trucks of chocolate for the people. You'd have my vote El Chocodente!

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sasuau on May 28, 2014, 12:09:03 pm
And his chocolates... seriously he should kick off his presidency with trucks of chocolate for the people. You'd have my vote El Chocodente!

+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on May 28, 2014, 10:34:41 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtdVVFhjdqA[/youtube]

The Ukraine goverment has had enough it seems.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on May 28, 2014, 10:39:29 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtdVVFhjdqA[/youtube]

The Ukraine goverment has had enough it seems.

Looks like fucking Afghanistan in the beginning.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 28, 2014, 11:12:57 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtdVVFhjdqA[/youtube]

The Ukraine goverment has had enough it seems.


Lol, i find it funny no one got shot while he was recording.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 29, 2014, 06:55:17 am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtdVVFhjdqA[/youtube]

The Ukraine goverment has had enough it seems.

Follow up to this report -

https://news.vice.com/article/in-photos-the-deadly-aftermath-of-the-battle-for-donetsk-airport?utm_source=vicenewsfb
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 29, 2014, 08:16:16 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AcB5f6mBzs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on May 29, 2014, 10:35:45 pm
Why can't you simply be against nazi's and right wing facism without having to be communistic... this way you will not get 1000 people to protest against those people you can pretty much gather 70% of the countries population...  Anyway lets get back on topic.

I am quite excited to see the new president in his seat.. Only time will tell if he holds his promises.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEKr_sDUPTE


This was too interesting not to post, it's not really getting off topic.
It's speaking of fascism and communism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 29, 2014, 11:40:11 pm
Communism, if done correctly would result in a utopia. But due to the human condition, something like that would never happen.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 30, 2014, 12:22:09 am
Communism, if done correctly would result in a utopia. But due to the human condition, something like that would never happen.

Can confirm, humanity sucks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 30, 2014, 08:30:15 am
(https://i.imgur.com/cmJUlgv.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Holland on May 31, 2014, 12:35:04 am
I'm curious as to where everyone is getting their information about what is going on.
I'm using http://www.marxist.com/ukraine/ for all of my information, but I am more than aware it is probably bias. If anyone would be so kind as to tell me any good sources for information, that would be glorious.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 31, 2014, 01:06:37 am
v-vice?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 31, 2014, 03:31:08 am
There's no 100% good source of information.

Vice is great in terms of taking you to the location and filling you in on what's going on while checking up on some of the assertions/accusations found in the mainstream media but it can sometimes feel like one goose-chase after another that sometimes leaves you none the wiser because it doesn't go into huge depth in terms of geopolitical background information but is more narrowly focused on what is happening on the ground. Its a must see if you want to complement in depth information with on the ground information, though very often one finds oneself emotionally involved in whats going on on the ground while finding it difficult to get an overall overview based on the raw cuts of footage one is getting (hence I suggest complimenting it with other sources). Vice is a lot more neutral in its language than most. For example when referring to the Eastern uprising Vice will refer to them as pro-Russian instead of Russian-led as its still unclear if Russia is leading that uprising or just broadcasting propaganda into it to cause instability in the Ukraine. For the most part Russia doesn't seem eager to annex the east because (according to BBC Hardtalk's interview with a Putin adviser who was as blunt as he was articulate; Russia doesn't have enough support in the East. Only in Crimea).

Aljazeera uses stronger language claiming the east is Russian-led but doesn't expand on what it means by Russian-led. It has some good articles sometimes but doesn't seem impartial in its coverage. Russia Today is a Russian state owned channel likely created to offset the sometimes bias coverage in U.S. media channels. RT's reporting when it comes to Ukraine is bias with sometimes false stories being reported such as '80 Ukranian soldiers taken prisoner' during the recent fighting while omitting less than favorable but important stories such as the fact that the Pro-Russian separatists sustained heavy losses in the in the fighting. Nonetheless it has interesting stories and points of view with a more broad geopolitical scope and overview but it is largely focused on comparing Russian decision making to U.S./NATO decision making and thereby attempting to expose the hypocrisy of its competitor. I do not recommend it as a sole source of news especially given the conflict of interest and I recommend double checking anything you read there with a mainstream source. If you have time and inquisitive mind it can sometimes yield interesting povs.

The BBC is more impartial then most U.S. news networks but like many news channels doesn't always provide in depth information leaving one's impression of a particular scenario skewered by he said/she said. The BBC has been accused of airing documentaries that where paid for by foreign governments.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-to-issue-global-apology-for-documentaries-that-broke-rules-6719997.html

It has faced criticism of bias from all sides which its head has described as a good thing. One study claims to have found them to have a left-center bias: http://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/130814102945-BBCBiasOliverLathamfc.pdf


The Guardian I would say provides a more broad point of view in terms of publishing stories that sometimes go against its own country's interests and that sometimes go into depth with interesting geopolitical or historical information to provide context. I have seen it publish opinion pieces, information and stories that completely disagree with each other from one day to the next on so called grey areas. It was the logical choice for Snowden to pass on his documents and the Guardian stood its ground when the government tried to pressure it. The Guardian's main readers are apparently labor voters but it hasn't held back criticism of the invasion of the Iraq war although I don't recall if that criticism came late or not.

In any case I can't recommend just using a singular source of news since each have differing traits and benefits.
 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Holland on May 31, 2014, 04:25:44 am
Spoiler
There's no 100% good source of information.

Vice is great in terms of taking you to the location and filling you in on what's going on while checking up on some of the assertions/accusations found in the mainstream media but it can sometimes feel like one goose-chase after another that sometimes leaves you none the wiser because it doesn't go into huge depth in terms of geopolitical background information but is more narrowly focused on what is happening on the ground. Its a must see if you want to complement in depth information with on the ground information, though very often one finds oneself emotionally involved in whats going on on the ground while finding it difficult to get an overall overview based on the raw cuts of footage one is getting (hence I suggest complimenting it with other sources). Vice is a lot more neutral in its language than most. For example when referring to the Eastern uprising Vice will refer to them as pro-Russian instead of Russian-led as its still unclear if Russia is leading that uprising or just broadcasting propaganda into it to cause instability in the Ukraine. For the most part Russia doesn't seem eager to annex the east because (according to BBC Hardtalk's interview with a Putin adviser who was as blunt as he was articulate; Russia doesn't have enough support in the East. Only in Crimea).

Aljazeera uses stronger language claiming the east is Russian-led but doesn't expand on what it means by Russian-led. It has some good articles sometimes but doesn't seem impartial in its coverage. Russia Today is a Russian state owned channel likely created to offset the sometimes bias coverage in U.S. media channels. RT's reporting when it comes to Ukraine is bias with sometimes false stories being reported such as '80 Ukranian soldiers taken prisoner' during the recent fighting while omitting less than favorable but important stories such as the fact that the Pro-Russian separatists sustained heavy losses in the in the fighting. Nonetheless it has interesting stories and points of view with a more broad geopolitical scope and overview but it is largely focused on comparing Russian decision making to U.S./NATO decision making and thereby attempting to expose the hypocrisy of its competitor. I do not recommend it as a sole source of news especially given the conflict of interest and I recommend double checking anything you read there with a mainstream source. If you have time and inquisitive mind it can sometimes yield interesting povs.

The BBC is more impartial then most U.S. news networks but like many news channels doesn't always provide in depth information leaving one's impression of a particular scenario skewered by he said/she said. The BBC has been accused of airing documentaries that where paid for by foreign governments.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-to-issue-global-apology-for-documentaries-that-broke-rules-6719997.html

It has faced criticism of bias from all sides which its head has described as a good thing. One study claims to have found them to have a left-center bias: http://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/130814102945-BBCBiasOliverLathamfc.pdf


The Guardian I would say provides a more broad point of view in terms of publishing stories that sometimes go against its own country's interests and that sometimes go into depth with interesting geopolitical or historical information to provide context. I have seen it publish opinion pieces, information and stories that completely disagree with each other from one day to the next on so called grey areas. It was the logical choice for Snowden to pass on his documents and the Guardian stood its ground when the government tried to pressure it. The Guardian's main readers are apparently labor voters but it hasn't held back criticism of the invasion of the Iraq war although I don't recall if that criticism came late or not.

In any case I can't recommend just using a singular source of news since each have differing traits and benefits.
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Holy shit. That seems to cover just about everything. Thank you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 31, 2014, 04:44:02 am
The New York Times has also done some good reporting on the general geo-political situation and higher up affairs. NYT's pieces tend to be largely play-by-play raw reporting, and they generally display a quality level of impartiality. Due to their broad overview style of reporting, their pieces tend to leave the reader with an often misleading sense of what's really going on, and so outlets like VICE are good to fill that void.

Here's a sample - published today

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/31/world/europe/russia-and-ukraine-in-talks-over-gas-supplies.html?_r=0

Russia and Ukraine appear to be gaining ground diplomatically and in a civil manner, and might lead some people to believe that the situation on the ground is fine and dandy, which it obviously is not. This is more a testament to NYT's preferred taken role in coverage by the media, which I think is fine because they're operating under the understanding and assumption that other outlets will be able to fill gaps in reporting that they choose not to cover.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 31, 2014, 05:47:21 am
I've seen a few gold articles come from the New York Times.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 31, 2014, 10:06:20 am
There is no side in this conflict to root for, like most wars.
Clearly Putin is the primary aggressor here and is cribbing from the Hitler playbook of annexing territories and nations with ethnic Russian minorities. We also shouldn't forget that Europeans and Americans also gave armed right-wing thugs carte blanche to attack Ukrainian police.

The right in the US is already equating Obama to Jimmy Carter or Neville Chamberlain, in other words weak and spineless. And in an election year this could have serious consequences; it puts a lot of pressure on Obama to 'do something.'

All we can do is express solidarity for our Ukrainian and Russian comrades as well as the civilians caught in the middle of this mess.

If the Makhnovists come riding in on white stallions to slaughter fash and russians alike, then I'll have a side to be on.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 01, 2014, 02:45:37 pm
Seems a fair few Russian/Chechen fighters have made the trip across the border to fight in the recent battle. The Guardian has an article on it:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/31/ukraine-russia-porous-border-guns-fighters

Also Vice News has a piece on how the bodies are being transported back to Russia by the Separatists (they forced the driver of an icecream truck to take the bodies across the border):

https://news.vice.com/article/ice-cream-corpses-and-the-big-bear-repatriating-dead-russians-from-ukraine?utm_source=vicenewstwitter
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 01, 2014, 11:45:36 pm
We also shouldn't forget that Europeans and Americans also gave armed right-wing thugs carte blanche to attack Ukrainian police.

I'm sorry, but how exactly do you picture 'Europeans and Americans' giving a 'carte blanche' ? Did the protesters ask permission?

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The right in the US is already equating Obama to Jimmy Carter or Neville Chamberlain, in other words weak and spineless. And in an election year this could have serious consequences; it puts a lot of pressure on Obama to 'do something.'

Augy, that is simply not true. It's what the US right wing wants you to think, actually. Jeez, almost sounding like a conspiracy theorist - Apart from the fact it's a well-known fact that the Republican party complains that the Democrats never do anything, and when they do, the Republican party always complains Democrats did the bad thing. It's a ridiculously easy and obvious political game and, et cetera.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 03, 2014, 05:52:09 pm
All I'm seeing is nationalism, not any higher social purpose. The pro-Russians want Russia to annex their region, the Ukrainian nationalists hate Russians and everybody else who isn't Ukrainian, its also a proxy war fought between pro-US nationalists and pro-russian nationalists. Nothing conspiratorial about that statement considering the facts. Right-wing philosophy is built to appeal to paranoid bigots who fear change and the unknown.

If the Ukrainians think they are escaping from Russian Imperialism by defecting to the West, just wait till they fall into the grips of the IMF - the destroyer of countries and its demands for draconian austerity to enrich the international bankers.

And, who is the US - with its almost two century long history of control of its neighbors, enforced by "regime change" - to preach to Russia?

Yes, the Monroe Doctrine was announced in 1832. And, how did Lincoln handle secession? How did large parts of Mexico become parts of the US? How did many Spanish colonies become American colonies and dependencies in the Spanish American War?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on June 03, 2014, 09:24:42 pm
Augy, do not make me go into an anti-CSA rant. People will die and houses will burn. Sherman's march to sea will LITERALLY repeat itself.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on June 03, 2014, 10:06:43 pm
Hooray, another Sherman march. So much fun, just marching and taking food and have a large group of slaves following us to the sea but somewhere, they drown to death. Hmm wonderful time! Oh yeah there's one little part where 150 years later everyone going to change the story to the march of rape, mass destruction of entire plantation house in state of Georgia, and Genocide!

fun.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on June 03, 2014, 10:17:14 pm
Hooray, another Sherman march. So much fun, just marching and taking food and have a large group of slaves following us to the sea but somewhere, they drown to death. Hmm wonderful time! Oh yeah there's one little part where 150 years later everyone going to change the story to the march of rape, mass destruction of entire plantation house in state of Georgia, and Genocide!

fun.

Reason why you don't want me to go on that kind of rant.

I don't bother to hide my pure contempt for the Confederate States of America, but I'm not interested in going onto a long rant which will just spark fires.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on June 04, 2014, 04:46:27 am
Hooray, another Sherman march. So much fun, just marching and taking food and have a large group of slaves following us to the sea but somewhere, they drown to death. Hmm wonderful time! Oh yeah there's one little part where 150 years later everyone going to change the story to the march of rape, mass destruction of entire plantation house in state of Georgia, and Genocide!

fun.

Reason why you don't want me to go on that kind of rant.

I don't bother to hide my pure contempt for the Confederate States of America, but I'm not interested in going onto a long rant which will just spark fires.
I think Sherman was a tad better at sparking fires
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on June 04, 2014, 04:57:05 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxdpjPKKVfA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on June 06, 2014, 11:23:41 am
I think its safe to say that we're heading towards the 1000 casualties mark.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 06, 2014, 02:35:53 pm
VICE where are you? :'( did they died
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on June 07, 2014, 07:58:14 am
Sherman's march to sea will LITERALLY repeat itself.

I'll be sure to stand there to stop you just as my ancestor tried to do.

Found this. Didn't know where to post it. It's Ukrainian.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOYR_jt7P3U[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on June 07, 2014, 11:20:23 pm
Sherman's march to sea will LITERALLY repeat itself.

I'll be sure to stand there to stop you just as my ancestor tried to do.

Found this. Didn't know where to post it. It's Ukrainian.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOYR_jt7P3U[/youtube]
Ogniem i mieczem ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 08, 2014, 02:25:53 am
Wooo they're not ded!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t26Ekz1DHz0
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on June 08, 2014, 07:41:59 am
Loving the British DPM uniforms. Great pattern, as well as the helmets. Plenty of good spots to put foliage into.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 08, 2014, 09:30:59 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL144QvjMN4

Am I a disgusting person for being on the computer so damn much that I catch the VICE dispatches literally one minute after they're uploaded?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on June 09, 2014, 08:27:31 am
That soldier passed out... wow... what a fail.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 09, 2014, 08:48:42 am
Yeah, embarrassing. At first I thought he just tripped over himself and stumbled around, which would've been much worse. Oh well, at least it wasn't his fault. Poor bastard.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 09, 2014, 08:54:17 am
THAT GENTLEMEN!... IS THE OVERPOWERING SCENT OF .... VICTORY!

Or the intoxicating stench of chocolate liquor ;)

No Eastern soldier is impervious to its charms.

 

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 09, 2014, 08:56:40 am
But in his defense, that shit happens all the time on parade/guard duty. Guards at Buckingham palace pass out often enough so that it's an occurrence people actually watch and hope for. Shit's exhausting man, I don't blame them at all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 09, 2014, 09:34:02 am
http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/ukraine-against-the-regime-in-kyiv-and-the-junta-in-the-east-awu-kyiv-statement-on-the-conflict-in-the-eastern-regions/#more-1861
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Othurin on June 09, 2014, 11:04:16 am
A soldier of the honour guard passed out at the baptizement of a princess here yesterday too, apparently.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 09, 2014, 11:14:51 am
http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/ukraine-against-the-regime-in-kyiv-and-the-junta-in-the-east-awu-kyiv-statement-on-the-conflict-in-the-eastern-regions/#more-1861
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We demand from the Kyiv government to remove the troops from the cities
immediately,  and from the Eastern junta to stop terrorizing peaceful working people.

lolololol

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Our own goal is to keep up the resistance at all fronts and to build revolutionary labour
movement against all the odds.We call on our fellow Ukrainian workers to line up behind our common class interests,

LOOOOOOOOOOLOLOLOLOLOL
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on June 09, 2014, 08:57:35 pm
LEL!

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 09, 2014, 09:19:08 pm
I think Poreshenko actually said something on his way out to the soldier. That's nice and thoughtful, at least.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on June 10, 2014, 05:59:12 am
I think Poreshenko actually said something on his way out to the soldier. That's nice and thoughtful, at least.  :P

Yeah i noticed that to, but we will never know what.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 11, 2014, 12:41:01 am
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WY3eDlbvcMs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on June 12, 2014, 11:20:03 pm
3:45

That man deserves some credit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 12, 2014, 11:25:38 pm
I think Poreshenko actually said something on his way out to the soldier. That's nice and thoughtful, at least.  :P
Or he said "why the fudge did you collapse mate? your shiet".
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 12, 2014, 11:26:30 pm
This is pretty gory, so if you are someone who can't see any blood, don't watch it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Xg-6vMAGU
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on June 12, 2014, 11:42:09 pm
Lord have mercy... what the hell is the Ukrainian government thinking...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 12, 2014, 11:55:53 pm
The same any government thinks when a group of rebels start, you know, rebelling.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on June 12, 2014, 11:59:01 pm
Those don't look like rebels, I don't see many AK wielding para-militaries in that video.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 12, 2014, 11:59:43 pm
Lord have mercy... what the hell is the Ukrainian government thinking...

Maybe that they need to hire better air spotters so their rockets don't kill innocent people. Do you really think they're doing stuff like that on purpose? The victims are still Ukrainian, after all.

Edit: oops, I was thinking of a different video, I hadn't watched it yet when I posted that. A few weeks ago a video was circulating of a dying mutilated woman begging for water from the cameraman in front of a city center after an accidental civilian causality incident. This looks similar anyway, though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on June 13, 2014, 12:02:35 am
I don't think they're targeting the civvies. I'm beginning to wonder if they care if they hit any.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 13, 2014, 12:05:13 am
At some point, people become 'collateral damage', or simply, 'acceptable loses'. It sucks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on June 13, 2014, 12:31:23 am
lets not forget that most of these rebels are not even locals.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on June 13, 2014, 03:44:06 am
What I'm wondering is what that building they hit was. It was obviously barricaded. Still comes to show that a few thousand meters in the air that a hair difference in a shot can be between absolutely wrecking that building or hitting the ground in front of it and one shot penetrating into a room.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on June 13, 2014, 11:08:24 am
Well yeah, it was barricaded, so I can not blame them for anything really. I guess they thought they were shooting the people they intended to shoot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Salt on June 15, 2014, 03:15:50 pm
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SChFnwu3QSI#t=54
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Some fighting in Mariupol.

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq0pm914ouk#t=86
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Fighting in Slavyansk.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bruin on June 15, 2014, 10:58:45 pm
I hope and pray that this fighting ends soon.
Spoiler
(https://i0.wp.com/memecollection.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/russia-invades-ukraine-meme.jpg?resize=578%2C512)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 15, 2014, 11:49:00 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQbQ8nAgsk8&feature=youtu.be

 :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 16, 2014, 12:00:28 am
Great, let's add another couple of foreign volunteers with political ideologies to the mix. Don't see how that could possibly go wrong. GG Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on June 16, 2014, 01:20:16 am
Oh god neo nazis, please seperatistsic terrorists at least aim well on them!   :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 16, 2014, 08:49:43 am
Some more, fucking Gladio, man. I read about these guys, European governments with the help of USA gave help to Neo-nazi groups. Always been very underground and dodgy but they have resurged a few times and here again. It makes sense, nazi's aren't against capitalism so they can support liberals and conservatives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsU3g20vhMI&feature=share

Russians have similar boneheads on their side, namely the Chetniks. Both sides are fucking dirty.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on June 16, 2014, 11:23:47 am
The only problem I see is that those neo-nazis might want to do their own crap after somewhile. It makes sense to send them in, but if you do it, mix them with other people who respect the current goverment and laws more than those neo-nazis do. That way you do not have groups of neo-nazis thats might want to do their own shit after some while.
You give them some kind of power which, if they feel that they have enough power, they will use to rebel themself.

Always create groups of mixed political views and opinions otherwise you will end up having a dozen of small rebellions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 16, 2014, 02:49:33 pm
It's a two-sided knife. At one hand you get fanatic volunteers willing to fight, at the other hand you are training and arming the terrorists of tomorrow.

Russia closed the gas lines. What do you guys think will happen? Ukraine has said it's safe until December.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on June 16, 2014, 04:11:01 pm
I am not sure, Russia asks much too high price for gas, I think Ukraine will find a solution by buying gas back from Europeans that buy it for cheap from Russians.

If Ukraine really runs out of gas this is a huge problem, winters in Ukraine are -20 degrees and their houses are hardly well isolated... without gas potentially a harsh winter means many many will die... which in my book is literally Russia murdering the Ukrainian population.



Russia is asking like 2  billion euros for gas that they already delivered, but they agreed on a difirent price, meaning ukranians paid a certain price, and now suddenly after the gov changed in Ukraine Russia sais like, Oh, then that gas price deal we did like 2 years ago right, yeah its not valid anymore! pay twice as much with backpay!

It's insane... Russia is a bully that should be put in their place.


Besides, its estimated 500 billion worth of gas is still in the crimean soil and the  sea around crimea, i think russia should pay 498 billion to Ukraine for taking this land?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 16, 2014, 04:16:07 pm
It's just a political game.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on June 16, 2014, 05:42:43 pm
Vincezno, propaganda is strong in you :)

Russia wants Ukraine to pay for gas which they received in November and December of 2013 and April and May of 2014. And for this gas Ukraine has to pay old price. It's because Ukraine wasn't playing for gas since November 2013. As long as Ukraine was Russian ally, Russia tolerated it, sent gas to Ukraine and just increased Ukrainian debt. But now, as Ukraine isn't Russian friend anymore Russia is not going to give them gas without guarantee that they will receive their money. Thus Russia decided, that now Ukraine has to pay for gas before receiving it. But still, money which Ukraine has to pay for already received gas was calculated using old prices. There is nothing strange in it, Russia is not breaking any kind of contract and isn't murdering anyone. It's duty of Ukraine government to make sure that citizens will have enough gas to survive. It's not a problem of Russian government. And now concerning new price of gas. Old Ukrainian price was 268,5 dollars for 1000m2. Then Russia decided, that because of Ukrainian debt, since second quarter of 2014 Ukrainians will have to pay 385,5 USD as kind of punishment for debts and as Ukraine is not longer considered to be trustworthy partner. Two days later new price was set to 485,5 USD, as Russia was no longer forced to pay Ukraine for right to keep it's fleet on Crimea. New price is in no way too high. Prices of gas are individually determinated during negotiations with each country. For example, as far as I remember, Poland pays about 450 USD for 1000m2 which is only a bit smaller than new Ukrainian price. Before second quarter of 2014 Ukraine had probably one of the lowest (if not lowest at all) prices of gas in whole Europe. It was because Ukraine was close ally of Russia. Now Ukraine will have to pay as much as other European countries. What is interesting, few days ago Russia wanted to give new discount for Ukraine, but Ukrainian government wanted bigger discounts and thus agreement was not met.

It's just as kind of information...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 16, 2014, 06:15:27 pm
"Punishing" Ukraine for having debts is a one-sided decision by Russia that has a clear political motive. This entire thing is politically motived. "Sorry, you're no longer our bitch trusted friend, so you gotta pay more." They knew it would have a serious economic backlash on Ukraine and they are using it to squeeze concessions out of them. Money is barely a factor in this.

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What is interesting, few days ago Russia wanted to give new discount for Ukraine, but Ukrainian government wanted bigger discounts and thus agreement was not met.

Russia put the gas price insanely high, then cut down a little bit, and then complained when Ukraine still didn't went for the deal. Then they can use that for their propaganda, in which short-sighed people such as yourself find yet another bad argument to throw at those who tend to look deeper at the situation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on June 16, 2014, 06:38:58 pm
Haha hahah hahaha. You're funny. Of course it's political. What did you expect? Russia is country (strange isn't it?) and as such it's doing politics. Gas is no kind of communistic common good which Russia has to distribute. It's Russian property and they're free to set prices of it. Germany is Russian ally, their economy is strongly connected with Russian one and thus they have low gas prices. Poland has worse relations with Russia, we have some historical issues, our former government was strongly anti-Russian and thus we have higher prices. Now Ukraine is almost Russian enemy, so... Really, have you been thinking that Ukraine will overthrow pro-Russian government, that they will get rid of all pro-Russian laws, will get rid of Russian fleet in Crimea, try to invite European companies and NATO forces and Russia will just give them gas for free and do nothing? Who the hell is short-sighed here? Despite what you think, Russia also has right to do politics and do it in way which is good for Russia. So Duuring, please don't answer to my posts. I just wanted to show Vincenzo that he was wrong about this point, I'm not going to start another senseless discussion with you and your "EU gut, Rusia evil" point of view.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 16, 2014, 09:33:46 pm
I'm not sure what you point is. First you say Vince is spreading propaganda for saying Russia is doing this to fuck Ukraine, and now you say I'm stupid and that it's obvious that Russia does this to fuck Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on June 16, 2014, 09:41:05 pm
You was not to reply.
Vincenzo was spreading propaganda by saying that Russia changed prices of already delivered gas. So I posted some info to show that in fact Russia only changed prices of gas which Ukraine is going to buy, not of one which was already bought. He claimed, that Ukraine already paid for gas and now Russia wants more money "just because". But it's not true. Russia just want Ukraine to pay debts for gas from end of 2013 and beginning of 2014. I'm not going to discuss here with you nor try to convince any of you that Russia is not pure evil made by devil himself. I just wanted to give you some correct data. For what I was called "short-sighed" what shows, that after about hundred paged from my last activity here this topic hasn't changed even a bit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 16, 2014, 09:44:32 pm
Surprisingly, the topic is indeed still Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on June 16, 2014, 09:58:35 pm
Holy shit guys, Raddeo's name is an annogram.

If you look closly and swap the letters around, his name spells. "DirtyRedSpy"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 16, 2014, 10:06:42 pm
Holy shit guys, Raddeo's name is an annogram.

If you look closly and swap the letters around, his name spells. "DirtyRedSpy"

+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on June 16, 2014, 10:13:48 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on June 20, 2014, 05:04:45 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjrrDtppp6A

VICE NEWS.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on June 20, 2014, 09:29:48 pm
http://vidmax.com/video/73732-Ukrainian-military-retakes-Mariupol-with-their-battle-Dump-Truck

*nods*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 20, 2014, 09:33:47 pm
Forgot the one before last for some reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8S2AcR-oaA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on June 20, 2014, 09:59:46 pm
http://vidmax.com/video/73732-Ukrainian-military-retakes-Mariupol-with-their-battle-Dump-Truck

*nods*
Dat dumptruck
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on June 20, 2014, 10:15:32 pm
http://vidmax.com/video/73732-Ukrainian-military-retakes-Mariupol-with-their-battle-Dump-Truck

*nods*
Dat dumptruck

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.4cdn.org%2Fk%2F1403259523455.jpg&hash=18e243fd2138b63dd788ba8fd595a016530cd4d4)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 20, 2014, 10:32:37 pm
Interesting footage. That has to be national guard, though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on June 20, 2014, 10:40:04 pm
Interesting footage. That has to be national guard, though.
There were National Guard and Azov(volunteer battalion of territorial defense) in Mariupol action.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 20, 2014, 10:42:00 pm
The Azov battalion is part of the National Guard.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on June 21, 2014, 09:45:12 am
No, it isn't, they both under the authority Ministry of Internal Affairs, but it is different units.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 21, 2014, 11:15:56 am
Hmmmm seems you're right. Anyway, Azov batallion is known to have largely right-wing members, even foreigners from Sweden. So they say.

Wismar claims to know a couple of them  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 21, 2014, 11:45:15 am
There's plenty of foreign fighters coming in to join both sides of the conflict. Its known for example that Mikael Skillt (a Swedish national socialist) went to join the Ukrainian forces (Azov? C14?) among a host of other foreign nationals sympathetic to the cause). 

Sweden's Free rider (?) (which I think is a right-wing-centric publication) online news picked up the story:
http://www.friatider.se/swede-patrols-ukraines-streets-with-right-wing-paramilitaries

On Twitter he seems to mention his SVD rifle and Mariupol but...
https://twitter.com/MikaelSkillt

On the flip side there are plenty of Russian national socialists joining the fray on the separatist side, one of the self proclaimed governors (Pavel Gubarev) was a member of the Russian National Unity paramilitary group which prominently displays the swastika in its emblems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Gubarev

(Pavel is Ukrainian Pro-Russian but as we already know there are plenty of mercenaries coming in like Chechen/Russians etc).



 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on June 21, 2014, 11:59:11 am
Forgot the one before last for some reason

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8S2AcR-oaA

I commented quite heavily on this one with some other people. With this, you can see a few things:

I think now that they've done this, they should go to the Ukrainian gun positions and talk with an Artillery Officer if possible.

Quote from: Landrik
I notice is that the populace in Donetsk was eager to go out and "Kill Fascists" but their border territory is paying the price. Now instead of the civilians moving out at the first sign of trouble, their leaders let them stay there and now they're casualties or soon will be. I'm sure a few of the people interviewed in this may end up dead by the end of the month on their own neglect of personal safety and self-preservation. However every step of the way they'll cry "Fascists! Fascists! We're just civilians!"

Even with the U.S. military having many, many accurate weapons and multiple layers of bureaucracy before heavy weapons are used in civilian environments innocent people still wind up in the crossfire and dead. People underestimate the absolutely devastating killing power modern weaponry is capable of.

With the issue of the separatists they too easily resorted to violence to gain independence and they aren't emotionally ready to prepare for what that will cost.

Quote from: Landrik
Quote from: Pierre Cyr

Its easy for a pro russian civilian to speak out in a pro russian held region or town. A pro ukrainian wont likely speak out for fear of reprisals.
in another of Vice's videos there is a woman who is pro-Ukrainian at one of the Donets rallies who was holding up her Ukrainian passport and she was spat at and some guy tried to grab it from her before a policeman intervened. They were calling her Fascist and a couple other buzzwords. So yes, I agree.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 21, 2014, 03:02:47 pm
Given that in all likelihood Russia has been a source of manpower and probably tanks, APCs etc and goodness knows what else; I would say that this situation will likely only get worse in terms of civilian suffering because a speedy end to the conflict is unlikely. I had hoped that the Ukrainian ATO would bring a swift end to the conflict but it seems Russia has a vested interest in keeping it alive.

Its a pretty bleak situation given that the military operations are costing a lot of money meaning that valuable funds are likely being drained on military ops rather than other important economic projects/plans. While the operations are ongoing I am unsure that the Ukraine will be able to meet IMF/EU and if applicable; NATO criterias, which is of course what Putin wants.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 21, 2014, 05:42:27 pm
It's silly how Russia can get away with just delivering all that stuff to the separatists and still claim they want a peaceful solution.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 21, 2014, 08:57:48 pm
It's silly how Russia can get away with just delivering all that stuff to the separatists and still claim they want a peaceful solution.

Probably because we're doing the exact same thing so we can't say shit about it. Russia jumps at any chance it gets to call us hypocrites, and with every Russian claim against us their propaganda machine grows. If we really want to diffuse this situation peacefully we should stop operating on a double standard.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 21, 2014, 09:44:10 pm
That's not true. The EU and the US openly support the Ukrainian support. Russia, at the other hand, claims some sort of neutrality, calling up for 'peaceful talks' while meanwhile 'secretly' supporting the separatists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on June 21, 2014, 11:17:39 pm
That's not true. The EU and the US openly support the Ukrainian support. Russia, at the other hand, claims some sort of neutrality, calling up for 'peaceful talks' while meanwhile 'secretly' supporting the separatists.
I'm curious why you seem to be bastardizing Russia for supporting anti-democratic factions in a chaotic nation. The US, a so-called bastion of democracy, has been doing this ever since we've had the ability to. Most notably after WWII and duuring (huehue) the Cold War. In fact, almost every nation in history has done this in some fashion to push their own agenda. Do I agree with you that it's wrong? Yes. But as Nipplestockings said, let's drop the double standard. I'll begin to actually accuse Russia of being a manipulative cunt as soon as the US and "freedom-loving" nations stop doing the same thing. It's just a different side of the same bullshit coin
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 21, 2014, 11:21:29 pm
I oppose Russia and her actions, and consider it the enemy in this conflict in which my country and the EU, of which my country is a member, are (rightfully, if you ask me) supporting the Ukraine government. The US happens to be on the same side. What happened all over the globe has little to do with the current Ukraine situation.

Imagine that. "Sorry Ukraine, we understand that you're being invaded and shit, but we kiiiinda helped a pro-US revolution 25 years ago in some South-American country, so shit, we can't really help you cos Russia just said she does the same shit as we do".

Russia also doesn't openly support the East-Ukrainian separatists, which is their greatest fault. Support who you want, but don't say you are neutral when you clearly aren't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on June 21, 2014, 11:36:44 pm
We're both Empires. Anyone who cannot see that is blind to both modern politics and history. We both throw the propaganda around hardcore, where it's mostly much more simple problems or disagreements that kind of get sidelined.

For example, nationalistic Ukrainians have rallied against the Soviet Union for years. They were also at the brunt of Stalin's induced starvation which left roughly 7,000,000 Ukrainians dead during '32-'33. During WWII the Ukrainians welcomed the Germans (more or less) with open arms as liberators, but under Hitler's oppressive policies (Lebensraum) there grew a huge dissent. They shared the same feelings as the Poles who hated both the Germans and the Russians. But during the fighting the Western Ukrainians offered volunteers to the German army as either non-combatant volunteers, or integrated into the Army (including their own SS Brigade, 14.SS "Galizien") but of course there were many Ukrainians who felt cheated and betrayed by the Germans or had family killed by Germans (there were huge battles that were all across Ukraine, where most of the fighting on the Eastern Front was done for a good amount of time) and took up arms against them.

When all was said and done, the German Army volunteers were repatriated back to Russia by the UK as a Post-War deal between the powers. (The exception being 14.SS, due to them having ties to the Vatican from the Catholic chaplains. These weren't typically part of SS formations, but Galizien was an exception that ended up saving a lot of lives, as the Vatican successfully persuaded the British to turn a blind eye to the unit which was in Italy at the time.) Quite a few were shot at arrival; others sent to the gulags. This was even the case with Soviet POWs from the earlier advances from the German Army during Operation Barbarossa. A tragic story for those who were expecting liberation from the war-torn, hungered, and bombed out German POW camps.

I remember before the protests kicked up there was a burial for one of the 14.SS guys in Ukraine and it was supported by Svoboda and had reenactors in uniform that did a rifle salute for him. There was a protest and whatnot, hence the big story I suppose. It just kind of goes into the culture of Ukraine vs Russia that really rose out of the government changing hands after the protests and the radical groups that took action and recruited.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 21, 2014, 11:39:38 pm
Spoiler
We're both Empires. Anyone who cannot see that is blind to both modern politics and history. We both throw the propaganda around hardcore, where it's mostly much more simple problems or disagreements that kind of get sidelined.

For example, nationalistic Ukrainians have rallied against the Soviet Union for years. They were also at the brunt of Stalin's induced starvation which left roughly 7,000,000 Ukrainians dead during '32-'33. During WWII the Ukrainians welcomed the Germans (more or less) with open arms as liberators, but under Hitler's oppressive policies (Lebensraum) there grew a huge dissent. They shared the same feelings as the Poles who hated both the Germans and the Russians. But during the fighting the Western Ukrainians offered volunteers to the German army as either non-combatant volunteers, or integrated into the Army (including their own SS Brigade, 14.SS "Galizien") but of course there were many Ukrainians who felt cheated and betrayed by the Germans or had family killed by Germans (there were huge battles that were all across Ukraine, where most of the fighting on the Eastern Front was done for a good amount of time) and took up arms against them.

When all was said and done, the German Army volunteers were repatriated back to Russia by the UK as a Post-War deal between the powers. (The exception being 14.SS, due to them having ties to the Vatican from the Catholic chaplains. These weren't typically part of SS formations, but Galizien was an exception that ended up saving a lot of lives, as the Vatican successfully persuaded the British to turn a blind eye to the unit which was in Italy at the time.) Quite a few were shot at arrival; others sent to the gulags. This was even the case with Soviet POWs from the earlier advances from the German Army during Operation Barbarossa. A tragic story for those who were expecting liberation from the war-torn, hungered, and bombed out German POW camps.

I remember before the protests kicked up there was a burial for one of the 14.SS guys in Ukraine and it was supported by Svoboda and had reenactors in uniform that did a rifle salute for him. There was a protest and whatnot, hence the big story I suppose. It just kind of goes into the culture of Ukraine vs Russia that really rose out of the government changing hands after the protests and the radical groups that took action and recruited.
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+1

It's not incorrect to state that what we see in Ukraine is a follow-up of WW2 - What we see in the world as a reaction is a follow-up on the Cold War.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on June 22, 2014, 08:51:20 am
In my opinion, the Cold War still leaves its traces. It's not completely over.

I'd also like to say the "Terrorist" buzzword coming from Kiev is just as fucked up as the "Fascist" one from Donetsk. It's completely counter-productive to getting something settled.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 22, 2014, 08:53:18 am
It's silly how Russia can get away with just delivering all that stuff to the separatists and still claim they want a peaceful solution.

Probably because we're doing the exact same thing so we can't say shit about it. Russia jumps at any chance it gets to call us hypocrites, and with every Russian claim against us their propaganda machine grows. If we really want to diffuse this situation peacefully we should stop operating on a double standard.

Well we did supply Libyan and Syrian rebels with weaponry much to the protests of Russia and in some cases in contravention to international law.
http://theconversation.com/is-it-legal-to-supply-arms-to-syrian-rebels-15220

Its like I keep saying; Nations obey laws when its in their interests. If they know they can get away with it they will probably do it if its in their interests to do so.

Empires are not maintained by timidity. (Guilty of Total war quote).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 25, 2014, 01:36:50 pm
http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-military-intervention-ukraine-withdrawn/25434654.html
 
The Duma really is just a formality nowadays. But anyway, I guess this is good news. I actually mistakenly thought they were passing another law enabling intervention, so sorry for the guys that I startled by messaging them on steam.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on June 25, 2014, 10:30:45 pm
Pfffff... It is not like they can just do it again. Putin just has to ask them for it.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 25, 2014, 10:35:41 pm
True, but that would at least take some time (two days at the most).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on June 26, 2014, 12:59:25 pm
Well maybe he wants to send in some more irregular troops now. And when people accuse him of sending in troops he can just say: "That is not true, I do not have the permission for that"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 26, 2014, 01:15:11 pm
True that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 27, 2014, 01:22:08 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byfre-t5cT8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on June 27, 2014, 08:01:27 am
"forced to withdraw" I had a giggle at that. They just skirted up to shoot at Fascists and ran at the first sign of trouble. Kudos to the cameraman for dodging bullets.

Also, it's a shame about the civilians. That's war, though. Civilian casualties are always a factor. I still stand by what I said about them going and talking with an artillery officer. Put a face to it, I guess.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 27, 2014, 11:33:08 am
Ukraine, Moldavia and Georgia signed the associating-treaty with the EU. Russia be mad!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on June 27, 2014, 11:38:36 am
Niiice! :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bramif on July 01, 2014, 11:28:54 am
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28101812#TWEET1172054 (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28101812#TWEET1172054)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 02, 2014, 02:46:24 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-yi5tEGqA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 02, 2014, 06:15:26 am
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=12060
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 02, 2014, 09:48:46 am
'The real news'. Lololol.

These type of news networks are good at one thing only: complaining.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 02, 2014, 09:54:01 am
Especially when a subjective statement is featured IN THE HEADLINE. Christ, that's about as biased as it gets. Why do some of these journalism sites go out to convince the viewer of a standpoint, or to prove something to them? Why not just start an opinionated politics blog? Why are you even selling yourself as a "news" site? No, this isn't news - this is acknowledging that something in the world happened and then using that event as a way to push your agenda. Thank god this kind of shit hasn't spread to major news corporations yet or we'd be in some deep shit. Even FOX tries to hide it a bit, and they're by far the worst out there. It's ridiculous.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bruin on July 02, 2014, 07:50:47 pm
Apparently Germany is soon gonna lift sanctions. I read an article that if they continue these harsh sanctions they're gonna lose estimate 1 Billion Euros.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 03, 2014, 08:59:43 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nmo9dZTmo0
Edit: They just made the video private for some reason. I would guess some higher ups in the Ukrainian military saw the thing about the Swastika and made VICE take it down for fear of making them look bad. Strange.
Edit 2: They reuploaded it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 03, 2014, 09:47:20 pm
Dat woman cheering the soldiers.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 03, 2014, 11:57:57 pm
Dat swastika q_q
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 04, 2014, 12:14:22 am
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nmo9dZTmo0
Edit: They just made the video private for some reason. I would guess some higher ups in the Ukrainian military saw the thing about the Swastika and made VICE take it down for fear of making them look bad. Strange.
Edit 2: They reuploaded it.
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I think now that they've done this, they should go to the Ukrainian gun positions and talk with an Artillery Officer if possible.

I'm glad they did this, even though they couldn't actually go to the gun positions for obvious reasons.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 04, 2014, 08:21:06 am
Right sector needs to be fucking purged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqK2W7RPEu4
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 04, 2014, 09:47:10 am
That's not even all Right Sector. Most seem to be National Socialist Assembly. But of course, RT doesn't really care as long as they can add 'Nazis' to it. Cos they nazi. They all Nazi. Nazinazinazi.
Damn, I did Nazi that coming!

Augy, do you really only watch news trough amazingly biased channels?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 04, 2014, 10:33:58 am
Its just video footage without commentary. You can see the same footage on Ukrainian TV without the RT logo.

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INeZSoDQ-jI
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 06, 2014, 08:26:37 pm
The Ukrainian army took Sloviansk yesterday and is pretty much pushing back the Pro-Russians on all fronts. Pro-Russian attacks on the Donetsk Airfield and a military base were defeated. Past few days have definitely been a break-trough for the Ukrainians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 06, 2014, 09:14:41 pm
Sloviansk today, tomorrow Crimea!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 06, 2014, 09:37:35 pm
Considering how much time it took them to secure Sloviansk, it makes you wonder if they will try to head straight into Donetsk or kick them out of surrounding settlements first.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 06, 2014, 09:47:29 pm
Well considering they're already at the outskirts of Donetsk, I would guess that their plan is to take back the main rebel centers of influence first, and then fight outwards from there as the power of the rebels wanes and they're forced to go on the run.

On Crimea, I doubt they're going to bother with it militarily. Russia is too powerful and I think even Poroshenko knows they can't take Crimea back with the little western support they have. Diplomacy takes far longer, but it's better than starting a world war ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 07, 2014, 10:34:02 pm
Crimea is firmly in Russian hands for better or for worse. Sevastopol is too important militarily and economically for the big Bear to give up.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 09, 2014, 06:04:00 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMBvMuuTOWU
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 09, 2014, 09:07:42 am
Quote from: scrooglemcdoogle
"...Too many people are dying over this, and neither side seems to have intentions on stopping until the other is obliterated. What a shame, because the major victims are the ones caught in the crossfire, and in the end superheated lead projectiles and explosives don't have political beliefs."

Quoted for truth.

The civilians in the square not long ago flying their separatist flags are the first to point fingers. They're all lying and the way they betray each other is absolutely disgusting and overall very trashy behavior. To think good and honest people died and they get to scurry around... it's sickening.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sanitarium on July 09, 2014, 10:26:06 am
Poor russians...it's so easy to brainwash them with TV, their main source of information that i almost feel bad for them. They blame americans in everything, and by annexing Crimea and supporting separatist movement in the east they think they're helping us (no kidding). Pathetic.
         As a half-russian, half-ukrainian guy who was born in Ukraine, but spent half of my life in Russia i was always divided on whom should i feel myself, russian or ukrainian, but with the recent events i can proudly say that i'm 100% Ukrainian, and i want my Ukraine to become a better country, with no corruption, better life standarts, happy people. THAT'S why Maidan has happened, and THAT IS why people don't want Ukraine to join Eurasian Union with Russia, but want to move westwards to EU! We don't see our future with Russia, it's not my only opinion, but opinion of majority of ukrainians, including eastern ukraine, trust me i have many friends there. Of course we're not so naive, and we know that if we join EU life won't become great instantly, no. But it's a move in the right direction for sure.
            For the video above me - these people who pointing fingers at each other are not traitors, or bad people or separatists or whatever, they were just scared for their lifes and their family lifes, these are mostly old people, who remember soviet times when you can easily get in jail for thinking another way.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 09, 2014, 01:19:04 pm
Poor russians...it's so easy to brainwash them with TV, their main source of information that i almost feel bad for them. They blame americans in everything, and by annexing Crimea and supporting separatist movement in the east they think they're helping us (no kidding). Pathetic.
         As a half-russian, half-ukrainian guy who was born in Ukraine, but spent half of my life in Russia i was always divided on whom should i feel myself, russian or ukrainian, but with the recent events i can proudly say that i'm 100% Ukrainian, and i want my Ukraine to become a better country, with no corruption, better life standarts, happy people. THAT'S why Maidan has happened, and THAT IS why people don't want Ukraine to join Eurasian Union with Russia, but want to move westwards to EU! We don't see our future with Russia, it's not my only opinion, but opinion of majority of ukrainians, including eastern ukraine, trust me i have many friends there. Of course we're not so naive, and we know that if we join EU life won't become great instantly, no. But it's a move in the right direction for sure.
            For the video above me - these people who pointing fingers at each other are not traitors, or bad people or separatists or whatever, they were just scared for their lifes and their family lifes, these are mostly old people, who remember soviet times when you can easily get in jail for thinking another way.

This guy.

I like him.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 09, 2014, 05:16:12 pm
Quote from: scrooglemcdoogle
"...Too many people are dying over this, and neither side seems to have intentions on stopping until the other is obliterated. What a shame, because the major victims are the ones caught in the crossfire, and in the end superheated lead projectiles and explosives don't have political beliefs."

Quoted for truth.

The civilians in the square not long ago flying their separatist flags are the first to point fingers. They're all lying and the way they betray each other is absolutely disgusting and overall very trashy behavior. To think good and honest people died and they get to scurry around... it's sickening.
What they were doing is not an abnormal behavior. It is anything but trashy it is completely natural and expected in a post-besieged rebel settlement.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 09, 2014, 08:24:04 pm
Quote from: scrooglemcdoogle
"...Too many people are dying over this, and neither side seems to have intentions on stopping until the other is obliterated. What a shame, because the major victims are the ones caught in the crossfire, and in the end superheated lead projectiles and explosives don't have political beliefs."

Quoted for truth.

The civilians in the square not long ago flying their separatist flags are the first to point fingers. They're all lying and the way they betray each other is absolutely disgusting and overall very trashy behavior. To think good and honest people died and they get to scurry around... it's sickening.
What they were doing is not an abnormal behavior. It is anything but trashy it is completely natural and expected in a post-besieged rebel settlement.

To sell out your fellow countrymen and try and look innocent? I completely disagree. If they had a lick of honor or honesty, they'd owe up to being separatist supporters or just not say a word. People can still be defeated and retain their honor and dignity.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 09, 2014, 08:35:30 pm
Quote from: scrooglemcdoogle
"...Too many people are dying over this, and neither side seems to have intentions on stopping until the other is obliterated. What a shame, because the major victims are the ones caught in the crossfire, and in the end superheated lead projectiles and explosives don't have political beliefs."

Quoted for truth.

The civilians in the square not long ago flying their separatist flags are the first to point fingers. They're all lying and the way they betray each other is absolutely disgusting and overall very trashy behavior. To think good and honest people died and they get to scurry around... it's sickening.
What they were doing is not an abnormal behavior. It is anything but trashy it is completely natural and expected in a post-besieged rebel settlement.

To sell out your fellow countrymen and try and look innocent? I completely disagree. If they had a lick of honor or honesty, they'd owe up to being separatist supporters or just not say a word. People can still be defeated and retain their honor and dignity.

They're trying to help putin and his Honourable and honest plan.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 09, 2014, 08:59:05 pm
Quote from: scrooglemcdoogle
"...Too many people are dying over this, and neither side seems to have intentions on stopping until the other is obliterated. What a shame, because the major victims are the ones caught in the crossfire, and in the end superheated lead projectiles and explosives don't have political beliefs."

Quoted for truth.

The civilians in the square not long ago flying their separatist flags are the first to point fingers. They're all lying and the way they betray each other is absolutely disgusting and overall very trashy behavior. To think good and honest people died and they get to scurry around... it's sickening.
What they were doing is not an abnormal behavior. It is anything but trashy it is completely natural and expected in a post-besieged rebel settlement.

To sell out your fellow countrymen and try and look innocent? I completely disagree. If they had a lick of honor or honesty, they'd owe up to being separatist supporters or just not say a word. People can still be defeated and retain their honor and dignity.
Romanticized honor and dignity go out the window when you are longer guaranteed protection and your best hope of protection is to sell out your neighbor. These people are desperate, hungry, scared, and afraid. I'm sure we can all suspend our own notions of honor, glory, duty, and freedom for the slightest moment and realize the base human needs and emotions of the situation
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: AlekoTheGreek on July 09, 2014, 10:48:44 pm
If you think that either Western or Eastern media are not trying to brainwash you are just ignorant.
In simple words, EU and USA citizens have access to only what their respective News Agencies provide them with as well as Russian citizens.

Also clearly taking supporting a side on this matter is very very difficult for the reasons mentioned above. If you do want to take one though
please search really carefully and don't just take everything you hear in the news AND the WAY you hear it for granted.  No countries are "good" or "bad" as with any war.

The crimean port is really important for the russian goverment thats nothing to argue with, also someone MAY say that the russian population in the territory (which is high undoubtedly)
is also important for them.

Whatever the truth,  my humble opinion is that the US went WAY to far this time with ukraine and the only victims of this game are the citizens, both ukrainians and russians
(Note: By any means am i not a supporter of any of the two alliances)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 09, 2014, 10:51:12 pm
same, TheGreek.  No war between nations, only class war is justified. Like the good people of Greece are doing now, organising themselves because they have become aware.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 09, 2014, 11:00:41 pm
Remember kids. Shooting a man because he has more money then you is entirely okay.

Like the good people of Greece are doing now, organising themselves because they have become aware.

You mean the same people that fight each other every day for control of the street of Athens while doing barely anything but opposing the real government? Greece is its own arch-enemy. These people have no wish to find a solution to their problems, they merely want someone to blame and then throw the problems out of the window as if they can ignore it. Some of their actions are simply stupid, such as breaking down ATM's, believing that they are 'blocking' the evil banks when all they do is make it impossible for people to get their money out of the wall. How is that going to help?

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Whatever the truth,  my humble opinion is that the US went WAY to far this time with ukraine and the only victims of this game are the citizens, both ukrainians and russians

You're entitled to your own opinion, but I would like to know what the US did exactly according to you. I also fail to see how Russian citizens are the victims here. Ethic Russians with the Ukrainian nationality are still Ukrainian.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 09, 2014, 11:29:57 pm
same, TheGreek.  No war between nations, only class war is justified. Like the good people of Greece are doing now, organising themselves because they have become aware.

snip
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 10, 2014, 04:07:49 am
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvX04kFmXKA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 10, 2014, 06:05:46 am
They're trying to help putin and his Honourable and honest plan.

By calling each other out in a witch hunt?

Romanticized honor and dignity go out the window when you are longer guaranteed protection and your best hope of protection is to sell out your neighbor. These people are desperate, hungry, scared, and afraid. I'm sure we can all suspend our own notions of honor, glory, duty, and freedom for the slightest moment and realize the base human needs and emotions of the situation

But the thing is, it's unnecessary. Everyone knows they were Separatists. They're just children pointing fingers while the soldiers and the government don't give a single fuck.

Video

It's like they're living in a fantasy land. They'll most likely cling on the hardest before that Governor is dragged through the streets. You can see the strain in all of their eyes. They're getting beat up pretty bad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 10, 2014, 07:35:50 am
Duuring, your opinion doesnt matter since you go to the Radboud aka Kissinger and Reagan school.

You just can't deal with the fact that people can organise themselves and their communoties. Ofcourse you only see what you want to see which is people rioting in the streets, fall for the media and state rhetoric against your own people instead of the capitalists that created these recessions and economic collapse.

In the end it doesnt matter what you will reply with, you're part of the uncool middle class twerps that i have to deal with dail and their silly strawman arguments.

Duuring is Hans Wiegel 2.0
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 10, 2014, 07:41:40 am
Romanticized honor and dignity go out the window when you are longer guaranteed protection and your best hope of protection is to sell out your neighbor. These people are desperate, hungry, scared, and afraid. I'm sure we can all suspend our own notions of honor, glory, duty, and freedom for the slightest moment and realize the base human needs and emotions of the situation

But the thing is, it's unnecessary. Everyone knows they were Separatists. They're just children pointing fingers while the soldiers and the government don't give a single fuck.
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I would think all divisive actions that have the chance to create bloody or dangerous circumstances are unnecessary. But it still is natural is almost every situation that these people have been through. Everyone always looks for someone to blame, someone to put pressure on in scenarios like this. These people made a mistake and paid for their ideological differences. And when bombs follow your once highly accepted political rhetoric and those bombs win, of course the once united people will turn on each other and look for someone to blame for the dropping of those bombs.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on July 10, 2014, 10:29:07 am
From what i been seeing, the tides are turning. Ukraine is stepping up a game.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: AlekoTheGreek on July 10, 2014, 11:05:53 am
You're entitled to your own opinion, but I would like to know what the US did exactly according to you. I also fail to see how Russian citizens are the victims here. Ethic Russians with the Ukrainian nationality are still Ukrainian.

My own opinion is that citizens are dying/losing their homes etc.  beacuase they are the current pawns of the two great powers which both are seeking for power/wealth ofc.
If you not aware of the actions of the US in the area then you sould not have any opinion at all, no matter how aggresive a power is you can NOT play games in an area directly boredring your "enemy" especialy when 50+% of your rivals population are living there.

In simple words. It is not the same influecing countries such as Israel or Atacking countries such as Iraq or Afghanistan  and, trying to influence crimea or other parts of (especially eastern) ukraine.

So question with this crysis is not which faction is right because no one is.
If you still believe i support one of the two great powers then it seems that the "amount of brainwashing you recieving is too damn high"
I will repeat myself once more. I support the citizens who do NOT deserve to be parts of this game, it is like the serbian poeple two decades ago.
It is just a great power's play ground, get it people.

(I won't even bother answering why russians who live in ukraine are russians)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 10, 2014, 11:23:21 am
Seriously, all you are going to say is 'You don't see it? Jeez, so stupid' ? That's the silliest argument ever. You're angry with the US because they went to far by doing...something? I never said I thought you were on a side, I just wanted some clearance on what you think the USA did and you simply failed to give me that. Your point is that they are a superpower and therefor must have done something bad?

Duuring, your opinion doesnt matter since you go to the Radboud aka Kissinger and Reagan school.

Ahahaa. Okay Augy. Sure. Why do you always feel the need to tell people their opinions are stupid or otherwise not legit?

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You just can't deal with the fact that people can organise themselves and their communoties. Ofcourse you only see what you want to see which is people rioting in the streets, fall for the media and state rhetoric against your own people instead of the capitalists that created these recessions and economic collapse.

What's your point? You completely ignore my question and once again just go on a 'YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND'-spree without trying to explain anything.

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In the end it doesnt matter what you will reply with, you're part of the uncool middle class twerps that i have to deal with dail and their silly strawman arguments.

Oh no, Augy thinks I'm uncool. Boohoo.

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Duuring is Hans Wiegel 2.0

Uhm...Okay.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 10, 2014, 12:15:52 pm
I have no interest of giving your views any credence for i'm quite aware what you stand for and i care little for your notions of what my views entail. In short, your pointof view on things is inferior and should be treated as such.

You are being trained to become part of all the other losers that make up our dutch political system.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 10, 2014, 12:31:18 pm
In short, your pointof view on things is inferior and should be treated as such.

Those are some harsh words, Augy. We may differentiate on what we consider right or wrong, but I never called you or your opinions 'inferior'. What you are doing now is merely putting yourself and your views as 'superior' to mine and that of others, so that you can refuse any discussion on the ground that we are wrong by default. For someone who is all about personal freedom and liberating yourself, that's very grim.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 10, 2014, 12:36:50 pm
What i think is grim is when workers decide to organise themselves without the capitalist, the state will protect the capitalists interests over the workers. How is that democracy, especially when its the workers who are acting in a democratic fashion.

Anyone who doesnt understand that yoy can't have Political Democracy without Economic Democracy isn't worth having a conversation with unless they genuinely want to know which isnt the case with you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 10, 2014, 12:37:14 pm
Calling ones opinions inferior is illogical, opinions can't be inferior, though they can be less widely spread.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 10, 2014, 12:44:55 pm
You know what i mean though, every reform has been tried etc but hasnt worked.
People like Duuring get mad when you challenge the whole system and they feel safe defending it because it works in their mind. Meanwhile they ignore the fact that our way of life depends on masses of people in poor countries producing ours goods for shitty wages and whatnot.

Capitalism had its last good days in the western world, Living standards will improve in poorer countries but around 2060 it will have its last good days.

Evolution doesnt seem to apply to economics and governing for politicians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 10, 2014, 12:47:00 pm
What i think is grim is when workers decide to organise themselves without the capitalist, the state will protect the capitalists interests over the workers. How is that democracy, especially when its the workers who are acting in a democratic fashion.

Anyone who doesnt understand that yoy can't have Political Democracy without Economic Democracy isn't worth having a conversation with unless they genuinely want to know which isnt the case with you.

You keep saying that. 'Workers'. What's a 'worker'? Someone who works with his hands? Someone who makes something? You also keep spamming the words 'Organize themselves'. How? Unions? Political parties? Workers representatives? All those things EXIST in our country. They are protected by LAW, and it's entirely untrue to say 'the state' is protecting 'the capitalist' interests over them, as the 'capitalist' must keep to these rules just as much. Do you think people have those institutions in their companies out of the kindness of their hearts?

You keep using words as 'the state' and 'the capitalist' as if they are some foreign power ruling over us. You have shown again and again that, even though you love the idea of a Council of Workers 'democratically' ruling a business, you refuse again and again to hold discussions with people of a different mind-set, claiming they are stupid, inferior and otherwise not to be taken serious, showing you are entirely oblivious of the fact that you are just as bad as the 'undemocratic' institutions you claim to hate so much.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 10, 2014, 01:02:16 pm
Workers are those who are dependent upon a wage to live, Capitalists are those who own the means of prodiction. The workers produce everything and the capitalist takes all the profits.

The State exists to protect capitalist interests because thats who keep the running, thats why there's so many corporate puppets in government.

All i'm saying and its not radical, is that ordinary people organise their workfloor on non-capitalist principles and this is done all over the world right now quite succesfully, i consider my position superior because it works superbly and the people i have talked to and observed in the Cooperatives i visited are more developed than the workers in capitalist companies.

Oscar Wilde was totally right that a society built on competition creates inferior people, i'm for cooperation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: AlekoTheGreek on July 10, 2014, 01:17:15 pm
Augy i think i get you, if i am correct you would love to live in a world of "anarchy", where people do not have to obey but thye just use common sense and cooperate with eachother.
This is my dream-utopia too... but as i said is just a utopia... with so many billions of people in the world and as the people become less and less open minded this is imposible.

Keep dreaming though! Should we -humanity- reach this state i will surely be there to meet you :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 10, 2014, 01:29:13 pm
Its not a dream, its just up to the workers themselves to do it which is happening right now all over this planet,we call home. 
Mutual Aid Communities organised in federations and confederations providing needs to eachother have flourished all through history for thousands of years while Capitalism has only existed for the last 500 years and already had so many recessions and downfalls.

I happen to have family in Greece who are part of the new society being built in the shell of the old world through cooperatives in their communities ,which were organised spontaneously by the workers themselves while the state was asking for more handouts so they can continue exploiting the Greek masses...  many people are starting to realise that they dont need a big brother to watch over them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: AlekoTheGreek on July 10, 2014, 01:41:50 pm
The problem with greece is not so much ofthe big brother as with the "mni-civil wars" what i mean is...as the City States fought each other thousants of yeas ago
so is happening today, one group "fights" another. But i have to admit things are changing, faster than many of us realise.

Its been a pleasure speaking with you mate! Good day!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 10, 2014, 05:33:53 pm
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite6_1_16/08/2013_514237

Statists are so fucking retarded, they never have understood that anarchism increases with repression. Calling in the police to fight people asking for higher wages proves our points. I'm an anarchist because I know that workers can control production in peace without all the evils of government and capitalism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 10, 2014, 06:14:07 pm
As if workers won't try to get maximum profit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 10, 2014, 06:40:46 pm
Its a totally different incentive than profit, namely to keep everybody at work and have their needs met.  In Mondragon for example, when they noticed profits dropping in one of their cooperatives, instead of firing their workers - they decided to cut hours for every worker so everyone would keep their jobs and thus have their needs.... next season they were back on top because production increased with profits.  The goal is not too milk every last cent out of everything marketable like Capitalism, the goal is to have everyones needs met.

Workers control and Capitalism can co-exist as workers band together and start up new cooperatives in their communities. This will create a new kind of society where people have the option to work for a capitalist enterprise or a cooperative and they can find out what fits their needs. This will also interest and empower ordinary people to get involved in politics again since they have an economic stake in society.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsbfOxUx8ZA


And to be slightly ontopic again with Ukraine, the Autonomous Workers Union over there has organised several refugee centers to aid victims of the conflict.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 10, 2014, 11:36:28 pm
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And to be slightly ontopic again with Ukraine, the Autonomous Workers Union over there has organised several refugee centers to aid victims of the conflict.

Impossible. Surely, the capitalist western-backed liberal government of Kiev cracks down on any move by organised workers, just like we do here.
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Workers control and Capitalism can co-exist as workers band together and start up new cooperatives in their communities. This will create a new kind of society where people have the option to work for a capitalist enterprise or a cooperative and they can find out what fits their needs. This will also interest and empower ordinary people to get involved in politics again since they have an economic stake in society.

Then do it. Nothing stops you from starting a company based on that principle.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 11, 2014, 07:06:28 am
Already working on it , although i do worry what happens when our network of communes becomes so large that it begins to effect the ability for capitalism to function? Do you believe that those in power will roll over and admit defeat or will they defend themselves? History shows us that they are likely to try and stop us.

The commune idea is decent, it's essentially what the Zapatistas have done in Chiapas. The Mondragon Corporation in Spain would be another example.

The trouble would be in organizing enough people to set up a functional community especially here in Holland where community barely exists. Assuming you have enough people who are ideologically on board, finding the right location would be the next hardest thing. You will need to find the right environment, capable of sustaining the habitat you're looking to build. How will you acquire the land? Will it be privately owned or is will it be Crown/Federal land that you are squatting on. If the latter than you can almost guarantee that their will be violent repercussions. Independence is not something that nation states take lightly and they will most likely use all avenues to ensure that your proposed community fails.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 11, 2014, 12:42:38 pm
Conclusion of the whole situation: Humans are ridiculously foolish at times.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 11, 2014, 04:23:46 pm
Then move somewhere where such a community exists. You aren't a nationalist are you?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 11, 2014, 05:00:03 pm
what? i stand in complete opposition to that crap lol, i'm aware that nationalism is an ideology used by the ruling class to divide the working class. Anarchism has always stood in stark opposition to Nationalism. Bakunin basically said that national liberation movements are cool so long as they aren't co-opted by the ruling class but if they are then they are useless.
Working class cultural pride is a good thing, especially for cultures and nationalities that are fighting colonialism. There is also nothing wrong with being happy to see your local sports club do well either. So yeah, UP with Internationalism and DOWN with Nationalism.

"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind." - Albert Einstein
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on July 12, 2014, 02:14:54 pm
lol ur retarded
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 12, 2014, 02:15:56 pm
lol ur retarded
Wow, how can we combat such a statement, we're all surely defeated in thid debate.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 12, 2014, 02:46:45 pm
Augy says exactly the same every time the discussion turns against him, only with more words.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 12, 2014, 04:33:19 pm
Come again?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 12, 2014, 07:43:38 pm
"No, I GOOGLE my answers!" - Augy
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Raddeo on July 12, 2014, 08:19:55 pm
Just to bring it back to the topic - Ukrainian Naftohaz has decided to stop delivering gas to heating plants in Kiev and other big cities in Ukraine as they (heating plants) aren't able to pay for it. So now theoretically there are reserves of gas in Ukraine, but they won't be used as long as government won't pay Naftohaz for them. Naftohaz decided to treat Ukrainian government in the same way as Gazprom treats Naftohaz - money first, then gas. It seems that Ukraine is starting to collapse from the very inside.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 12, 2014, 11:20:00 pm
"No, I GOOGLE my answers!" - Augy

Says the stephan molyneux cultist.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 12, 2014, 11:34:21 pm
"No, I GOOGLE my answers!" - Augy

Says the stephan molyneux cultist.

I'm genuinely curious as to how you came to that conclusion. Literally all I know about him is that he's a MRA. I don't follow his beliefs nor have I ever looked into him.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 13, 2014, 12:15:48 am
Aight, apologies... got you mixed up with that nutter Sven... you guys all seem the same to me, american Libertarian lot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 13, 2014, 01:30:57 am
I think Sven is even farther away from being an MRA than I am. Perhaps you just lump everyone who disagrees with you into a single category. Understandable but you might want to change that - doesn't really help you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 13, 2014, 09:48:47 am
I've have discussions with them before and tbh anarcho-capitalist logic is just on a different paradigm then other people. Words are ceaselessly redefined and rendered useless.
Talking to an american-style Libertarian is a lot like trying to talk to a creationist about basic science. Imagine if you were a geology student or something and a really, really excited creationist came at you trying to discuss what he believed was science. Nobody wants to do that. Nobody.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 13, 2014, 11:37:38 am
So in other words, you're right, we're all wrong, and trying to have a discussion about it is impossible because...you're always right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 13, 2014, 12:16:37 pm
Duuring's like that too, but at least he's honest about it in his signature.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 13, 2014, 12:47:11 pm
Not really. I'll always go into discussions with people. I never claimed that I was indefinitely right and everybody else was, by definition, inferior for having other opinions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 14, 2014, 06:38:49 pm
walloftextaboutnationalism.exe

Then move somewhere where such a community exists. You aren't a nationalist are you?
Then move somewhere where such a community exists.
move somewhere where such a community exists.
move somewhere
move
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 14, 2014, 07:15:51 pm
walloftextaboutnationalism.exe

Then move somewhere where such a community exists. You aren't a nationalist are you?
Then move somewhere where such a community exists.
move somewhere where such a community exists.
move somewhere
move

Maybe he can't afford to because he spends all his time complaining about "da institution" and smoking weed instead of working. Don't be so insensitive! Capitalist dog.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 14, 2014, 08:40:31 pm
walloftextaboutnationalism.exe

Then move somewhere where such a community exists. You aren't a nationalist are you?
Then move somewhere where such a community exists.
move somewhere where such a community exists.
move somewhere
move

Maybe he can't afford to because he spends all his time complaining about "da institution" and smoking weed instead of working. Don't be so insensitive! Capitalist dog.
I think he's implying that nationalists... don't move away. They stay in their home.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 14, 2014, 09:34:20 pm
I know m8, it was a joke.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 15, 2014, 01:57:49 am
https://news.vice.com/article/downed-planes-and-burnt-corpses-in-eastern-ukraine?utm_source=vicenewsfb
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 16, 2014, 07:18:35 pm
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi575J_wYdM[/youtube]

What I said earlier about the people bickering unnecessarily I now take back. While they may have been just regular people supporting the conflict, the Ukrainian government could still imprison them for supporting terrorism, especially with all the videos around that they may be recognized in.

This guy... he's really doing work. It's like finding and stomping out cockroaches.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: fireboy on July 17, 2014, 06:10:38 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/world/europe/ukraine-malaysia-airlines-crash/index.html?c=mobile-homepage-t&page=1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 17, 2014, 06:23:33 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/world/europe/ukraine-malaysia-airlines-crash/index.html?c=mobile-homepage-t&page=1

I can't fucking believe it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 17, 2014, 06:24:10 pm
Dayum, malaysia airlines aren't having a good year.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: joer5835 on July 17, 2014, 06:24:42 pm
Well, that's a pleasant start of the summer.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on July 17, 2014, 06:25:03 pm
Some crazy shit is going down.

http://liveuamap.com/e/2014/17-of-july-boeing777-of-malaysian-airlines-shot-down-near-shakhtarsk?ll=48.022998307033916;38.463821411133054&zoom=9
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on July 17, 2014, 06:25:30 pm
I hope the Russians shot it down, then the morally grey Asian nations might get some spine and criticise Putin.

Vote UKIP!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on July 17, 2014, 06:27:26 pm
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/world/europe/ukraine-malaysia-airlines-crash/index.html?c=mobile-homepage-t&page=1

Ah somebody beat me to it. Its too early to say with 100% certainty that it was shot down, but if it was, the consequences will be big.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on July 17, 2014, 06:35:55 pm
'15km diameter of debris' - 90% sure that means it blew up in mid air therefore it must have been shot down?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 17, 2014, 06:39:42 pm
Who cares, you jingoists can't wait to blow each others brains out so go at it already.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on July 17, 2014, 06:43:06 pm
I respect your views on politics Augy, each to his/her own, but there were 20 Dutch passengers on that flight as well. Nobody survived the crash and you say "who cares". Thats too damn cold, and doesnt help your stance at all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 17, 2014, 06:43:51 pm
Who cares, you jingoists can't wait to blow each others brains out so go at it already.

Stop being so stupid. Fuck.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Fruble on July 17, 2014, 06:46:23 pm
Who cares, you jingoists can't wait to blow each others brains out so go at it already.
Way to sound like an asshole.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on July 17, 2014, 06:48:36 pm
Why.. was that plane flying over a war zone in the first place??

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 17, 2014, 06:50:39 pm
Theres far more distressing amounts of people dying daily without any news coverage. This just serves another purpose and they got all the sheep bleating havoc.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Fruble on July 17, 2014, 06:52:20 pm
Site of the crash in case anyone is interested.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Diplex on July 17, 2014, 06:55:31 pm
Theres far more distressing amounts of people dying daily without any news coverage. This just serves another purpose and they got all the sheep bleating havoc.

But this is more "interesting". Far more people die of far more uninteresting reasons. This just escalates a conflict that is incredibly highlighted.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 17, 2014, 06:57:30 pm
Why.. was that plane flying over a war zone in the first place??

It was flying at 33,000 feet at normal cruising speed with contact to ATC and clearance to fly through. That route was also the most common one from Kuala Lampur to Amsterdam. As far as they knew there was nothing to worry about.

It's also worth taking into consideration the fact that neither the Ukrainian military nor the separatist forces have access to the ordinance that would be required to take down a plane flying at that altitude. Either extremely advanced laser guided SAM missile systems or a separate military jet in the air equipped to air to air missiles would have been able to do it - something that pretty much only Russia has.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on July 17, 2014, 07:03:07 pm
Theres far more distressing amounts of people dying daily without any news coverage. This just serves another purpose and they got all the sheep bleating havoc.

Sure. Fuck the plane and its passengers, fuck the explosive situation surrounding this crash and above all fuck the consequences.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on July 17, 2014, 07:07:10 pm
It's also worth taking into consideration the fact that neither the Ukrainian military nor the separatist forces have access to the ordinance that would be required to take down a plane flying at that altitude.
Both have missile system "Buk" (SA-11 Gadfly) and it can take down planes on such altitude.
tweet from the terrorists:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:NF6E5FCKFNEJ:https://twitter.com/dnrpress/status/483248037629018112
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: RussianAgent on July 17, 2014, 07:39:39 pm
Ofc this is a false flag operation, to gain public support for NATO(Nazi) forces to enter Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 17, 2014, 07:45:50 pm
That's great friend. Death to Royska Imperya.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 17, 2014, 09:37:50 pm
19:00: A tweet (in Russian) from a key Twitter account used by pro-Russian separatists, in which they claim to have captured a Buk surface-to-air missile system, has now been deleted, BBC Monitoring observes. Ukrainians say the Malaysian plane could have been downed with a Buk, but pro-Russian rebels have now denied they have it.

19:28: Flight recorders have been found at the crash site, Konstantin Knyrik, a spokesman for the pro-Russian rebels, has told Interfax news agency. Earlier reports quoted rebels as saying they intended to send the flight recorders to Moscow for checking.

I dunno guys, this seems pretty suspicious.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on July 17, 2014, 11:36:36 pm
So no access to the crash site, the black box is being sent to Russia, separatists tweeting their "victory" only to realise they dun goofed and promptly delete their account.

Well Russia, we await your response.

Also, 154 Dutch passengers on board. The flag is going half mast tomorrow, so it will be a day of mourning.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 17, 2014, 11:39:32 pm
So now is it fair if I go full jingoist?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 17, 2014, 11:39:44 pm
We lost many country men today because of a bunch of manchilds controlling anti air missiles  in eastern ukraine, equipment that they got for free from a certain russian man...

I hope the Netherlands asks permission from the Ukranian gov to bring troops in and squash down these terrorists once and for all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Sir_Spill on July 17, 2014, 11:41:42 pm
We lost many country men today because of a bunch of manchilds controlling anti air missiles  in eastern ukraine, equipment that they got for free from a certain russian man...

I hope the Netherlands asks permission from the Ukranian gov to bring troops in and squash down these terrorists once and for all.
Special ops everything
Kill The bugs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on July 17, 2014, 11:43:13 pm
So now is it fair if I go full jingoist?

Go for it. It sure as hell convinced me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 17, 2014, 11:52:09 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/vU1V0AL.jpg)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmemedepot.com%2Fuploads%2F0%2F177_liberate.jpg&hash=bda845ff0cce85cedea6fbb3eef629275b89dbfa)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftomheller.de%2Ftheholycymbal%2Fpics%2Fdemocracybombs.jpg&hash=8af1f9796acb29d4d49c2bf7d8e08c5233641da7)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fglobal3.memecdn.com%2Fobama-freedom_o_574551.jpg&hash=ba18cae3de345d9988bc65ba9a0dd52e01aa00ba)

In all seriousness, let's go fuck Putin into the next century.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 17, 2014, 11:54:27 pm
So now is it fair if I go full jingoist?
I don't think so because you know, jingoism.

Responding is such a way is a great emotional response to an issue that is better tackled with all sides considered and seeing clearer heads prevail. But that won't happen. People will get emotional, as is natural, and they will demand bloodshed in return for bloodshed. The perpetual violence will continue. The situation will deteriorate, clearer heads will be shot, and whatever nationalistic/emotional orgasm people need will be achieved. They'll leave the decimated country, feeling high and mighty and morally superior for killing other people.

Oh how I cri cri for humanity.

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(https://i.imgur.com/vU1V0AL.jpg)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmemedepot.com%2Fuploads%2F0%2F177_liberate.jpg&hash=bda845ff0cce85cedea6fbb3eef629275b89dbfa)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftomheller.de%2Ftheholycymbal%2Fpics%2Fdemocracybombs.jpg&hash=8af1f9796acb29d4d49c2bf7d8e08c5233641da7)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fglobal3.memecdn.com%2Fobama-freedom_o_574551.jpg&hash=ba18cae3de345d9988bc65ba9a0dd52e01aa00ba)
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In all seriousness, let's go fuck Putin into the next century.
Like, I'm not trying to take those pictures seriously cause they aren't meant to be but statements like that is what leads to a bloodier conflict. But whateves
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 17, 2014, 11:57:40 pm
I honestly don't want war with Russia, I want Putin dealt with, and in order to do that, you need to have war with Russia.

Or we go Zero Dark Thirty on his ass.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 18, 2014, 12:03:19 am
I honestly don't want war with Russia, I want Putin dealt with, and in order to do that, you need to have war with Russia.

Or we go Zero Dark Thirty on his ass.
So you honestly do want war with Russia. Whatever natural bloodlust that is inside you is apparently saying to you that it's despicable to shoot down a plane in a terrorist format BUT IF WE bomb them in a proper, HONORABLE format then its okay and we can avenge people who are dead and frankly have little to no say it what happens.

Trust me, there I people I think the world would be easier without but frankly if Putin really wants the Ukraine he can have it. Putin is not the largest threat to America out there. The biggest current threat to America is itself. It's just easier to have a boogeyman to put it all on I guess.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 18, 2014, 12:17:47 am
While I'll admit I tend to be a bit of an American nationalist at times I don't give 2 shits about the US in this scenario. I'm more worried about Ukraine.

The only thing that stops me from wanting an all out war is that the Russian people don't deserve to have their lives ruined. Again, reason I'd like the Zero Dark Thirty option.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 18, 2014, 12:26:54 am
While I'll admit I tend to be a bit of an American nationalist at times I don't give 2 shits about the US in this scenario. I'm more worried about Ukraine.

The only thing that stops me from wanting an all out war is that the Russian people don't deserve to have their lives ruined. Again, reason I'd like the Zero Dark Thirty option.
While I'll admit I tend to be a bit of an American nationalist at times I don't give 2 shits about the US in this scenario. I'm more worried about Ukraine.

The only thing that stops me from wanting an all out war is that the Russian people don't deserve to have their lives ruined. Again, reason I'd like the Zero Dark Thirty option.
Out of curiousity, why are you worried about the Ukraine? Not to sound like a dick, but the Ukraine doesn't need our sympathy or charity.

These nations like the Ukraine and Iraq have never really had the chance to be real nations or real democracies/whatever they want to be. They've been lumped into a singular group by the Russians (in Iraq's case, the British) and obviously have never really liked one another or always have had tendencies towards fighting each other. What these countries need is chaos, like every other nation has had in its founding. We need to stop trying to control and manipulate the forces behind revolutions and just simply let them happen. Will people die? Will there be civil war? Yes but every great nation in history has had the opportunity to be greatly chaotic, these guys need that for better or for worse.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 18, 2014, 01:29:41 am
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/vU1V0AL.jpg)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmemedepot.com%2Fuploads%2F0%2F177_liberate.jpg&hash=bda845ff0cce85cedea6fbb3eef629275b89dbfa)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftomheller.de%2Ftheholycymbal%2Fpics%2Fdemocracybombs.jpg&hash=8af1f9796acb29d4d49c2bf7d8e08c5233641da7)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fglobal3.memecdn.com%2Fobama-freedom_o_574551.jpg&hash=ba18cae3de345d9988bc65ba9a0dd52e01aa00ba)
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In all seriousness, let's go fuck Putin into the next century.
So now is it fair if I go full jingoist?

Why you hef to be so aggressive?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 18, 2014, 02:30:28 am
21:09: More on the ceasefire plan. Alexander Borodai, prime minister of the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic", tells journalists he is prepared to agree to a truce for several days.
23:00: Ukrainian official says armed rebels are hampering search operations at #MH17 wreckage scene: http://reut.rs/1pfS48F

Why are the Russian rebels so intent on shooting themselves in the foot? Is their leadership pants on head retarded, or are their troops just so ill-disciplined that they pretty much do whatever they please without orders?

Edit: Here's an article about the rebels blocking access to the crash site -
http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114871,16342314,Separatysci_blokuja_dostep_do_szczatkow_samolotu_.html

Sorry it's in Polaks. google translate dat shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: fireboy on July 18, 2014, 02:49:40 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnuHxAR01Jo

Real? Fake you decide.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 18, 2014, 03:05:27 am
Dispatch 57

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW6LznHN_Ys
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on July 18, 2014, 07:07:34 am
k time 2 rip russia
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 18, 2014, 07:48:14 am
I can only hope and pray for a quick end to all of this. It's tough to see innocent people's lives cut short by the evil actions of man.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 18, 2014, 12:00:40 pm
While I'll admit I tend to be a bit of an American nationalist at times I don't give 2 shits about the US in this scenario. I'm more worried about Ukraine.

The only thing that stops me from wanting an all out war is that the Russian people don't deserve to have their lives ruined. Again, reason I'd like the Zero Dark Thirty option.
Out of curiousity, why are you worried about the Ukraine? Not to sound like a dick, but the Ukraine doesn't need our sympathy or charity.
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Considering the situation, I'd disagree with that.

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These nations like the Ukraine and Iraq have never really had the chance to be real nations or real democracies/whatever they want to be. They've been lumped into a singular group by the Russians (in Iraq's case, the British) and obviously have never really liked one another or always have had tendencies towards fighting each other.
Chaos is one thing, being basically invaded is another. Before this there had been little to no conflict in Ukraine over nationality. Now all of a sudden Euromaden happens and everyone's pissed? It's more fishy than Boston Harbor.

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Will people die? Will there be civil war? Yes but every great nation in history has had the opportunity to be greatly chaotic, these guys need that for better or for worse.

I'd prefer not to play Russian roulette here with the lives of innocents. The goal here is simple and obvious, Ukraine needs to be stabilized and Crimea... well honestly nothing of value was lost in that case except the Tatars are now grade-A fucked.

Hello from Charles de Gaulle btw.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 18, 2014, 12:59:36 pm
Top researchers on AIDS died in the plane crash over ukraine while heading to melbourne aswel.

Also solidarity with the Palestinians, yesterday the Israeli's killed 258 of them. - mostly women and children. Jewish ancestors must be rolling in their graves because of the irony.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 18, 2014, 09:17:06 pm
While I'll admit I tend to be a bit of an American nationalist at times I don't give 2 shits about the US in this scenario. I'm more worried about Ukraine.

The only thing that stops me from wanting an all out war is that the Russian people don't deserve to have their lives ruined. Again, reason I'd like the Zero Dark Thirty option.
Out of curiousity, why are you worried about the Ukraine? Not to sound like a dick, but the Ukraine doesn't need our sympathy or charity.
Considering the situation, I'd disagree with that.

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These nations like the Ukraine and Iraq have never really had the chance to be real nations or real democracies/whatever they want to be. They've been lumped into a singular group by the Russians (in Iraq's case, the British) and obviously have never really liked one another or always have had tendencies towards fighting each other.
Chaos is one thing, being basically invaded is another. Before this there had been little to no conflict in Ukraine over nationality. Now all of a sudden Euromaden happens and everyone's pissed? It's more fishy than Boston Harbor.

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Will people die? Will there be civil war? Yes but every great nation in history has had the opportunity to be greatly chaotic, these guys need that for better or for worse.

I'd prefer not to play Russian roulette here with the lives of innocents. The goal here is simple and obvious, Ukraine needs to be stabilized and Crimea... well honestly nothing of value was lost in that case except the Tatars are now grade-A fucked.

Hello from Charles de Gaulle btw.
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Trying to stabilize a post-Revolution/Regime change nation is intensely invasive and counter-productive. Hell, involvement usually is the greatest destabilizing factor in a region. The US has supported anti-leftist and fascist groups that have used destabilizing violence to swing elections right. Also the use of assassination which can usually lead to destabilizing events. And yes, the support of insurgents and militias which leads to...destabilization.

And no one is forcing anyone to play Russian Roulette, you can simply put down the gun and let the region be that region.

Chaos doesn't last forever and perhaps the easiest method of ending it in the region is to simply let the situation happen and let the cards fall where they may. Like ripping off a bandaid. Will it be painful? Yes but that pain is nothing compared to the small bursts of pain (e.g. sectarian violence, coups, civil wars) that will break out with foreign incursions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 18, 2014, 11:06:45 pm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=y30NfxXAdVY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRcMD9i8InE
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 19, 2014, 06:19:43 am
Lawdie they are just cranking out videos today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px2rfWBW4wg
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 22, 2014, 08:22:52 am
Any translation for this?

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10389430_737555739640267_7231008318753732842_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on July 22, 2014, 08:40:07 am
Please? That looks interesting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on July 22, 2014, 08:52:35 am
Looks like something out of the Fallout games.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 22, 2014, 06:17:59 pm
Any translation for this?

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10389430_737555739640267_7231008318753732842_n.jpg)
Damn you Rosetta Stone, teach me faster!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on July 22, 2014, 06:29:23 pm
Spoiler
Any translation for this?

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10389430_737555739640267_7231008318753732842_n.jpg)
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Take it the TW Ukraine thread. Plenty of capable people who can translate that
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 22, 2014, 06:35:37 pm
Well here's an awful translation from Google's image recognition software. Sort of provides the gist of it though - looks like a propaganda poster telling the rebels to lay down their arms, most likely circulated on Facebook and other social media.

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Pryzustrichi 3ukrayinskymy viyskovosluzhbovymynerano leave the weapon on Earth, raise your hands and sing loudly intoned dczvolyaEtsya) neooitsiynyy internatsonalnyy iMnofiynoho sponsor wwarodnoroteroryzmu LA-LA-LA-A A-LA if near nemae Ukrainian viyskovosluzhboztsv, you can refer to local residents 3 For pure kayanyam destruction of their peaceful life. Lay down their arms and stay on Ma to the appearance ukrayinskoT army or other pravcohoronnyh spraniv Ukraine, waiting for just zakonnoro Court under committed Terorystychnyk your actions and crimes. After meeting with Ukrainian viyskozymy you haranyetsya fair legal punishment, imprisonment safe, diverse prison food.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 22, 2014, 06:37:59 pm
Well here's an awful translation from Google's image recognition software. Sort of provides the gist of it though - looks like a propaganda poster telling the rebels to lay down their arms, most likely circulated on Facebook and other social media.

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Pryzustrichi 3ukrayinskymy viyskovosluzhbovymynerano leave the weapon on Earth, raise your hands and sing loudly intoned dczvolyaEtsya) neooitsiynyy internatsonalnyy iMnofiynoho sponsor wwarodnoroteroryzmu LA-LA-LA-A A-LA if near nemae Ukrainian viyskovosluzhboztsv, you can refer to local residents 3 For pure kayanyam destruction of their peaceful life. Lay down their arms and stay on Ma to the appearance ukrayinskoT army or other pravcohoronnyh spraniv Ukraine, waiting for just zakonnoro Court under committed Terorystychnyk your actions and crimes. After meeting with Ukrainian viyskozymy you haranyetsya fair legal punishment, imprisonment safe, diverse prison food.
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what the fuck did you translate it to? Klingon?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 22, 2014, 06:45:35 pm
Acording to admiral it's basically a joke poster made for seperatists, how to properly surrender.

They have to throw weapons down and raise hands whilst singing the "putin choio" or something song (fuck putin)  .. and surrender to ukranian forces.

If no ukranian forces nearby, surrender to the local population who will like you.

After surrender you will get a nice prison for you and your friends where you will get 3 meals a day and proper taken care of.



Obviously its a joke poster.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 22, 2014, 07:04:10 pm
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Obviously its a joke poster.
Well considering it's Fallout themed, yeah.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 22, 2014, 07:59:14 pm
The Netherlands has a day of National Mourning tomorrow (23rd). First time since 1962 with the death of Queen Wilhelmina. Pretty serious.

Don't expect mass footsage of hundreds of thousand weeping people. We handle stuff different here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 22, 2014, 08:36:30 pm
Ah, nobody actually weeps for people they never met unless they're under duress (based north Korea) ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 22, 2014, 08:39:38 pm
Footage from Ukraine, the USA and Russia proove differently.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 22, 2014, 08:47:36 pm
I don't know about Ukraine or Russia, but when has there been footage in the US of masses of people weeping over things that didn't affect them? 9/11? Everyone shown weeping in NYC after the disaster was actually there and witnessed it, or lost someone.

Can't think of any other time in recent history where crowds of people just broke down in tears for no reason.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 22, 2014, 08:50:45 pm
I don't know about Ukraine or Russia, but when has there been footage in the US of masses of people weeping over things that didn't affect them? 9/11? Everyone shown weeping in NYC after the disaster was actually there and witnessed it, or lost someone.

Can't think of any other time in recent history where crowds of people just broke down in tears for no reason.
I saw a bit of something like that after Newtown Shooting
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 22, 2014, 08:55:58 pm
I saw that too, but those were almost exclusively people who actually lived in Newtown and experienced it first hand.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 22, 2014, 08:57:58 pm
I saw that too, but those were almost exclusively people who actually lived in Newtown and experienced it first hand.
Adam Lanza made everyone cri I don't know what ur talking about
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: LeeUntFischer on July 22, 2014, 09:25:52 pm
ukraine
illuminati

Ukraine illuminati confirmed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 23, 2014, 12:37:41 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNXf_HncM20
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on July 23, 2014, 03:23:36 am
That Prime Minister is terrible, why the fuck would Russia pick him to represent them. He contradicted himself so much and was making zero sense.


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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 23, 2014, 06:04:15 am
Yeah, he's pretty fucking dumb looking. He looks like one of the most dishonest scumbags I've ever seen. Probably gained power through questionable means anyway - I doubt Russia chose him - they just decided he was acceptable enough to not oust from power.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on July 25, 2014, 04:29:08 am
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b80_1406196913

Damn son.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 25, 2014, 06:10:03 am
https://news.vice.com/article/battles-rage-in-eastern-ukraine-as-government-in-kiev-collapses?utm_source=vicenewsfb
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on July 25, 2014, 06:40:14 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyOQFwGw850
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 25, 2014, 12:22:39 pm
Apparantly we are going to send 40 unarmed Militairy Policemen (Koninklijke Marechaussee). Their union isn't thrilled about that, to no surprise.

However, we also mobilised the Airmobile Brigade. This is getting confusing.

In other news, I was at a rememberance ceromony in a nearby city and I managed to get my face on the front page of a big newspaper.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: LeeUntFischer on July 25, 2014, 03:23:27 pm

In other news, I was at a rememberance ceromony in a nearby city and I managed to get my face on the front page of a big newspaper.

Sweet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 25, 2014, 03:48:53 pm
Apparently we're sending a 100 police and soldiers as well.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australian-soldiers-to-back-up-police-in-securing-ukrainian-site-of-mh17-crash-20140725-3ck94.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on July 25, 2014, 05:21:25 pm
Give Ukraine to the British Empire/Commonwealth we'll deal with it don't worry guys. The EU, USA and Russia have made a mess of it anyway!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 25, 2014, 05:33:35 pm
Yeah, looking at Egypt, Sudan and a bunch of other ex-colonies, sure gives you the feeling that, having been a part of the empire, your future is bright and stable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 25, 2014, 06:26:00 pm
We're all going to die... D: Abandon empire!!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on July 25, 2014, 06:33:02 pm
America could always free Ukraine, but since Obama is a pansy pacifist, he won't go in.


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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 25, 2014, 07:13:36 pm
America could always free Ukraine.



Prepare the bombers, load some freedom onto their wing mounts.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on July 25, 2014, 08:20:33 pm
Yeah, looking at Egypt, Sudan and a bunch of other ex-colonies, sure gives you the feeling that, having been a part of the empire, your future is bright and stable.

It was, but then they declared independence. Hence almost all of todays problems.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 25, 2014, 09:53:24 pm
True.

#ReclaimTheColonies
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 25, 2014, 10:08:24 pm
I'm not going to have this argument again...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 25, 2014, 10:22:01 pm
If you can't see the sarcasm dripping from those posts, you have no place on the internet.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 25, 2014, 10:28:51 pm
I've had this arguement with PRESIDENTE before.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 25, 2014, 11:27:48 pm
I love British imperial nostalgics. They're just like the real 19th century imperial elitists except their rose tinted goggles are two hundred years our of date. Oh well, at least it's funny.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 25, 2014, 11:54:28 pm
You have to be honest, africa is better off without modern day technology  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 25, 2014, 11:55:10 pm
Oi, us North Africans take offence to that :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 25, 2014, 11:56:07 pm
My point still stands.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 25, 2014, 11:57:02 pm
But... we have Morocco Mall QQ
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 25, 2014, 11:59:35 pm
Boot u hef 2 mooch sands
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 12:01:11 am
And technology makes it better!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 26, 2014, 12:11:13 am
Technology perhaps if you've got a good glass making buisness....
Wait... why on earth don't alot of poorer countries start glass making buinsesses and export?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 12:12:38 am
No I mean the tech's being used to combat the desertification.

Plus we got silver and shit man.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 26, 2014, 12:16:39 am
nah m8, cuttin fundin'
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 12:24:30 am
But mah camelz?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 26, 2014, 12:32:40 am
lol m8 dem camelz is fraud dey dont evn hav water in der humps
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 26, 2014, 01:11:44 am
stop the spam.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 08:27:12 am
As fascism rises in Europe once again, where are the communists, the real ones, to destroy it?

The problem we face right now is that many "communist" parties are not communist, they are social-democrat at best. And as history has shown, social democrats and reformists won't fight fascism. I've been getting quite concerned about this as of late. There's a lot of anti-leftist actions that are more to come as the Ukrainian Nationalists take more power.

http://en.itar-tass.com/world/741828
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Reaper on July 26, 2014, 08:46:02 am
The red scare is still alive Augy, people are afraid of a communist society, and like you said many of those who call themselves communists are indeed not communists. As unfortunate as it is, it is very unlikely that a successful communist society can rise to combat the fascists that are coming up.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 26, 2014, 09:59:41 am
Mmhm.. facists are rising up  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on July 26, 2014, 11:22:06 am
Mmhm.. facists are rising up  ::)

You don't say?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on July 26, 2014, 11:25:13 am
The red scare is still alive Augy, people are afraid of a communist society, and like you said many of those who call themselves communists are indeed not communists. As unfortunate as it is, it is very unlikely that a successful communist society can rise to combat the fascists that are coming up.

Communists are actually retarded however...

They'd be more pre-occupied enslaving their own people rather than fighting imaginary 'fascists' innit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 26, 2014, 11:25:59 am
Sven, so true.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on July 26, 2014, 11:34:28 am
I don't understand why communism is such a cult on the internet. It's degrading to think that i actually mingle with closet communists wherever i go on the internet.

Are people that gullible? that easily convinced? to the point where they believe  that removing all their  basic rights and guarantees as a free human will somehow make their lives better?

Shows that some people still have the mentality of a sheep.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 26, 2014, 11:40:27 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYdjbpBk6A
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Morgoth on July 26, 2014, 11:48:39 am
Communism and Facism is actually the same thing with few differences. Look China and North Korea now they have communism. They are free and equal right? No. As for Facism check Syria now and Lybia with Kadafi. I can't see the difference between them. But these are not the worst idealogies, Anarchism is.
Everyone who follow all these ideologies is mentally retarded. But as long we have democrasy (except Russia) we must let them live with us.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 26, 2014, 11:51:59 am
Communism and Facism is actually the same thing with few differences. Look China and North Korea now they have communism. They are free and equal right? No. As for Facism check Syria now and Lybia with Kadafi. I can't see the difference between them. But these are not the worst idealogies, Anarchism is.
Everyone who follow all these ideologies is mentally retarded. But as long we have democrasy (except Russia) we must let them live with us.

This guy. I like him.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Morgoth on July 26, 2014, 11:53:13 am
Communism and Facism is actually the same thing with few differences. Look China and North Korea now they have communism. They are free and equal right? No. As for Facism check Syria now and Lybia with Kadafi. I can't see the difference between them. But these are not the worst idealogies, Anarchism is.
Everyone who follow all these ideologies is mentally retarded. But as long we have democrasy (except Russia) we must let them live with us.

This guy. I like him.
;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 02:04:40 pm
Communism and Facism is actually the same thing with few differences. Look China and North Korea now they have communism. They are free and equal right? No. As for Facism check Syria now and Lybia with Kadafi. I can't see the difference between them. But these are not the worst idealogies, Anarchism is.
Everyone who follow all these ideologies is mentally retarded. But as long we have democrasy (except Russia) we must let them live with us.

This guy. I like him.

+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 02:16:04 pm
You guys either want to believe or want to trick us into believing that the only alternative to capitalism is some kind of authoritarian society with a powerful state owning all the means of production (cf. the Soviet Union etc). This is completely false.

Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism, Jucheism and all other similar tyrannical systems are awful. They should not be introduced, they should be rejected.

So what other alternatives are there to capitalism?

There is another proposal. It's about creating a society where the means of production are controlled not by powerful capitalists, nor by a powerful state, but instead by the workers and the communities. In other words, a decentralized, federated society with a more participatory and direct democracy in which the communities and the workplaces are controlled democratically by the people who work and live there.

This way of organizing society is often called libertarian socialism. It is the anti-authoritarian socialism that opposes all forms of authoritarian systems and illegitimate hierarchies, and instead wants a free, non-hierarchical society where the institutions are controlled collectively by participants.

This has also worked very well in real life. We’ve seen many examples of societies and businesses based on libertarian socialist, or at least libertarian socialist-like principles that have worked very well. The Spanish Revolution is obviously worth mentioning here, as well as Mondragon and the Evergreen Cooperatives, but there have also been interesting developments in other countries as well, like Argentina, for example.

In other words, it’s not a question of whether we can achieve a free and just society based on workers’ self-management & workplace democracy, but how we most effectively can get there (I mentioned some of the things I think we should focus on in the struggle for such a society here ).

A libertarian socialist society will lead to human liberation. By creating a participatory democracy where people have control over their own workplaces and communities, people will be free from authority and dominance and no longer treated like cogs in a machine. They will have control over their own lives; they'll be free.

The alternative to capitalism is democracy -- including workplace democracy

Links:

Richard Wolff on Workplace Democracy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls7QZm7omh8)
Noam Chomsky on Workplace Democracy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ugGqJcro2w)
Gar Alperovitz on Workplace Democracy  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4G3aSTH_uE)
Cooperatives (playlist) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA6jWAYzTIJfb-LPnn8FhTwF8KWCldeGt)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 26, 2014, 02:28:45 pm
Until the point where people take their liberties or priviliges for granted and stop caring. The amount of people who vote slings every election. Doesn't matter if it's local, Parliament or presidental elections. The whole argument of anarchism is bringing the decision-making closer to the people, but if that works, why do only 30% of all people vote in local elections, the election that is not only closests to them but also the election in which their vote means the most (1 of 5.000 instead of 1 of 11 million).

We get to vote once every four year. Yet people, en masse, decide not to because, so they feel, it does not concern them. Too far away. Too lazy. How, I ask you, is that going to get any better if we have a vote every month, maybe every week, on every single piece of decision making. I also remind you of the fact that the average citizens lacks the intelligence or simply the knowledge on subjects to make a well-thought out decision.

I also must note that you, once again, praise the idea of democracy into the sky, while you have shown, on several occasions, you have no regard nor respect of the opinions of other, even going as far as calling my opinion 'inferior'. Democracy doesn't mean we get to say what the system approves of. That would be considerably worse then the system we live now in.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on July 26, 2014, 03:41:24 pm
America could always free Ukraine, but since Obama is a pansy pacifist, he won't go in.


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Pacifist when US soldiers are still being killed in Afghanistan as we speak.  We have our own issues.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 26, 2014, 04:04:57 pm
The entire American government is an issue.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 04:07:49 pm
Like I say, we live in an Oligarchy not a Democracy. Gone are the days of when votes mattered as much as campaign donations.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Morgoth on July 26, 2014, 04:09:01 pm
You guys either want to believe or want to trick us into believing that the only alternative to capitalism is some kind of authoritarian society with a powerful state owning all the means of production (cf. the Soviet Union etc). This is completely false.

Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism, Jucheism and all other similar tyrannical systems are awful. They should not be introduced, they should be rejected.

So what other alternatives are there to capitalism?

There is another proposal. It's about creating a society where the means of production are controlled not by powerful capitalists, nor by a powerful state, but instead by the workers and the communities. In other words, a decentralized, federated society with a more participatory and direct democracy in which the communities and the workplaces are controlled democratically by the people who work and live there.

This way of organizing society is often called libertarian socialism. It is the anti-authoritarian socialism that opposes all forms of authoritarian systems and illegitimate hierarchies, and instead wants a free, non-hierarchical society where the institutions are controlled collectively by participants.

This has also worked very well in real life. We’ve seen many examples of societies and businesses based on libertarian socialist, or at least libertarian socialist-like principles that have worked very well. The Spanish Revolution is obviously worth mentioning here, as well as Mondragon and the Evergreen Cooperatives, but there have also been interesting developments in other countries as well, like Argentina, for example.

In other words, it’s not a question of whether we can achieve a free and just society based on workers’ self-management & workplace democracy, but how we most effectively can get there (I mentioned some of the things I think we should focus on in the struggle for such a society here ).

A libertarian socialist society will lead to human liberation. By creating a participatory democracy where people have control over their own workplaces and communities, people will be free from authority and dominance and no longer treated like cogs in a machine. They will have control over their own lives; they'll be free.

The alternative to capitalism is democracy -- including workplace democracy

Links:

Richard Wolff on Workplace Democracy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls7QZm7omh8)
Noam Chomsky on Workplace Democracy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ugGqJcro2w)
Gar Alperovitz on Workplace Democracy  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4G3aSTH_uE)
Cooperatives (playlist) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA6jWAYzTIJfb-LPnn8FhTwF8KWCldeGt)

Only the Skandiavians Swiss and some Dutch Countries has Socialistic system but not fully. Swiss for example is the most democratic nation i know but you can't use this system in a country with 60 or 80 million citizens/

America could always free Ukraine, but since Obama is a pansy pacifist, he won't go in.


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Pacifist when US soldiers are still being killed in Afghanistan as we speak.  We have our own issues.

For every 1 dead American 30 Afgan die. Americans has no rights there but they stay. Same happened with Libya Iraq Vietnam etc
When you try to speak for justice let USA outside. They are bulling everyone just because they can.


Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 04:12:48 pm
Well, what about the massacres in Darfur, honey? Doesn't that affect us too ? Do you know anything about Darfur? How, like, the arabs are killing tons of black people over there?  :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 04:21:45 pm
Do you try to derail each political thread? If you're so interested in those topics go to the general political thread or make a specific one.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 04:22:50 pm
Until the point where people take their liberties or priviliges for granted and stop caring. The amount of people who vote slings every election. Doesn't matter if it's local, Parliament or presidental elections. The whole argument of anarchism is bringing the decision-making closer to the people, but if that works, why do only 30% of all people vote in local elections, the election that is not only closests to them but also the election in which their vote means the most (1 of 5.000 instead of 1 of 11 million).

We get to vote once every four year. Yet people, en masse, decide not to because, so they feel, it does not concern them. Too far away. Too lazy. How, I ask you, is that going to get any better if we have a vote every month, maybe every week, on every single piece of decision making. I also remind you of the fact that the average citizens lacks the intelligence or simply the knowledge on subjects to make a well-thought out decision.

Thats called the model minority myth; the idea that this one person or group of people has "made it" and so therefore everyone "not making it" is lazy/stupid/violent/inferior.
You need to understand Socio-economic status, Social mobility and get some Class conciousness instead of this false conciousness like Gramsci put it that many people suffer off.

People like you who make this shitty argument often disregard or down-play circumstance and sheer luck that helped them along the way. Not everyone lives the same life with the same variables. I don't think anyone believes it truly impossible to get out of poverty. My point, at-least, is that the struggle is unnecessary, and getting out of poverty often means having to sell your soul to the devil and become part of the very system that impoverished you and others like you in the first damn place.

You're just trying to make ideological justifications for the state. I'm finding a way that doesnt rub anyone wrong, these Cooperatives can co-exist next to capitalist enterprise.

I also must note that you, once again, praise the idea of democracy into the sky, while you have shown, on several occasions, you have no regard nor respect of the opinions of other, even going as far as calling my opinion 'inferior'. Democracy doesn't mean we get to say what the system approves of. That would be considerably worse then the system we live now in.

You can say what you want, but some shit might get you smacked down.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 04:25:18 pm
i hate jews

Just... cool it down with the anti-Semitic remarks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 04:26:29 pm
That's Augy, our beloved anti-Semitic anarchist.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 26, 2014, 04:34:03 pm
Augy, I think you've missed my point entirely, by accident or on purpose.

I, at no point, wrote anything about people 'making it' or 'not making it'. I wrote about how people choose, in all their freedom, to not vote in election, often because they don't see the point. How is that going to improve if people suddenly have to vote on everything?

It's almost like you didn't read my post and wanted to continue posting stuff you think or like, instead of actually joining the discussion.

It's rather ironic that an Anarchist talks about getting smacked down for saying things. I thought you people were always fighting that? Now you want to continue the practise on non-Anarchists?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on July 26, 2014, 04:40:00 pm
Please, more Ukraine, less pissing contest.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 04:41:21 pm
Ukrainian pissing contests?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 04:42:12 pm
Please, more Ukraine, less pissing contest.
Ukraine? Please. No one goes there anymore.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 26, 2014, 05:12:07 pm
On topic now boys.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 26, 2014, 05:19:25 pm
So... Ukraine.... it's erm.... something?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 05:24:44 pm
So... Ukraine.... it's erm.... something?

Wikipedia reviewers call it a playful but mysterious little country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 26, 2014, 05:31:12 pm
Army is on a roll. Pushed back the rebels out of the Donetsk suburbs as well as Pro-Ukranian militias capturing a city west of Donetsk. Girkin said they are digging in for the fight of Donetsk City proper.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 26, 2014, 05:34:09 pm
Could've made abit more of an effort to not have as many civy casualties.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 05:39:13 pm
I wonder how much repression and blood it will take before people in the west become disillusioned with Ukraine's government.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/07/09/pushing-ukraine-to-the-brink/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 05:46:47 pm
Hello, Augy. You want some money? some food? That's what you need?. Why don't you get a job? if you're so hungry why don't you get a job? or is it because you lost your job? you drinkin'? is that why you lost it?. Listen, get a goddamn job, Augy. You got a negative attitude. That's what's stopping you. You need to get your shit together. I'll help you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 05:48:10 pm
Would you stop posting off topic garbage or do I need to get Vincenzo?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 05:51:30 pm
Hello, Augy. You want some money? some food? That's what you need?. Why don't you get a job? if you're so hungry why don't you get a job? or is it because you lost your job? you drinkin'? is that why you lost it?. Listen, get a goddamn job, Augy. You got a negative attitude. That's what's stopping you. You need to get your shit together. I'll help you.

Money CHECK
Food CHECK
Job   CHECK

I don't drink much alcohol

You're all men of straw, i'm the only one coming up with good alternatives while you come up with nothing. I don't see you guys coming up with any good ideas. only stuff like "ermagurd lets go bomb Russia" and circlejerking about how "neutral" you are.

Please tell me, how would you resolve this situation? a nationalist war? what makes you so right and me so wrong... shoot!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 05:52:25 pm
'Augy: You're so kind. Mr Bronn.. so kind. You're a kind man. Please you got to tell me what to do, I'm so cold.'

You know how bad you smell Augy? You reek of shit. You know that?. Augy, I'm sorry... I just.. don't have anything in common with you... -snip-
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 05:53:03 pm
Yeah, i've seen american psycho... real fucking clever lmao
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 05:55:50 pm
What? does that mean there is no catharsis? no deeper knowledge of yourself? no deeper meaning of reflexion? does that mean.. this confession has meant nothing?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 06:00:41 pm
I don't see how that is relevant, can someone take this guy away... in a straight jacket would be nice.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 06:04:16 pm
I'll grab Vinny. Wouldn't be surprised if this was Elias back from the dead.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 06:09:18 pm
Augy has all the characteristics of a human being : blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for overwhelmedness and worthlessness. Something horrible is happening inside of him and I don't know why. Augy's nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I'm fucking serious. Augy's into the whole 'anarchist' thing. For one thing, I think he probably is a open homosexual who did a lot of cocaine. That whole anarchist thing. The only anarchists who are smart or maybe funny or halfway intelligent or talented, are the ones with a good personality. A good personality consists of an anarchist who will satisfy all argumental demands without being too slutty about it, and who essentially will keep his fucking dumb mouth shut.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 06:13:36 pm
You really want that ban don't you?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 06:14:28 pm
You really want that ban don't you?

What's wrong with that? It's totally disease-free.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on July 26, 2014, 06:21:44 pm
I'll grab Vinny. Wouldn't be surprised if this was Elias back from the dead.

ClearlyInvisible has mistaken me for this dickhead 'Vinny Elias'. It seems logical because he also posts a lot in the off-topic section, and in fact argues in the same political threads as I do. We go to the same forum, although I have a much better ideology. I like to dissect anarchists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 26, 2014, 06:29:02 pm
Yeaah... dealt with..

Now really keep it normal here guys :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 06:43:24 pm
Its not necessary to choose the lesser of two Evils

Spoiler
http://avtonomia.net/2014/06/17/vojna-vojne-zayavlenie-levyh-i-anarhistov-po-povodu-protivostoyaniya-v-ukraine-2/

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 06:51:36 pm
Don't dilute yourself wit the presumption that the Anarchists are free from and wrong-doing Augy. Makes you look naive.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on July 26, 2014, 06:54:36 pm
Augy, why do you have to be so damed cynical about everything... It's killing my vibe.  :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 07:01:24 pm
Don't dilute yourself wit the presumption that the Anarchists are free from and wrong-doing Augy. Makes you look naive.

Realistically violence, in some capacity, is unfortunately inevitable. We have to remember nothing is as violent as the state.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/20297473/Gelderloos-How-Nonviolence-protects-the-state
http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/peter-gelderloos-how-nonviolence-protects-the-state
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 26, 2014, 07:04:46 pm
The state is a group of people, ergo any organization involving people will cause some degree of violence when put into a position of high power.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 26, 2014, 07:11:54 pm
Atleast you are honest about it, i like you because you have read Howard Zinn.

http://roarmag.org/2014/07/rojava-autonomy-syrian-kurds/

I like reading this positive stuff like the Zapatista's and Kurds, the Zapatistas are also only acting in self-defense.... even wearing white flags on the tips of their rifles. Go check them out as its the Mexican State who is causing terror in the region through privately-funded proxy groups.

The fact is that this alternate "needs" based society is in direct competition with capitalism over the planet, it needs to be on a planetary scale in order to work. These people choose through self-determination to follow anarchist principles so they should be allowed to do so without states attacking them out of fear that it might work (which it does).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 26, 2014, 08:06:32 pm
Communism and Facism is actually the same thing with few differences. Look China and North Korea now they have communism. They are free and equal right? No. As for Facism check Syria now and Lybia with Kadafi. I can't see the difference between them. But these are not the worst idealogies, Anarchism is.
Everyone who follow all these ideologies is mentally retarded. But as long we have democrasy (except Russia) we must let them live with us.

Well you're partly right in principle, but the examples you provided don't support your argument. The countries you listed by and large were or are their alleged political systems in name , but not always those systems in policy or practice. Almost all of these countries, like Communist China and North Korea, attempted purely communist policies early on with some (relative to political theory) practical success, however they very soon strayed from these policies when they realized that they were imperfect and had to adopt at least a few capitalist or free market strains of thought.

Fascism has, in turn not worked in any countries since its advent with Mussolini and Hitler. Even here, Mussolini's purely fascist ideologies were only effective for a few years until he was ousted from power and the country changed directions entirely. Fascism as an ideology and long term set of structures is doomed to fail from the very outset, and this is because inevitably being a militarist asshole functioning on a constant war economy will come back to bite you - and usually sooner rather than later.

In the case of communism working in the long run - equally doomed to fail. It presumes far too much about human nature, and it somehow forces the notion that once the oppressed classes unite and exert collective control over their society that they'll somehow be satisfied with their lives, and continue to be so through thick and thin. Many leaders failed to realize the instability and fault in both of these plans, and that's why we saw communist countries like Stalinist Russia becoming increasingly militarised and turned into a police state almost from the moment Lenin died. This is even more evident in countries like the Khmer Rouge and North Korea, where any communist principles or policies seem to be virtually nonexistent and tyranny and oppression are the only accurately describable terms which can be applied to the populace there.

I rambled so much here I sort of forgot what my original point was, but really what I'm trying to say is that in many cases with Communism and fascism the original ideals have only persisted for a relatively short time, and then have given way to utter oppression of all classes, not just the ones labeled as decadent or degenerate by the party leader. They lead to oligarchic or tyrannical country of the government, which in turn leads to civil and national unrest, thereby destroying the country from the inside out. As I said - doomed to fail.

Sorry for any bad spelling or grammar, typing from my phone with autocorrect.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Morgoth on July 27, 2014, 03:46:51 pm
Communism and Facism is actually the same thing with few differences. Look China and North Korea now they have communism. They are free and equal right? No. As for Facism check Syria now and Lybia with Kadafi. I can't see the difference between them. But these are not the worst idealogies, Anarchism is.
Everyone who follow all these ideologies is mentally retarded. But as long we have democrasy (except Russia) we must let them live with us.

Well you're partly right in principle, but the examples you provided don't support your argument. The countries you listed by and large were or are their alleged political systems in name , but not always those systems in policy or practice. Almost all of these countries, like Communist China and North Korea, attempted purely communist policies early on with some (relative to political theory) practical success, however they very soon strayed from these policies when they realized that they were imperfect and had to adopt at least a few capitalist or free market strains of thought.

Fascism has, in turn not worked in any countries since its advent with Mussolini and Hitler. Even here, Mussolini's purely fascist ideologies were only effective for a few years until he was ousted from power and the country changed directions entirely. Fascism as an ideology and long term set of structures is doomed to fail from the very outset, and this is because inevitably being a militarist asshole functioning on a constant war economy will come back to bite you - and usually sooner rather than later.

In the case of communism working in the long run - equally doomed to fail. It presumes far too much about human nature, and it somehow forces the notion that once the oppressed classes unite and exert collective control over their society that they'll somehow be satisfied with their lives, and continue to be so through thick and thin. Many leaders failed to realize the instability and fault in both of these plans, and that's why we saw communist countries like Stalinist Russia becoming increasingly militarised and turned into a police state almost from the moment Lenin died. This is even more evident in countries like the Khmer Rouge and North Korea, where any communist principles or policies seem to be virtually nonexistent and tyranny and oppression are the only accurately describable terms which can be applied to the populace there.

I rambled so much here I sort of forgot what my original point was, but really what I'm trying to say is that in many cases with Communism and fascism the original ideals have only persisted for a relatively short time, and then have given way to utter oppression of all classes, not just the ones labeled as decadent or degenerate by the party leader. They lead to oligarchic or tyrannical country of the government, which in turn leads to civil and national unrest, thereby destroying the country from the inside out. As I said - doomed to fail.

Sorry for any bad spelling or grammar, typing from my phone with autocorrect.

Yes exactly my point is that in the end they all do the same thing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 28, 2014, 10:16:39 am
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q45TEeMbWxw[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 28, 2014, 04:23:25 pm
Ukrainians protest conscription by burning their conscription orders !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_R9-LCwd54

No War!

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 28, 2014, 05:58:27 pm
nobody but putin wanted that war..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 28, 2014, 06:01:37 pm
Ukrainians protest conscription by burning their conscription orders !

No War!

More like "I AIN'T FIGHTIN' NO SHIT". Everybody is exactly the same here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 28, 2014, 06:05:13 pm
Ukrainians protest conscription by burning their conscription orders !

No War!

More like "I AIN'T FIGHTIN' NO SHIT". Everybody is exactly the same here.
Everyone is Netherlandia toked dat weed and now is calm. Good.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 28, 2014, 06:08:30 pm
Every male Dutchmen is eligible for conscription. We get a letter saying so when we are 17 or 18. No one cares about the law, but now that there's a 'risk' of the conscription being actived (Not that there is, really), all I hear people talking about is how they are going to evade it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 28, 2014, 06:09:40 pm
Every male Dutchmen is eligible for conscription. We get a letter saying so when we are 17 or 18. No one cares about the law, but now that there's a 'risk' of the conscription being actived (Not that there is, really), all I hear people talking about is how they are going to evade it.
Seems, you know, perfectly natural. Considering dying and stuff
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 28, 2014, 06:16:54 pm
The country pays for my education, my health, my transport and my safety - Seems fair that I could be called up to protect it and its citizens.

The only problem I have with it, is that women can't be conscripted.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 28, 2014, 06:23:26 pm
Hey, at least women can serve in combat roles in your armed forces.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on July 28, 2014, 06:25:41 pm
The country pays for my education, my health, my transport and my safety - Seems fair that I could be called up to protect it and its citizens.

The only problem I have with it, is that women can't be conscripted.

So long as I'm not going to be sent to some shit hole on the other side of the planet helping people that don't want help then I'm perfectly fine with conscription, that is if the United States ever reinstated the draft...  Though, I suppose it's easy to say this since the draft isn't in effect and I'm in no immediate danger.  :(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 28, 2014, 06:33:27 pm
Every male Dutchmen is eligible for conscription. We get a letter saying so when we are 17 or 18. No one cares about the law, but now that there's a 'risk' of the conscription being actived (Not that there is, really), all I hear people talking about is how they are going to evade it.

Conscription is a perfectly justified and valid policy. I really don't understand why people are opposed to it at all - it really just sounds like it's to save their own skins, which is incredibly selfish, especially because generally if a country enacts general conscription it means they legitimately need the extra manpower (yeah, they're not just doing it to be assholes), and it's probably for the benefit of everyone involved overall. Mobilizing a population for war is fucking expensive and incredibly logistically complicated. No country takes the decision lightly, and so I very much have a hard time understanding why people oppose it on a principle and political level rather than just a "hurr durr I ain't fightin for mah gubbment cuz I wanna liveee. I ain't no coward tho... I just have strong beliefs... Heh... Right guys? RIGHT GUYS?" level.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 28, 2014, 06:39:56 pm
Couldn't agree with you more.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 28, 2014, 06:40:52 pm
+2
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 28, 2014, 06:50:46 pm
Being conscripted is essentially a raffle ticket for getting murdered. Even if you survive, the horrors of war still fuck up the mind.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 28, 2014, 06:52:36 pm
Again, you're willing to take what the government gives you, but if they ask for something in return the response is "fuck off"?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 28, 2014, 06:54:10 pm
If the war really did concern you, you would of course volunteer. Like if Canada all of a sudden marched in all guns blazing lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 28, 2014, 06:54:39 pm
I wonder if Augy ever smiles...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on July 28, 2014, 06:57:54 pm
I see conscription as completely fair, your country does not ask very much of you otherwise and helping secure your country is something I feel every person should want to do. It's only now in the 21st century that people are shying away from war with the lack of appreciation for the military and armed forces which do so much for our countries. It's a shame that people would not want to help them/join them. A pity
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on July 28, 2014, 07:06:08 pm
I wonder if Augy ever smiles...


I wonder if Augy would  truly enjoy the world he envisions...  :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 28, 2014, 07:13:51 pm
If the war really did concern you, you would of course volunteer. Like if Canada all of a sudden marched in all guns blazing lol.

I don't think you realize just how many readily available soldiers you need to fight a large scale war. Even if the population is incredibly motivated and eager to volunteer, the demand usually does not meet the supply. Even in ww2 when volunteer levels were off the charts in the US, it was still not enough. It's not about how just the war is at all. It's about your available resources and what you can afford.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 28, 2014, 07:46:46 pm
If the war really did concern you, you would of course volunteer. Like if Canada all of a sudden marched in all guns blazing lol.

I don't think you realize just how many readily available soldiers you need to fight a large scale war. Even if the population is incredibly motivated and eager to volunteer, the demand usually does not meet the supply. Even I'm ww2 when volunteer levels were off the charts in the US, it was still not enough. It's not about how just the war is at all. It's about your available resources and what you can afford.

From a moral stand I am conflicted, since I see the need for the capability to defend your citizens, but I also reject the idea that military action should be used as a means of politics. So I do not want to give any politician the tool of a large conscripted army (thus freeing professional "resources" for military endeavours, since the conscripted part still fulfills the defense part), but on the other hand I also don't want a professional army that lost contact to the civil society.

Noam Chomsky had a talk once that said a conscripted army is better than the modern professional army. He said that it's because it makes extended offensive campaigns disastrous. He specifically referred to the insubordination in Vietnam, and made the claim that this was a major factor in the end of the war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on July 28, 2014, 07:48:55 pm
With all due respect Chomsky is a known idiot. A conscripted soldier is worse than a Militiaman, let alone a professional soldier.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 28, 2014, 07:51:32 pm
With all due respect Chomsky is a known idiot. A conscripted soldier is worse than a Militiaman.

Was gonna say this. Chomsky is an utter retard. Nearly all of his ideas are just parroted from other academics in his field, and the ones he comes up with on his own are ridiculously outlandish.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 28, 2014, 08:20:45 pm
I simply don't agree there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 28, 2014, 10:40:15 pm
If you don't like the state or the goverment you live in, why don't you leave?  :D

There are places in the world without them, I'm sure their ran really nice.  ???



Well lets get back to topic again if you want to discuss a draft make a new topic about it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on July 29, 2014, 12:21:42 am
There's quite a bit to fear in Ukraine, especially with PMCs hired by Russia that could very well blitz into Ukraine like they did with Crimea. All I see are landwhales squawking "muh chilluns".
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on July 29, 2014, 09:45:53 am
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/1982027_238128883037588_1881587841_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 29, 2014, 09:58:30 am
Women are unstoppable, the men all went into hiding. Big respect for women since they think more in these situations.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 29, 2014, 10:47:00 am
Women are unstoppable, the men all went into hiding. Big respect for women since they think more in these situations.
lolwat?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 29, 2014, 10:56:17 am
I was referring to the Ukrainian women keeping their men from being conscripted.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 29, 2014, 10:59:34 am
How is that brave? They have nothing to fear.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 29, 2014, 11:03:28 am
Not necessarily brave, its more that they don't give a fuck about paper declarations and burn them to show how much they are worth. They want no part in the war so the authorities should let them be.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 29, 2014, 03:39:13 pm
They burn a bunch of papers while they know that they can't be punished for that in any way, only their husbands can and they're hiding, and you claim that's bravery? I think the world 'self-preservation' is more suitable.

The paper is indeed meaningless - It's merely the printed-out version of the draft rules and you can burn it all you want, it doesn't change a single thing. It's entirely legal for the government to perform a draft and the only way of avoiding it is by losing your Ukrainian citizenship.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 29, 2014, 04:50:53 pm
It's entirely legal for the government to perform a draft and the only way of avoiding it is by losing your Ukrainian citizenship.

Thats a form of blackmail. You don't do what we tell you? find another arbitrary piece of land to live on. Makes sense to someone who jerks of to States and has a stake in its perpetuation but normal people have nothing to gain from this so these ladies are righteous.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 29, 2014, 05:01:46 pm
Then leave the country? if you don't like it.

Sigh.. stop spreading your stupid anarchism bullshit all over this topic, it's getting annoying.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 29, 2014, 05:20:11 pm
I have a valid opinion and if you don't like it, why don't you ban me? go on then, show all these underlings whose boss.

Narodnaya Volya!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 29, 2014, 05:30:43 pm
Just thinking about it... a whole world living in Anarchism would be a bloodbath.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 29, 2014, 05:32:04 pm
It's entirely legal for the government to perform a draft and the only way of avoiding it is by losing your Ukrainian citizenship.

Thats a form of blackmail. You don't do what we tell you? find another arbitrary piece of land to live on. Makes sense to someone who jerks of to States and has a stake in its perpetuation but normal people have nothing to gain from this so these ladies are righteous.

If you consider enjoying the privileges the country gives to you and then refusing to follow laws that don't benefit you blackmailing, I guess so. You're free to move to another country and apply for citizenship there.

I can not blame people for trying to get out of the draft, because self-preservation is human nature (See what I did there?) but at the same time, that doesn't make it legal or brave. No, brave would be those men burning the papers themselves in public. Sending your wives and girlfriends to do that job might be even considered cowardice.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 29, 2014, 05:37:44 pm
I just mean it has no place in this topic Augy!, but if you really want me to I can ban you :)  :P

Posting left-wing terrorists group names are not really helping your case... either.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 29, 2014, 05:40:43 pm
I just mean it has no place in this topic Augy! First people are talking about Anarchist revolts against the moderators! Next they'll be asking for the MM update to be released! But if you really want me to... I will you have you moved out of the picture....
Wow admin conspiracy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on July 29, 2014, 05:58:36 pm
I'm wondering if Putin is just going for a war similar to Vietnam for the Ukranians of just dragging it on until the Ukrainians are sick of fighting. I figured he was just going to have his Russian army declare independence and then ask to be absorbed into Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 29, 2014, 06:08:39 pm
If you consider enjoying the privileges the country gives to you and then refusing to follow laws that don't benefit you blackmailing, I guess so. You're free to move to another country and apply for citizenship there.

I can not blame people for trying to get out of the draft, because self-preservation is human nature (See what I did there?) but at the same time, that doesn't make it legal or brave. No, brave would be those men burning the papers themselves in public. Sending your wives and girlfriends to do that job might be even considered cowardice.

Those "privileges" you speak off, i consider a human right.

Just thinking about it... a whole world living in Anarchism would be a bloodbath.

Anarchism means absence of ruler and abolition of state, not absence of order.

The universe is anarchism, biology is anarchism, physics is anarchism, computer networks are anarchistic, the brain (when functioning well) is a network of collaborating sensory processors and filters. Ecosystems are anarchistic. Only inside the human domain do we find social constructs that are pathological and they all are propagated through a centralisation of will. Anarchy is maximum potential, anything else is atrophy that leads to mass human suffering.
Complexity is beautiful. Nothing is more complex than self-organizing systems, as far I as I know. Anarchism represents that.

I just mean it has no place in this topic Augy!, but if you really want me to I can ban you :)  :P

Posting left-wing terrorists group names are not really helping your case... either.

Ofcourse it has a place! There's a civil war going on in Ukraine, you can look at this with different angle. - too bad many people look through the lens of nationalism and force themselves to choose sides.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on July 29, 2014, 06:09:53 pm
I ask once again to stop your anarchist bullshit on this topic, this topic is about ukraine, which has nothing to do with anarchism...  Thanks!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 29, 2014, 06:20:30 pm
If you consider enjoying the privileges the country gives to you and then refusing to follow laws that don't benefit you blackmailing, I guess so. You're free to move to another country and apply for citizenship there.

I can not blame people for trying to get out of the draft, because self-preservation is human nature (See what I did there?) but at the same time, that doesn't make it legal or brave. No, brave would be those men burning the papers themselves in public. Sending your wives and girlfriends to do that job might be even considered cowardice.

Those "privileges" you speak off, i consider a human right.

And when those rights are threatened, we must protect them.

I'm wondering if Putin is just going for a war similar to Vietnam for the Ukranians of just dragging it on until the Ukrainians are sick of fighting. I figured he was just going to have his Russian army declare independence and then ask to be absorbed into Russia.

Seems a bit late for the Russian army to invade now. I guess he was betting on the Separatists actually taking full control of Donetsk and Luhansk and then formally declaring independence.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on July 29, 2014, 06:37:06 pm
The EU is Russia's biggest trading partner (single largest destination for Russia's capital).. honestly they need to become more energy independent, I think now the EU is actually doing something to Russia in terms of sanctions, but nothing drastic enough in order to actually devastate Russia's economy and foreign investment.  Its all down to the Union to be fully strategic and assertive on Russia in terms of sanctions and Russia to stop supplying and promoting the pro-Russian rebels.  Not to mention all of Europe should increase defense spending... such as Germany's 1.3% of GDP used for defense spending being pathetic, not a show of force.  Again EU needs to move towards being more energy independent.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Morgoth on July 29, 2014, 08:03:03 pm
If you consider enjoying the privileges the country gives to you and then refusing to follow laws that don't benefit you blackmailing, I guess so. You're free to move to another country and apply for citizenship there.

I can not blame people for trying to get out of the draft, because self-preservation is human nature (See what I did there?) but at the same time, that doesn't make it legal or brave. No, brave would be those men burning the papers themselves in public. Sending your wives and girlfriends to do that job might be even considered cowardice.

Those "privileges" you speak off, i consider a human right.

Just thinking about it... a whole world living in Anarchism would be a bloodbath.

Anarchism means absence of ruler and abolition of state, not absence of order.

The universe is anarchism, biology is anarchism, physics is anarchism, computer networks are anarchistic, the brain (when functioning well) is a network of collaborating sensory processors and filters. Ecosystems are anarchistic. Only inside the human domain do we find social constructs that are pathological and they all are propagated through a centralisation of will. Anarchy is maximum potential, anything else is atrophy that leads to mass human suffering.
Complexity is beautiful. Nothing is more complex than self-organizing systems, as far I as I know. Anarchism represents that.

I just mean it has no place in this topic Augy!, but if you really want me to I can ban you :)  :P

Posting left-wing terrorists group names are not really helping your case... either.

Ofcourse it has a place! There's a civil war going on in Ukraine, you can look at this with different angle. - too bad many people look through the lens of nationalism and force themselves to choose sides.

Yes yes imagine an anarchism world where everyone obey to the laws of the jungle (the strongest survive only), where a "bully" can do whatever  he want to everyone, where there is no state to care for the weak. etc etc (i can write all day for that)
The anarchist world you want is the world before humans. YOU describe animal kingdom.

Please if you love this world go back to stone age in you cave and rest in peace. (with the other anarchists) Even communism and fascism is a part of human evolution (the dark side) but anarchism is a part of animal evolution.
Some say that humans are animals so you can consider yourself an animal.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 29, 2014, 10:20:23 pm
Spoiler
If you consider enjoying the privileges the country gives to you and then refusing to follow laws that don't benefit you blackmailing, I guess so. You're free to move to another country and apply for citizenship there.

I can not blame people for trying to get out of the draft, because self-preservation is human nature (See what I did there?) but at the same time, that doesn't make it legal or brave. No, brave would be those men burning the papers themselves in public. Sending your wives and girlfriends to do that job might be even considered cowardice.

Those "privileges" you speak off, i consider a human right.

Just thinking about it... a whole world living in Anarchism would be a bloodbath.

Anarchism means absence of ruler and abolition of state, not absence of order.

The universe is anarchism, biology is anarchism, physics is anarchism, computer networks are anarchistic, the brain (when functioning well) is a network of collaborating sensory processors and filters. Ecosystems are anarchistic. Only inside the human domain do we find social constructs that are pathological and they all are propagated through a centralisation of will. Anarchy is maximum potential, anything else is atrophy that leads to mass human suffering.
Complexity is beautiful. Nothing is more complex than self-organizing systems, as far I as I know. Anarchism represents that.

I just mean it has no place in this topic Augy!, but if you really want me to I can ban you :)  :P

Posting left-wing terrorists group names are not really helping your case... either.

Ofcourse it has a place! There's a civil war going on in Ukraine, you can look at this with different angle. - too bad many people look through the lens of nationalism and force themselves to choose sides.

Yes yes imagine an anarchism world where everyone obey to the laws of the jungle (the strongest survive only), where a "bully" can do whatever  he want to everyone, where there is no state to care for the weak. etc etc (i can write all day for that)
The anarchist world you want is the world before humans. YOU describe animal kingdom.

Please if you love this world go back to stone age in you cave and rest in peace. (with the other anarchists) Even communism and fascism is a part of human evolution (the dark side) but anarchism is a part of animal evolution.
Some say that humans are animals so you can consider yourself an animal.
[close]

You better just shut up right now because what you're saying is totally false. Read a book, please.

back to subject, Karth mentioned energy

"Divisions above, divisions below

Ukrainian society is in profound crisis. Ultimate responsibility for this lies with the competing imperial powers and the competing oligarchic blocs inside the country. These are directly and indirectly responsible for the prominence of far-right groups, both of Ukranian ultra-nationalists, and Russian nationalists: whether this is the inclusion of the Right Sector in the newly formed National Guard, or the likely Russian support for groups such as the ‘Oplot’ who seized the Donetsk city council today.

None of this means that everybody else is simply passive in this. The miners of the Donbass region have suffered from years of corruption, falling living standards, dangerous working conditions, slashed public services, environmental depredations and political repression. But they also have a proud tradition of resistance to draw on.

When protestors in Kiev were attacked by the security forces in December 2013, miners in the Donbass put out a statement that they were prepared to go on all-out strike to bring down Yanukovych: ‘People of Ukraine, in 1989, you supported our mass strike for our rights. Today’s miners stand with you.’

Now the miners are torn. Russia cut its investment in coal by 40% last year, so incorporation into Russia has little to offer; meanwhile, the EU-Ukraine deal will also mean dramatic ‘downsizing’ of the coal industry, in favour of onshore gas exploration by multinationals. This ‘dash for gas’ offers no guarantee of jobs for Ukrainian miners, and offers no solutions for our global climate. The people of the Donbass are on the front line of a conflict with implications for our entire planet. They deserve solidarity."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 29, 2014, 10:28:45 pm
The sad truth is that the Donbass Industry and mining has been a money-drain since ages. The communist regime didn't care, of course, but you can't really blame the new Ukrainian government for not wishing to just spend a billion dollar every year, solely to keep their industry going. Every government Ukraine has had since the end of the Soviet regime has wished to downsize the coal industry and it's not fair to blame the EU for that.

I'm pretty sure the miners don't give a single fuck about the global climate; their industry is old and highly polluting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Morgoth on July 30, 2014, 01:15:03 am
Spoiler
If you consider enjoying the privileges the country gives to you and then refusing to follow laws that don't benefit you blackmailing, I guess so. You're free to move to another country and apply for citizenship there.

I can not blame people for trying to get out of the draft, because self-preservation is human nature (See what I did there?) but at the same time, that doesn't make it legal or brave. No, brave would be those men burning the papers themselves in public. Sending your wives and girlfriends to do that job might be even considered cowardice.

Those "privileges" you speak off, i consider a human right.

Just thinking about it... a whole world living in Anarchism would be a bloodbath.

Anarchism means absence of ruler and abolition of state, not absence of order.

The universe is anarchism, biology is anarchism, physics is anarchism, computer networks are anarchistic, the brain (when functioning well) is a network of collaborating sensory processors and filters. Ecosystems are anarchistic. Only inside the human domain do we find social constructs that are pathological and they all are propagated through a centralisation of will. Anarchy is maximum potential, anything else is atrophy that leads to mass human suffering.
Complexity is beautiful. Nothing is more complex than self-organizing systems, as far I as I know. Anarchism represents that.

I just mean it has no place in this topic Augy!, but if you really want me to I can ban you :)  :P

Posting left-wing terrorists group names are not really helping your case... either.

Ofcourse it has a place! There's a civil war going on in Ukraine, you can look at this with different angle. - too bad many people look through the lens of nationalism and force themselves to choose sides.

Yes yes imagine an anarchism world where everyone obey to the laws of the jungle (the strongest survive only), where a "bully" can do whatever  he want to everyone, where there is no state to care for the weak. etc etc (i can write all day for that)
The anarchist world you want is the world before humans. YOU describe animal kingdom.

Please if you love this world go back to stone age in you cave and rest in peace. (with the other anarchists) Even communism and fascism is a part of human evolution (the dark side) but anarchism is a part of animal evolution.
Some say that humans are animals so you can consider yourself an animal.
[close]

You better just shut up right now because what you're saying is totally false. Read a book, please.

back to subject, Karth mentioned energy

"Divisions above, divisions below

Ukrainian society is in profound crisis. Ultimate responsibility for this lies with the competing imperial powers and the competing oligarchic blocs inside the country. These are directly and indirectly responsible for the prominence of far-right groups, both of Ukranian ultra-nationalists, and Russian nationalists: whether this is the inclusion of the Right Sector in the newly formed National Guard, or the likely Russian support for groups such as the ‘Oplot’ who seized the Donetsk city council today.

None of this means that everybody else is simply passive in this. The miners of the Donbass region have suffered from years of corruption, falling living standards, dangerous working conditions, slashed public services, environmental depredations and political repression. But they also have a proud tradition of resistance to draw on.

When protestors in Kiev were attacked by the security forces in December 2013, miners in the Donbass put out a statement that they were prepared to go on all-out strike to bring down Yanukovych: ‘People of Ukraine, in 1989, you supported our mass strike for our rights. Today’s miners stand with you.’

Now the miners are torn. Russia cut its investment in coal by 40% last year, so incorporation into Russia has little to offer; meanwhile, the EU-Ukraine deal will also mean dramatic ‘downsizing’ of the coal industry, in favour of onshore gas exploration by multinationals. This ‘dash for gas’ offers no guarantee of jobs for Ukrainian miners, and offers no solutions for our global climate. The people of the Donbass are on the front line of a conflict with implications for our entire planet. They deserve solidarity."

Last comment for this: I have many friend anarchists and that's what they say and wish at least in their strange forums. The ideology doesn't matter to them usually they join only to fight with fascists.

Back to subject

The sad truth is that the Donbass Industry and mining has been a money-drain since ages. The communist regime didn't care, of course, but you can't really blame the new Ukrainian government for not wishing to just spend a billion dollar every year, solely to keep their industry going. Every government Ukraine has had since the end of the Soviet regime has wished to downsize the coal industry and it's not fair to blame the EU for that.

I'm pretty sure the miners don't give a single fuck about the global climate; their industry is old and highly polluting.

Yes but you can't demand from a nation to care about the global climate when not even USA or China care about it. If Ukraine industries start to care for global climate they will stop being antagonistic. That's why there is war now between east and west Ukraine if they enter EU they must all follow EU strict rules and that's bad for east Ukraine. On the other hand Russia can't give something to useful to west Ukraine. Maybe they should split in two parts as the east Ukrainians want.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 30, 2014, 04:35:32 pm
John Kerry being very ironic: "If I were Vladimir Putin... I'd be a little nervous because the people of Russia have watched this transpire, and they are tired of the crony capitalism and kleptocracy that governs Russia today."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on July 30, 2014, 05:55:43 pm
.... wot  ???
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 01, 2014, 05:34:31 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBsEkF_GY0E
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 01, 2014, 05:39:12 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBsEkF_GY0E

Damn Russians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on August 01, 2014, 05:48:53 am
"and for our latest story, we head to Ukraine where a mass grave has been discovered, suspected to be the work of the Ukranian army. We'll have more details as they come up" - Russian News and I wouldn't doubt that that is what they are reporting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 01, 2014, 06:58:34 am
Another update:

https://news.vice.com/article/osce-officials-reach-mh17-crash-site-as-ukraine-narrowly-avoids-default?utm_source=vicenewsfb
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on August 03, 2014, 05:29:53 pm
From TW
http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/does-this-soldiers-instagram-account-prove-russia-is-covertl?utm_content=bufferc01fd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer (http://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/does-this-soldiers-instagram-account-prove-russia-is-covertl?utm_content=bufferc01fd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on August 03, 2014, 05:52:41 pm
Yeah this is not the only soldier found across the border, many others have been GPS'ed through their social media pictures to be fighting inside Ukraine.

It's not anything we diden't know, its well documented that most terrorists are not born in Ukraine...  This "civil war" is nothing more than Russia fucking with another country.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 04, 2014, 10:27:00 am
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkTHyxeq1A0[/youtube]

Something that caught my eye unrelated to all of this just purely from a militaria standpoint is seeing an east-german mess tin on the tank (I don't know my modern military stuff, so I'm not sure what it is). I encounter them all the time just through reenacting. Wasn't expecting it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 04, 2014, 10:29:38 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKK1HM9xm5o&list=UU56WwNsqpbjme7r-URpl3OA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXSNGhvXIqU&list=UU56WwNsqpbjme7r-URpl3OA&index=6
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 04, 2014, 10:36:20 am
Biden couldn't be more of a nut.

Crimea is Russia's now. They won it quick and with force. The only other option would be total war with Russia... which ain't going to happen.

Also, at the end... he's an older fellow - shouldn't he know that's not how you have a woman hold your arm? Something with him is bass-ackwards.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 04, 2014, 06:15:29 pm
Biden couldn't be more of a nut.

Crimea is Russia's now. They won it quick and with force. The only other option would be total war with Russia... which ain't going to happen.

Also, at the end... he's an older fellow - shouldn't he know that's not how you have a woman hold your arm? Something with him is bass-ackwards.

It's cuz he's a commie! Or a Muslim. *sniff sniff*... Ehhh I think commie. He's got the shit scent. BURN HIMMMM.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 04, 2014, 06:37:03 pm
Time to repost this
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EOrLUt12-OI/U21Dv7MQAWI/AAAAAAAADl4/mQAHbZ_b_FM/s649/Screwthat.gif)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on August 04, 2014, 06:51:09 pm
Time to repost this
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-EOrLUt12-OI/U21Dv7MQAWI/AAAAAAAADl4/mQAHbZ_b_FM/s649/Screwthat.gif)
The gif doesn't work for me, what is it?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bramif on August 04, 2014, 08:11:15 pm
Does this work?

https://i.imgur.com/gallery/2UhDNkh

EDIT: This one doesn't have text though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 04, 2014, 10:53:28 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/IpgI19v.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 05, 2014, 05:13:42 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0t2eUqv3w
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 05, 2014, 05:47:24 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0t2eUqv3w

"I feel frightened and scared, like I'm living in 1939, during Stalin's time, when the secret police would turn up and tell you  that you're arrested. I'm worried that they might come for me too."

Moving words.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on August 05, 2014, 03:55:27 pm
Crimea is happy, yay we switched from a newborn democracy to a fascist Dictator! Yay!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on August 05, 2014, 04:04:20 pm
Crimea is happy, yay we switched from a newborn democracy to a fascist Dictator! Yay!
Russia is a kleptocracy, not a dictatorship.
Also, don't use the term "fascist" simply because it connotes Hitler, abuse of Human Rights, violence, etc., as it is not applicable to Putin's Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on August 05, 2014, 04:20:46 pm
Crimea is happy, yay we switched from a newborn democracy to a fascist Dictator! Yay!
Russia is a kleptocracy, not a dictatorship.
Also, don't use the term "fascist" simply because it connotes Hitler, abuse of Human Rights, violence, etc., as it is not applicable to Putin's Russia.
You have to be a dupe of that Russian guy that got banned...
Title: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 05, 2014, 07:06:08 pm
Crimea is happy, yay we switched from a newborn democracy to a fascist Dictator! Yay!
Russia is a kleptocracy, not a dictatorship.
Also, don't use the term "fascist" simply because it connotes Hitler, abuse of Human Rights, violence, etc., as it is not applicable to Putin's Russia.

There are 600 000 slaves in Russia, thats abuse of human rights. Homosexuals and others deemed 'undesirable' by Putin have their human rights breached. Yet we have people like yourself saying Russia doesnt abuse human rights...

Also, i don't think i need to go very in depth about Russian violence. I'll just mention Chechnya, East Ukraine, Crimea and Georgia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on August 05, 2014, 07:09:18 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ATOexim7s
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 05, 2014, 11:36:48 pm
I'm this waiting for Vice to start recording the Ukrainian army while attacking rebels.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on August 06, 2014, 12:36:01 am
Crimea is happy, yay we switched from a newborn democracy to a fascist Dictator! Yay!
Russia is a kleptocracy, not a dictatorship.
Also, don't use the term "fascist" simply because it connotes Hitler, abuse of Human Rights, violence, etc., as it is not applicable to Putin's Russia.
So you are saying that Russia is not violating the human rights?
Also Kleptocracy is not a form of government ye nub.
But yes Putin is a god damn thief stealing over £130 billion from his people, according to wikipedia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 06, 2014, 04:37:33 am
http://www.rferl.org/media/video/ukraine-sniper/26514740.html

Retired Sniper Rejoins Ukrainian Forces

A retired Ukrainian soldier decided to rejoin the army after he saw a television report about troops suffering losses against the separatist insurgency in the country's east. The 58-year-old sniper, who uses the nom de guerre Klym, now fights alongside younger soldiers in the Donbas battalion in the embattled Donetsk region. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 06, 2014, 10:46:32 am
http://www.rferl.org/media/video/ukraine-sniper/26514740.html

Retired Sniper Rejoins Ukrainian Forces

A retired Ukrainian soldier decided to rejoin the army after he saw a television report about troops suffering losses against the separatist insurgency in the country's east. The 58-year-old sniper, who uses the nom de guerre Klym, now fights alongside younger soldiers in the Donbas battalion in the embattled Donetsk region. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)

That man's a hero, i hope survives.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on August 06, 2014, 03:11:44 pm
I wouldn't call anyone that kills people or determines the killing of others a hero.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 06, 2014, 04:24:06 pm
I wouldn't call anyone that kills people or determines the killing of others a hero.

but u have on of ur commie heroes as an avatar?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: LeeUntFischer on August 06, 2014, 04:24:14 pm
I wouldn't call anyone that kills people or determines the killing of others a hero.
You wouldn't, but a lot of people would, the title of hero is subjective.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 06, 2014, 04:34:44 pm
I wouldn't call anyone that kills people or determines the killing of others a hero.

but u have on of ur commie heroes as an avatar?

Hey buddy, what part of the planet are you on? how far is your head shoved up your ass? far right extremists from across europe are going to ukraine and you're whining about some avatar. Do you think that when they return to their european cities they will have a picnic? 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 06, 2014, 04:42:19 pm
AUGY LOOK HOW SICKENING YOU ARE, YOU WEAR THE TAG OF A BROGADIER GENERAL ON YOUR FORUM PROFILE!

YOU SICK AUTHORITY YOU REPRESENT ALL THE EVIL ON THE PLANET WAIT UNTILL WE PROLETARIAN FILTH GO BACK TO DOING OUR JOBS!

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 06, 2014, 04:55:56 pm
Dayum...you're a really bad troll, bruddah.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 06, 2014, 05:04:20 pm
We seriously have no clear number on the amount of foreign volunteers fighting in the conflict on Ukrainian side, let alone how many do that out right-wing ideology. Estimates are between a mere few dozen to a couple of hundred. When they return they'll just boast about how awesome they fought against whatever they thought the enemy was and continue living their sad lives.

Which is actually the exact same thing the Russian volunteers will do.

"BUT DUURING, THESE PEOPLE WILL HAVE BATTLE EXPERIENCE AND WILL TRAIN ZE EVIL NAZI FORCES AT HOME"

Let me point out that these volunteers are nearly all veterans of their respective national armies who know what military service means. Second, there's a pretty big path between being a soldier, and being an NCO, let alone an officer, that can train other people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 06, 2014, 05:05:39 pm
Dayum...you're a really bad troll, bruddah.

and you're an bad auti... anarchist  :-*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 06, 2014, 05:24:35 pm
You're alright, man.  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 07, 2014, 12:54:19 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DpPr9xy5U
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 07, 2014, 02:54:25 am
Interesting. Not the first time I have heard of dissatisfaction with the current political regime continuing on as if its business as usual (in terms of corruption etc). Makes me wonder if after the war there might be a chance that the parliament gets stormed/toppled by those who served.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 07, 2014, 04:01:53 am
Wish him the best of luck.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 07, 2014, 04:57:17 am
Wish him the best of luck.

It may have been sort of a bad move for him to publicize himself like that - people like that are prime targets for assassination. Hopefully all goes well with him though. He seems like a genuinely well meaning guy. I'm just worried about some of the anti Kiev sentiments he expressed. Might get him into some trouble, especially since he's probably already viewed somewhat suspiciously as an outsider. We'll see.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 10:07:48 am
I'm looking forward to watching that video when i'm at home.
Other news thats quite good, http://www.workers.org/articles/2014/08/04/anti-fascist-center-launched-ukraine/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on August 07, 2014, 11:05:25 am
That was the biggest bullshit I read this week.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 11:21:20 am
That was the biggest bullshit I read this week.

Can you be specific or are you gonna stick with your ideological gut? i don't see Ukraine as a new potential market to bleed dry so we can have cheaper gas.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 07, 2014, 11:46:07 am
Why would we get cheaper gas?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 12:28:49 pm
Why would we get cheaper gas?

Since western corporations will be controlling the markets there. You're right though, prices won't go down necesarily because profits go above human needs.

They just managed to get all you guys to root for the Ukrainians while the only people to gain from conflict are the politicians,  financiers, land-owners and other money people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 07, 2014, 12:48:46 pm
Ukraine doesn't export gas. I don't even think they have natural gas reserves. What are you babbling about?

They just managed to get all you guys to root for the Ukrainians while the only people to gain from conflict are the politicians,  financiers, land-owners and other money people.

Support in western countries for the Ukrainians is low. I don't know if you have realized, but more people were actually saying we should leave Ukraine to the Russians (including politicians) then the other way around. Even now that the Ruskis took down a plane, there's still no great out-cry for support to Ukraine. The only thing the different countries did are sanctions, and the sanctions hurt the economy pretty bad as I'm sure you know. How anyone is earning money out of this, I do not know.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 01:59:19 pm
Excuse me for not explainong further. A lot of major pipelines go through Ukraine stretching back all the way to Iran.  Whoever controls Ukraine, controlls the pipelines to Europe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 07, 2014, 02:00:46 pm
And now that we 'control' Ukraine, you expect that 'western companies' get a say over those gas lines?

You're funny.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on August 07, 2014, 03:05:53 pm
Oh, so this's what that Ukraine stuff was all about!

Spoiler
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31585198/DONT_MOVE/awareness_ribbon.jpg)
[close]

Explains a lot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on August 07, 2014, 03:14:52 pm
Nice of you to join the discussion my Russian troll, the close button is on the top right... Feel free to click it instead of posting.




That was the biggest bullshit I read this week.

Can you be specific or are you gonna stick with your ideological gut? i don't see Ukraine as a new potential market to bleed dry so we can have cheaper gas.

Oh by all means, in this petition article all kinds of bullshit assumptions are made, ranging from the supposed rise of right wing, that the government in Ukraine is extreme right and that any left parties are being prosecuted... I can go on.. but I mean, the whole thing is just..... bullshit. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 04:39:13 pm
How are you so sure? i mean, you're some pasty white kid in the netherlands that thinks he knows shit. I doubt you are in contact with people over there unlike me, i actually have comrades who have to deal with this stuff over there.

All of the information that is being disseminated to us is second hand. We like to get warm and cozy with our constant Vice updates and twitter feeds, buzz feeds whatever but the fact of the matter is we are just eating processed shit.

It's hard to understand this event without knowledge of its on-the-ground characteristics and knowledge of the Ukraine. I have some advantage in that a good friend is Ukrainian, speaks the language, and worked an ex-pat poll station for the disputed election that led to the Orange Revolution.

Its very important to try and grasp the full spectrum of the factions at play here. While there are nazis and fascists their are also people who hold that Ukraine needs to be independent from both Russia and EU, those people sometimes hold right-wing viewpoints like creating a nation state but i'm aware that its really more complex than "NAZI in Ukraine!! Nazi beat anarchists. Nazis!"

You have the European Union/Nato/World bank - Have their eyes set on Ukraine for the reason of possible American/NATO base installation in Ukraine, positioning it tactically close to Russia. Not to mention the vast network of pipelines going from Russia through the Ukraine.

Russia - Ukraine has always been a satellite state of Russia (well, for as long as Russia has been relevant anyway). Putin would be pretty rustled if he lost his lapdog.

Nationalists - This is a mixed bag. You have the Bourgeoisie Nationalists who hang out with McCain and talk about sanctions while they spoon feed their followers dreams of a white Ukraine, bunch of confused middle class man-children. Then you have the UPA which fought the Nazis and the Soviets in order to establish a sovereign nationalist state of Ukraine. Oh and they killed a bunch of Polish people.

Anarchists and the undead black army led by "the living dead" Nestor Makno -Just kidding, Idk where these cool cats are at, I know Ukraine is very anti-left because they still haven't healed from when the USSR killed like anywhere from 1.5-12 million Ukrainians in the Holodomor.

Not to mention right now the strongest movements coming out of the Left in Eastern Europe are some bashed gays and pussy riot, not undermining LGBTQ struggle at all but it doesn't keep a dying Ukrainian workers entrails inside him/her.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 07, 2014, 04:50:08 pm
Your doubts happen to be false, as we have contacts there.

Vince's point was that stating that the entire new Ukrainian government is Nazi, is nothing but a grotesque lie based on Russian propaganda. The very fact that they decided to create their little 'Left wing powerhouse' in Sevastapol is suspicious enough.

Could you stop bringing the history of Anarchism into every discussion. In a discussion about gas-pipelines, it's not relevant who killed who in World war 2.

Why would the EU and the World bank, both organizations that are in no way Military, care about a base installation in Ukraine? Hell, even the NATO is purely defensive and even if they want to shoot rockets, the Baltic states are much, much better places to fire whatever you wish to shoot at Russia, and they are already NATO members. Your entire argument makes zero tactical sense.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 05:02:00 pm
It makes Strategic sense though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 07, 2014, 05:24:38 pm
No, it doesn't. The NATO can hit everything they would want to hit without setting a single foot on Ukraine. It would be a drain of resources and money to achieve something that does not benefit them, at all, not even in the slightests of ways.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 08:15:40 pm
No, it doesn't. The NATO can hit everything they would want to hit without setting a single foot on Ukraine. It would be a drain of resources and money to achieve something that does not benefit them, at all, not even in the slightests of ways.

Not if they wanted to hit the nearly 60.000 strong army the Russians gathered at the eastern borders of Ukraine. I don't see howitsers firing of several thousands of kilometres.

Unless I got the maps wrong.


Doesn't mean Augy is right though. Which he very isn't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 07, 2014, 08:30:19 pm
Holy shitfuck Riddlez is back :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 08:35:41 pm
How are you so sure? i mean, you're some pasty white kid in the netherlands that thinks he knows shit. I doubt you are in contact with people over there unlike me, i actually have comrades who have to deal with this stuff over there.

Italic: Attacking people on personal stuff makes, for starters, logically, your entire argument invalid. Vincenzo Supposedly being white and Dutch does not in any prove that he is wrong.

Underlined: Just the fact you have 'comrades' there does not mean that they feed you with the right information or that they themselves are being fed the right information. It would, however only become more credible if that were multiple sources from both sides of the conflict.



All of the information that is being disseminated to us is second hand. We like to get warm and cozy with our constant Vice updates and twitter feeds, buzz feeds whatever but the fact of the matter is we are just eating processed shit.

Italic:[/u]: Unless you have been on the ground in Ukraine, your information is also second-hand and therefore not any bit more credible than that of others.

It's hard to understand this event without knowledge of its on-the-ground characteristics and knowledge of the Ukraine. I have some advantage in that a good friend is Ukrainian, speaks the language, and worked an ex-pat poll station for the disputed election that led to the Orange Revolution.

Above, that, also does not mean that the information of that single Ukrainian friend is entirely credible either. That probably wouldn't be his/her fault, but the information would still be faulty.

Its very important to try and grasp the full spectrum of the factions at play here. While there are nazis and fascists their are also people who hold that Ukraine needs to be independent from both Russia and EU, those people sometimes hold right-wing viewpoints like creating a nation state but i'm aware that its really more complex than "NAZI in Ukraine!! Nazi beat anarchists. Nazis!"


This is a very true statement indeed. However, it does not further support your earlier claims, for example, of your information being more righteous that Vince's

You have the European Union/Nato/World bank - Have their eyes set on Ukraine for the reason of possible American/NATO base installation in Ukraine, positioning it tactically close to Russia. Not to mention the vast network of pipelines going from Russia through the Ukraine.

Neither the EU nor the World bank has any interest in a military intervention in Ukraine. And with that I mean the EU as an institution. A war against Russia, with NATO being in such a shitty condition, except for the US, would only cost millions of lives and it is not at all unlikely that Russia would come at as victorious against the supposed might of the NATO. NATO is mainly defensive anyways. Except for the US.

Russia - Ukraine has always been a satellite state of Russia (well, for as long as Russia has been relevant anyway). Putin would be pretty rustled if he lost his lapdog.

Nationalists - This is a mixed bag. You have the Bourgeoisie Nationalists who hang out with McCain and talk about sanctions while they spoon feed their followers dreams of a white Ukraine, bunch of confused middle class man-children. Then you have the UPA which fought the Nazis and the Soviets in order to establish a sovereign nationalist state of Ukraine. Oh and they killed a bunch of Polish people.

I would be very much delighted if I would see any sources proving the above. If sources will not be named, this would become and empty argument, containing no force nor credibility.

Anarchists and the undead black army led by "the living dead" Nestor Makno -Just kidding, Idk where these cool cats are at, I know Ukraine is very anti-left because they still haven't healed from when the USSR killed like anywhere from 1.5-12 million Ukrainians in the Holodomor.

Again a lack of sources. Just the fact 'you know' is worthless. it does not get you anywhere. Also, being anti-left because communism suppedly slaughtered a lot of people is just plainly ridiculous. It's the same as disliking right-winged entirely because Hitler walked the earth.

Not to mention right now the strongest movements coming out of the Left in Eastern Europe are some bashed gays and pussy riot, not undermining LGBTQ struggle at all but it doesn't keep a dying Ukrainian workers entrails inside him/her.


I am yet to understand the aboe argument.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 08:36:37 pm
Holy shitfuck Riddlez is back :D

I could not possible stand Augy's ability to stun us with his inlogical responses based on nothing whatsoever. I have kindly corrected his paragraph.

Excuse me for Double Post
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 07, 2014, 08:39:47 pm
No by all means, go on. It's been a long time since I've seen someone get their ass kicked on this forum this hard.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 08:42:17 pm
No by all means, go on. It's been a long time since I've seen someone get their ass kicked on this forum this hard.
Cheers
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 08:46:14 pm
 ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 08:52:13 pm
;D

This is exactly why it is impossible to have an adult (or something along that line) Conversation or discussion with you.

- You either pull out anarchy as an argument. This on itself is not too bad, but it does get a wee bit tiresome.
- You have an obvious taste for Ad-Hominems. You tend to insult people whenever they do not share your point of view.
- Your argumentation is seldom logically correct. Nor does it seem only a slight bit aimed in that general direction.
- Anyone who supports someone, and who perchance has the same nationalty as the beforementioned person, is a stupid supporter who only back their own country.

- Whenever someone logically pulls apart your argumentation (usually me), you have an off-topic reply that does not in anyway goes into the aforementioned pulling apart of logic.

Sir, I kindly request that you refrain from attempts of dicussion when you aim to maintain your current course of activity. And I am sure a lot of people would agree with me.


Furthermore....... I only stratched the surface of your factual response, mostly was just logics. Do you wish me to continue or will you call your inevitable defeat beforehand?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 08:55:27 pm
I've tried but being against the war is not a popular opinion on here. And this always turns into a dickwaving competition on "who is right".
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 07, 2014, 08:56:58 pm
You had me liking that post until
Quote
Sir
Ya blew it. gb2reddiy/9gag/fedoracore/swaziland

Pseudo-sophisticated hipster shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 08:59:59 pm
I've tried but being against the war is not a popular opinion on here.

Does it have to be a popular opinion? No, not at all.
Though the FSE that I knew made a point of that. I used to find pleasure in going against the mainstream opinion to shed another light upon the subject.

No, it is not your opninion that offends people, it is the way in which you so continuesly bring that opinion. As I mentioned in my previous post.

You had me liking that post until
Quote
Sir
Ya blew it. gb2reddiy/9gag/fedoracore/swaziland

Pseudo-sophisticated hipster shit.
Same goes for you. Attacking a person itself invalidates an argument when the attack is claimed as a fact, as you have done just now. Just the fact that that one word does not appeal to you, does not make my argument any less true. Objectively.


And this always turns into a dickwaving competition on "who is right".

Which is quite the point in an discussion, voicing one's opinion, no?
Though I do agree that it seems to become hostile really fast on FSE. Such as with you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 07, 2014, 09:05:03 pm
Quote
Same goes for you. Attacking a person itself invalidates an argument when the attack is claimed as a fact, as you have done just now. Just the fact that that one word does not appeal to you, does not make my argument any less true. Objectively.

I wholeheartedly agree with your argument, and I stated that in my post. I disagreed with you choice of the word "sir". On top of that I was joking.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 09:09:13 pm
Look at my latest posts and see them turning hostile on me, i've been a good lad.

http://antiwar.com/blog/2014/08/03/israel-and-ukraine-ridding-the-nation-oftheundesirables/

I see how it is but in a very abstract sense, just gonna leave it at that because this is quite impossible.
Can i get your perspective on the situation?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 07, 2014, 09:28:50 pm
Quote
Same goes for you. Attacking a person itself invalidates an argument when the attack is claimed as a fact, as you have done just now. Just the fact that that one word does not appeal to you, does not make my argument any less true. Objectively.

I wholeheartedly agree with your argument, and I stated that in my post. I disagreed with you choice of the word "sir". On top of that I was joking.
You think this is a fuckin joke?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 07, 2014, 09:32:27 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-a8wMG8Dlk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 07, 2014, 09:34:53 pm
How are you so sure? i mean, you're some pasty white kid in the netherlands that thinks he knows shit. I doubt you are in contact with people over there unlike me, i actually have comrades who have to deal with this stuff over there.

this sentence is so dirty commie and cringeworthy it made me puke

the fucking cringe...

you're disgusting
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Shade on August 07, 2014, 09:38:37 pm
Crimea is happy, yay we switched from a newborn democracy to a fascist Dictator! Yay!
Russia is a kleptocracy, not a dictatorship.
Also, don't use the term "fascist" simply because it connotes Hitler, abuse of Human Rights, violence, etc., as it is not applicable to Putin's Russia.
So you are saying that Russia is not violating the human rights?
Also Kleptocracy is not a form of government ye nub.
But yes Putin is a god damn thief stealing over £130 billion from his people, according to wikipedia.

Source? (what wikipedia article?)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 09:41:58 pm
Can i get your perspective on the situation?

If you are asking me, I will:

The article itself has a website's name which clearly indicates a strong bias (Antiwar.com)
Though this is no argument of itself, it does, however raise certain suspicions.


The article has some illiterate and rather painful errors in it, such as describing the Israeli and Ukrainian governemnt as 'rascist' because they respectively oppress Palestinians and Ethnic Russians. At the bottom of the page it said that the writer is an independant journalist and a graduate at some University, a graduate in what is not mentioned. This last thing is quite a childish fallacy named: Argument of False Authority. Just the fact that the writer is any graduate does not mean he is right. Unless it would be in the genre of the article, only then it would be credible.

ALso, the use of the word racist is false: the governments mentioned above aren't racist. They do discriminate, however. Someone who is so keen to describe himself as a journalist should very well know better.

One other thing which quite upset me was that this site too, did not mention any sources when quoting. Especially when quoting such lines as they have don in this article, it is imperative to link sources. Again, if the writer is so quick to call himself a journalist, he really should have known this.

The rest of the article was, for me personally, not convincing, but they did state what was happening. Only posted from another perspective. It shines a welcome light upon the Ukrainian government, which western countries were so eager to call the good guys. It states what happens in war. And it is not pretty. I do, also personally, believe that there is no changing war. It is and will always be.

despite the large errors I summed earlier, the message the article sends is clear and true.
Though, with the errors in mind. I do not approve of it. It does, however, truly describes war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on August 07, 2014, 09:51:50 pm
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1292.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb563%2Fmafre97%2F1497454853-ukraine-parlament-schlaegerei-1u09_zps85d8bfb4.jpg&hash=6de3e1e2450378c16995268c3b02b63d851d71c6) (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/mafre97/media/1497454853-ukraine-parlament-schlaegerei-1u09_zps85d8bfb4.jpg.html)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 07, 2014, 09:52:17 pm
I can respect that statement, like i said before... were on totally different wavelenghts which clash undoubtedly. I respect you Riddlez... Duuring has ignored everything i said and just attacked me so he can suck it. Now lets get this ego-tistical nonsense out of the way and move on the topic.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 07, 2014, 09:54:46 pm
Actually, random thingy happened here in Malaga, Spain today. Wierdo with a CNT-FAI esq flag started beating the crap out of a guy waving around the republican flag.

Saying it makes no Political sense, they probably got into a fight over a girl.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 09:58:25 pm
Actually, random thingy happened here in Malaga, Spain today. Wierdo with a CNT-FAI esq flag started beating the crap out of a guy waving around the republican flag.

Saying it makes no Political sense, they probably got into a fight over a girl.

Which makes about as much sense as this famous article =P

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwearethelolocaust.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F180027_1899358568577_1380033857_32258929_625093_n.jpg&hash=1e875e9b0007e6a387576d201f40a07736acca97)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 09:59:28 pm
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1292.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb563%2Fmafre97%2F1497454853-ukraine-parlament-schlaegerei-1u09_zps85d8bfb4.jpg&hash=6de3e1e2450378c16995268c3b02b63d851d71c6) (http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/mafre97/media/1497454853-ukraine-parlament-schlaegerei-1u09_zps85d8bfb4.jpg.html)
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And we all know you're so damn cool, don't we.
Just fuck off.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 07, 2014, 10:00:09 pm
Actually, random thingy happened here in Malaga, Spain today. Wierdo with a CNT-FAI esq flag started beating the crap out of a guy waving around the republican flag.

Saying it makes no Political sense, they probably got into a fight over a girl.

Which makes about as much sense as this famous article =P

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwearethelolocaust.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F180027_1899358568577_1380033857_32258929_625093_n.jpg&hash=1e875e9b0007e6a387576d201f40a07736acca97)
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Look, there is a perfectly logical reason for why I did that. Can I take back the past? No. Would I want to? No.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 07, 2014, 10:03:04 pm
Actually, random thingy happened here in Malaga, Spain today. Wierdo with a CNT-FAI esq flag started beating the crap out of a guy waving around the republican flag.

Saying it makes no Political sense, they probably got into a fight over a girl.

Which makes about as much sense as this famous article =P

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwearethelolocaust.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F180027_1899358568577_1380033857_32258929_625093_n.jpg&hash=1e875e9b0007e6a387576d201f40a07736acca97)
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Look, there is a perfectly logical reason for why I did that. Can I take back the past? No. Would I want to? No.


But, Howe, Assault a Snickers bar? Why, Howe, WHY?!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 07, 2014, 10:03:53 pm
I guess you really AREN'T you when you're hungry.

So Howe punched a snickers suit. Probably healthier than eating those things.

#MarsBarsMasterRace
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 07, 2014, 10:05:06 pm
Actually, random thingy happened here in Malaga, Spain today. Wierdo with a CNT-FAI esq flag started beating the crap out of a guy waving around the republican flag.

Saying it makes no Political sense, they probably got into a fight over a girl.

Which makes about as much sense as this famous article =P

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwearethelolocaust.files.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F180027_1899358568577_1380033857_32258929_625093_n.jpg&hash=1e875e9b0007e6a387576d201f40a07736acca97)
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Look, there is a perfectly logical reason for why I did that. Can I take back the past? No. Would I want to? No.


But, Howe, Assault a Snickers bar? Why, Howe, WHY?!
BECAUSE BEHIND THAT HARDENED SHELL OF CHOCOLATE THERES A CREAMY LOVE LAYER OF CARAMEL
I guess you really AREN'T you when you're hungry.

So Howe punched a snickers suit. Probably healthier than eating those things.

#MarsBarsMasterRace
Get that communist Muslim food out of here. It's like Naan, right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 07, 2014, 10:09:00 pm
Somebody post that gay communist muslim neon sign XD
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 07, 2014, 11:59:58 pm
Quote
- You either pull out anarchy as an argument. This on itself is not too bad, but it does get a wee bit tiresome.
- You have an obvious taste for Ad-Hominems. You tend to insult people whenever they do not share your point of view.
- Your argumentation is seldom logically correct. Nor does it seem only a slight bit aimed in that general direction.
- Anyone who supports someone, and who perchance has the same nationalty as the beforementioned person, is a stupid supporter who only back their own country.

- Whenever someone logically pulls apart your argumentation (usually me), you have an off-topic reply that does not in anyway goes into the aforementioned pulling apart of logic.

This is pretty true. And even this post Augy responds to by once again putting the blame on the other participants in the discussion aka 'My opinion is unpopular'.

Despicable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 08, 2014, 07:47:19 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-a8wMG8Dlk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 08, 2014, 07:48:36 am
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-a8wMG8Dlk
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Das already done been posted boi.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 08, 2014, 12:28:24 pm
Quote
- You either pull out anarchy as an argument. This on itself is not too bad, but it does get a wee bit tiresome.
- You have an obvious taste for Ad-Hominems. You tend to insult people whenever they do not share your point of view.
- Your argumentation is seldom logically correct. Nor does it seem only a slight bit aimed in that general direction.
- Anyone who supports someone, and who perchance has the same nationalty as the beforementioned person, is a stupid supporter who only back their own country.

- Whenever someone logically pulls apart your argumentation (usually me), you have an off-topic reply that does not in anyway goes into the aforementioned pulling apart of logic.

This is pretty true. And even this post Augy responds to by once again putting the blame on the other participants in the discussion aka 'My opinion is unpopular'.

Despicable.

Bear in mind that you are nearly as bad as Augy, Duuring.
Even though your facts usually are spot-on, you also seem to be very keen on the ad-hominem and generally getting pissed off when people persist in disagreeing with you.


Anyway. Now that Rasmussen (or however you spell his name), has so severely warned Russia on their military behaviour, thing are getting quite serious now. It does seem overly clear that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine under the name of a humanitarian intervention. The thing that worries me now though is that NATO would want to rush to Ukraine's help with military assistance. I hope NATO does realise in what good shape the Russian Army is, and in what bad shape NATO's. As soon as NATO and Russia clash, we could very well count on WWIII.

I do very hope so that NATO isn't that stupid.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 08, 2014, 01:34:04 pm
You're being paranoid. Global powers are intimately connected through global economics.
They won't attack each other as they have shared financial interests in eachother's economies. The US, Russia, and China like to flex their power through proxy wars.

If its any consolation, every generation has their "end of the world" scenario. 1930-1940 (Hitler taking over the world), 1950-1980 (Nuclear war), 1990-2013 (economic-environmental collapse). Not that these scenarios couldnt happen, but they didn't and I doubt your fears will come true too.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on August 08, 2014, 01:36:10 pm
Hitler being in power wouldn't have caused the end of the world, where would his master race live is there wasn't a planet they could breath on?  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 08, 2014, 10:56:42 pm
You're being paranoid. Global powers are intimately connected through global economics.
They won't attack each other as they have shared financial interests in eachother's economies. The US, Russia, and China like to flex their power through proxy wars.

If its any consolation, every generation has their "end of the world" scenario. 1930-1940 (Hitler taking over the world), 1950-1980 (Nuclear war), 1990-2013 (economic-environmental collapse). Not that these scenarios couldnt happen, but they didn't and I doubt your fears will come true too.

You are correct, though you forget humanity's constant craving for drama, violence and war. The situation we're in at this moment is not much different from the start of WWI and II.
People tend to go into serious denial when faced with the fact that could ultimately result in a new world war, or any other major disastrous event.
Your point may also very well be true, and that there won't be any war whatsoever, though I remain convinced Russia invades Ukraine by the end of 2014, if Ukraine forces continue to attack the seperatists in eatern Ukraine.

If that too, does not happen, then this would at least be a good lesson to NATO-countries: Peace is not something that comes naturally. it has to be kept.
I hope it at least stops the ridiculous budgetcuts on defence.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 09, 2014, 04:04:08 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNuFnk_06Fw
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 10, 2014, 09:32:25 pm
I'm still waiting for Augy's explanation how the EU/NATO/World Bank wants Ukraine out of strategical reasoning.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 10, 2014, 10:31:44 pm
I'm still waiting for Augy's explanation how the EU/NATO/World Bank wants Ukraine out of strategical reasoning.

Now that you mention it... Yeah  ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TopHatPenguin on August 11, 2014, 01:45:33 am
#SavetheUkrainians
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 12, 2014, 02:35:58 am
#SavetheUkrainians
#meh
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 12, 2014, 03:43:57 am
#R.I.P Williams.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: munky-wunky on August 12, 2014, 04:54:21 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-sCr1ARhQ


1. I do see them pushing troops ahead and offering covering fire, I can’t think of too many good reasons to not get everyone out of that open kill zone as fast as possible.

2. 2:40 we see a horrendous mag change. It takes him 10 seconds to get a new mag in his weapon

3. Nice to see they are up to standard with their Adiddas...

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 12, 2014, 05:10:00 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-sCr1ARhQ


1. I do see them pushing troops ahead and offering covering fire, I can’t think of too many good reasons to not get everyone out of that open kill zone as fast as possible.

2. 2:40 we see a horrendous mag change. It takes him 10 seconds to get a new mag in his weapon

3. Nice to see they are up to standard with their Adiddas...

Really wish they had a translation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 12, 2014, 12:19:44 pm
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-sCr1ARhQ
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Indeed a horrendous mag change.
It is indeed weird they don't retreat by cover of the machine gun on the truck, cirlce and try another angle. Unless they have specific orders not to.
I have seen at least two men without proper footwear, which is one of the most unprofesional things for a military to do.

The Ukrainian marksman didn't even use his bipod an go beltbuckles or use the truck as stability for a distance surely above 300 metres, which is farther than regular combat.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 12, 2014, 12:24:55 pm
You guys should totally go there as Military Advisors, they could really learn from your Call Of Duty experience!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on August 12, 2014, 01:19:02 pm
Strictly drilled and trained via Arma series.  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 12, 2014, 01:22:29 pm
You guys should totally go there as Military Advisors, they could really learn from your Call Of Duty experience!

Anyone who's spent time at a range can tell that guy reloaded poorly. You don't need military training to decipher that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 12, 2014, 01:37:27 pm
You guys sure know how to treat a rifle... if only the same were true for dealing with women  :-*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 12, 2014, 01:42:28 pm
Eh, I'm a demisexual. Stuff like that doesn't matter to me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: munky-wunky on August 12, 2014, 06:02:28 pm
You guys should totally go there as Military Advisors, they could really learn from your Call Of Duty experience!

all make sure they get to level 55 with only knife kills :P


but seriously I can do a better mag change they him. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 12, 2014, 08:26:58 pm
You guys sure know how to treat a rifle... if only the same were true for dealing with women  :-*

Haha wow good one! I do believe you just implied that they're VIRGINS! dohoho, damm you sure got them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: munky-wunky on August 12, 2014, 09:29:43 pm
You guys sure know how to treat a rifle... if only the same were true for dealing with women  :-*

Haha wow good one! I do believe you just implied that they're VIRGINS! dohoho, damm you sure got them.

says the keyboard warrior's, who don't know the meaning of going outside. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 12, 2014, 09:40:20 pm
u talkin 2 me or augy m8?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: munky-wunky on August 12, 2014, 09:44:21 pm
u talkin 2 me or augy m8?

m8 i talkin 2 both of u
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 12, 2014, 09:50:52 pm
Wut. My post was like 100% sarcasm. Equating knowledge of firearms to lack of experience with women is pants on head retarded.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 12, 2014, 10:45:16 pm
You guys sure know how to treat a rifle... if only the same were true for dealing with women  :-*

i love how you're always acting like a womanizer, when you're probably the sickest thug virgin that will ever exist.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 12, 2014, 10:46:13 pm
Wut. My post was like 100% sarcasm. Equating knowledge of firearms to lack of experience with women is pants on head retarded.

That last sentence in catchy. I sig.

You guys should totally go there as Military Advisors, they could really learn from your Call Of Duty experience!

Shame on you for not being able to tell if a reload was bad, whilst still taking part in discussions about national military's strategies.
And you don't learn shit from CoD experience, except how to imitate 12 y/o nutjobs who get hard-ons from the idea of killing people.
No thanks.

I rather learn military doctrine from actual soldiers, books and that I generally learn from trustworthy sources. Something you can't say, for the latter.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: munky-wunky on August 12, 2014, 10:47:53 pm
nawww I want  learn all my hardcorzz skills from COD
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 12, 2014, 11:03:37 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEMhNxOMgUg
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on August 12, 2014, 11:31:20 pm
It will be interesting to see how Putin will respond when his shadow army is pushed out.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 12, 2014, 11:57:16 pm
It will be interesting to see how Putin will respond when his shadow army is pushed out.

If you're talking about the 200 tonnes of goods, that'd be too shallow.
THe thing you'd have to watch out for is when they will go straight through seperatist territory, and then say the goods need protection, thus validating Russian troops going along.

Of course that won't be a company or two, but the 40,000 troops he got on standby.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 12, 2014, 11:59:48 pm
And then World War III.

Again, my M-16 is ready.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 13, 2014, 12:04:25 am
Was actually surprised they didn't take much more accurate fire. I also wonder what other units in the area they were working with because their suppressive fire was lackluster at times.

In regards to the newer video, the florescent tape is a good idea if only it weren't wrapped around to their front. A few guys had the right idea by having it as a vertical stripe on the back of the helmets. Loved seeing the mortars in the tree-line, though. Those were some heavy suckers.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 13, 2014, 12:15:20 am
Was actually surprised they didn't take much more accurate fire. I also wonder what other units in the area they were working with because their suppressive fire was lackluster at times.

They're not dealing with Regulars, here, remember?
A good load of them will never before have held a weapon, they would be all yeehaa and rambo as they come.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on August 13, 2014, 12:16:16 am
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/nato-russia-ukraine_n_5668122.html

I expect an invasion in the coming days.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 13, 2014, 12:23:37 am
Was actually surprised they didn't take much more accurate fire. I also wonder what other units in the area they were working with because their suppressive fire was lackluster at times.

They're not dealing with Regulars, here, remember?
A good load of them will never before have held a weapon, they would be all yeehaa and rambo as they come.

Same goes for the Ukranians, who by and large are either volunteers or National Guard.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 13, 2014, 01:31:01 am
Was actually surprised they didn't take much more accurate fire. I also wonder what other units in the area they were working with because their suppressive fire was lackluster at times.

They're not dealing with Regulars, here, remember?
A good load of them will never before have held a weapon, they would be all yeehaa and rambo as they come.

Yeah, but compared to the stuff seen in Syria by and large, these guys are actually shouldering their weapons. At the same time they're standing out in the open in all their glory just like the asinine stuff seen in the middle east.

Good point on them being draftees. Just my tactical brain cringing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 13, 2014, 01:41:10 am
And then World War III.

Again, my M-16 is ready.

So is my scimitar.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 13, 2014, 01:42:54 am
Begs the question, should war become a reality, you think the sides might agree to both not use nuclear weapons in any capacity?

Because, you know, we'd end all human life otherwise?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on August 13, 2014, 01:47:05 am
I think common sense alone sets that as an unspoken rule.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 13, 2014, 01:50:22 am
You forget, America's Military Command is still made up of guys from an era who think it's their God given duty to smite all Communist states. Also have of the US still thinks Russia is a Communist state.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 13, 2014, 01:58:22 am
I doubt High Command is made out of solely lunatics who haven't touched a newspaper in 20 years.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 13, 2014, 02:01:12 am
Ever hear of Stanley McCrystal?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 13, 2014, 02:01:25 am
You forget, America's Military Command is still made up of guys from an era who think it's their God given duty to smite all Communist states. Also have of the US still thinks Russia is a Communist state.

Even in the Cold War nuclear war was completely and utterly out of the question. The arms buildup happened merely for competition and deterrence purposes, not to actually outgun the other country in the event of a general nuclear exchange. I think if a nuclear war were to start it would be the result of a terrorist group or third party faction launching a missile or detonating a bomb within one of the two countries, which would spur a counterattack and tada - M.A.D.

Much like how the war in Fallout started :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 13, 2014, 02:03:02 am
Or one of the two sides could nuke "Military targets" and that starts the domino chain.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 13, 2014, 02:05:56 am
Or one of the two sides could nuke "Military targets" and that starts the domino chain.

Nah, even if nukes are launched it doesn't necessarily have to lead to all out war. I think it's reasonable to believe that our world leaders don't want their own countries crumbling down around them... so I think they would try their hardest to avoid a full nuclear exchange at all costs, even if it meant they would have to capitulate to enemy demands or lose some of their much treasured pride. Besides, with Obama in power I seriously doubt any real retaliatory actions would be taken in the event of a targeted strike. He'd probably impose more economic sanctions through the UN or something.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 13, 2014, 02:07:32 am
I have a feeling that this war would last loooong after Obama leaves office.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 13, 2014, 02:12:00 am
I was talking about it with the hypothetical possibility of it starting right now as we speak. Let's just say that tomorrow we wake up and we hear on the radio that a nuclear launch was detected from North-Western russia headed towards the west coast of the US. My prediction that Obama would veto any requests to launch a counterstrike in the interest of the world... you know... staying intact. Or he would just be too pussy to do anything. Either way I really doubt even an actual nuclear strike would trigger a full war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 13, 2014, 02:13:13 am
I'm not so sure about that. Obama has a long streak of doing the opposite you expect him to do.

Besides, the launch codes are also given to the JCS. They might decide to go ham.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 13, 2014, 04:00:37 am
I'm not so sure about that. Obama has a long streak of doing the opposite you expect him to do.

Besides, the launch codes are also given to the JCS. They might decide to go ham.

I think your perceptions of the sanity of military leaders are a little unrealistic to say the least. Yes, they don't always make the best decisions, but to say that they would make the worst possible decisions with no logic behind them whatsoever is sort of ridiculous. Even the stupidest general would reserve the option of a nuclear strike for the absolute more dire of situations, and those situations would have to be really dire. I think even the most nationalistic and aggressive of generals would be strongly against nukes because "we must preserve our great country's soil!" etc. etc.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 13, 2014, 04:06:53 am
Most General staff are Vietnam veterans. My father's a Lt. Col and he was a Corporal when Desert Storm went down. That ended before he could get deployed. The idea that American generals are how they are in the movies is just naive and childish. I've met a few generals myself and they're much more like politicians who are just playing the inner political game within the military branches and the Department of Defense.

Nuclear weapons have immensely high levels of clearance because of the chances of M.A.D.. Not to say it may be something that were to go down during a modern total war scenario, but with the threat being there most things are done in surrogate conflicts as seen during the Cold War.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 13, 2014, 01:42:46 pm
I think nowadays nukes are more a political weapon than an actual military one.
But that may be human denial speaking.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on August 13, 2014, 02:16:17 pm
Most General staff are Vietnam veterans. My father's a Lt. Col and he was a Corporal when Desert Storm went down. That ended before he could get deployed. The idea that American generals are how they are in the movies is just naive and childish. I've met a few generals myself and they're much more like politicians who are just playing the inner political game within the military branches and the Department of Defense.

Nuclear weapons have immensely high levels of clearance because of the chances of M.A.D.. Not to say it may be something that were to go down during a modern total war scenario, but with the threat being there most things are done in surrogate conflicts as seen during the Cold War.
It seems to me like the lower ranks are usually the wackos, pumped with patriotic propaganda before they enter the War. Kind off like that song Hero of War.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 13, 2014, 02:19:10 pm
I've always grown up with the idea of "Never trust the military" instilled in me since I was a kid. Most Comissioned Officers I've met are fine but the enlisted guys... well they're a bit weird.

This is just my experience though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 13, 2014, 02:32:06 pm
Usually because the enlisted guys are not the smartest people on the planet. Luckily for us, they aren't in command.

The Ukrainian army has started shelling Donetsk. The Official death count is over 2.000 now which is horrendous enough, though it should be mentioned that more that there are more then 6.000.000 people living in the area, a million of them in Donetsk alone. As terrible as this war for the people is, I don't agree with people who say that Ukraine is doing something 'terrible'. This is what the Separatists, Russia, and many of the civilians themselves who supported the rebels have called upon themselves.

The Russian 'humanitarian' convoy has been refused access and they are apparently now going to enter the Donbass by Separatist controlled borders.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 14, 2014, 12:51:39 am
Usually because the enlisted guys are not the smartest people on the planet. Luckily for us, they aren't in command.

The Ukrainian army has started shelling Donetsk. The Official death count is over 2.000 now which is horrendous enough, though it should be mentioned that more that there are more then 6.000.000 people living in the area, a million of them in Donetsk alone. As terrible as this war for the people is, I don't agree with people who say that Ukraine is doing something 'terrible'. This is what the Separatists, Russia, and many of the civilians themselves who supported the rebels have called upon themselves.

The Russian 'humanitarian' convoy has been refused access and they are apparently now going to enter the Donbass by Separatist controlled borders.

Which gives them the excuse to send along at least a guard fo Russian soldiers, if not loads of armed convoys.
Russian boots on the ground. This is their excuse.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 14, 2014, 02:23:06 am
Why would that allow them to send soldiers with it?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Vincenzo on August 14, 2014, 09:26:08 am
They made a new one...

http://www.examiner.com/list/russia-s-top-100-lies-about-ukraine

Some Russian media fabrications are really retarded..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 14, 2014, 04:21:42 pm
Why would that allow them to send soldiers with it?

Because it is, after all, very, very dangerous territory, so them trucks need protection, and we ain't trusting no others then usselves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 14, 2014, 04:27:37 pm
They made a new one...

http://www.examiner.com/list/russia-s-top-100-lies-about-ukraine

Some Russian media fabrications are really retarded..

Scuses for the double post, but who says some of this is isn't western-media propaganda as well?
Just the fact 'we' are the West, doesn't mean our media and governments aren't propagising and lying as well?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 14, 2014, 04:29:53 pm
is this related or on-topic? Frankly I don't care

http://www.timeslive.co.za/lifestyle/2014/08/13/homophobic-russia-loves-anal-pornhub
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Post by: Furrnox on August 14, 2014, 04:30:05 pm
All I can say is Fox News.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 14, 2014, 04:31:05 pm
All I can say is Fox News.
any major news outlet really
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 14, 2014, 04:32:21 pm
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APOLLO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A WOMAN, ASSHOLE
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Von_Clausewitz on August 14, 2014, 04:33:30 pm

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 14, 2014, 04:33:49 pm
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i think when you fear that mythological beings will turn your children gay, facts aren't relevant
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 14, 2014, 04:35:52 pm
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Whatever the fuck happened to evidence.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 14, 2014, 04:37:08 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 14, 2014, 04:38:41 pm
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Whatever the fuck happened to evidence.
gays don't need evidence thats why their spreading into the hearts and minds of our feeble, anal sex consumed children.
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OOh. I see. So basically, they're gays, so they are by definition evil.

#logics101
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 14, 2014, 04:39:23 pm
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i think when you fear that mythological beings will turn your children gay, facts aren't relevant

Whatever the fuck happened to evidence.
gays don't need evidence thats why their spreading into the hearts and minds of our feeble, anal sex consumed children.

OOh. I see. So basically, they're gays, so they are by definition evil.

#logics101
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Title: Re: Ukraine
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Whatever the fuck happened to evidence.
gays don't need evidence thats why their spreading into the hearts and minds of our feeble, anal sex consumed children.

OOh. I see. So basically, they're gays, so they are by definition evil.

#logics101
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 14, 2014, 04:46:39 pm
Scuses for the double post, but who says some of this is isn't western-media propaganda as well?
Just the fact 'we' are the West, doesn't mean our media and governments aren't propagising and lying as well?

I say, because with every lie that has been put in this list, there's a source and photographical evidence of the story being posted by Russian media sources, which often claims to be using western sources that don't even remotely say what the Russians claim they have said.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 14, 2014, 10:32:48 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKGQnJs6C2Y
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 14, 2014, 10:36:59 pm
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/russian-military-vehicles-enter-ukraine-aid-convoy-stops-short-border

Oh shiiiit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gokiller on August 14, 2014, 11:56:07 pm
GGWP Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 15, 2014, 12:52:07 am
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/14/russian-military-vehicles-enter-ukraine-aid-convoy-stops-short-border

Oh shiiiit.

Little stating of fact, and a lot of suggestion. This truly is sensasionalist.
What really happened? A company-sized unit crossed the Ukrainian border.

It seems rather suspicious the article refrained from clearly mentioning it throughout the rest fo the article, only once were they mentioned again. It seemed to me they merely used it as a foundation to support suggestions about an invasion.

Riddlez does not approve of article.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 15, 2014, 01:05:50 am
Crossing into another's country's terrritory without a good reason is bad. It has been a reason for war troughout history. I don't think you appriciate the severity of the situation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 15, 2014, 01:10:47 am
Crossing into another's country's terrritory without a good reason is bad. It has been a reason for war troughout history. I don't think you appriciate the severity of the situation.

If this was really as serious as you present it to be, we'd be on permanent breaking news of Ukraine declaring war on Russia.
Please, K&B were just talking about charity, Ukraine wasn't even touched today. And they try hard to get off of their everlasting whining about nonsense, they crave for interesting subjects.

A single company, Duuring, that's barely a proper recon party for an invasion. That's barely enough to take a village.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 15, 2014, 02:00:40 am
This is pretty much the first public discovery of Ukraine violating Ukranian territory, something they have claimed again and again to be false. I'm not saying this is the interlude to invasion, I'm pointing at the fact that if the Russians are unconcerned about journalists taking pictures of their incursion, it may signal a big change of plan.

Numbers don't matter shit in this case. Russian forces are in Ukraine, and that's a fact
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 15, 2014, 02:58:34 am
The guardian claims 23 APCs and some helis went on ahead of the convoy, most likely to make/check that the road ahead is safe for the convoys from looters and Ukrainian forces who have threatened to intercept said concoy. It obviously heightens the risk of an international incident but I am guessing the Russians badly want to take credit for the aid convoy drop among the local populace or they indeed have some illegal cargo.

Guess will see. As for the international violation of Ukraine's territory; the whole world has been carrying on about Russia violating the Ukraine's territory so I am unsure whether or not this incident would really come as a shock/surprise or bring further sanctions on Russia etc.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 15, 2014, 04:47:02 pm
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Apparently the 'Peacekeeper' force on Ukraine's border is on the move.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: munky-wunky on August 15, 2014, 04:49:07 pm
god damn it Russia, because of you I cant get Russian Ak's anymore.  damn you Putin and Obama
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on August 15, 2014, 05:06:57 pm
god damn it Russia, because of you I cant get Russian Ak's anymore.  damn you Putin and Obama


I want my AK right back.  #MuhAK47

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 15, 2014, 05:12:42 pm
http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/30998.html

So we now have confirmed Ukrainians opened fire and confirmed hitting Russian APC's that violated Ukrainian territory, witnesses by several foreign journalists.

So...what now?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on August 15, 2014, 05:14:24 pm
Sounds like they need some freedom.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 15, 2014, 05:30:54 pm
Russian Foreign minister claims the Ukrainians are trying to block the aid convoy - Which is bullshit, because the aid convoy is still in Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 15, 2014, 05:41:50 pm
http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/30998.html

So we now have confirmed Ukrainians opened fire and confirmed hitting Russian APC's that violated Ukrainian territory, witnesses by several foreign journalists.

So...what now?

Well... now Russia denies having sent any APCs into the Ukraine while the humanitarian convoy is still sitting at the border.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/15/russia-denies-ukraine-vehicles-military

The supposed witness of the crossing for the guardian is Saun Walker:
https://twitter.com/shaunwalker7/status/500012633706496001
 
For the picture he is recycling an image 10km away from the border:
https://twitter.com/shaunwalker7/status/499961048448126978

While crossings are likely occurring I am wary of what both sides are saying here. I think I'll wait for the inevitable footage upload of burning Russian APCs before I make up my mind. Wait and see I suppose.


Russian Foreign minister claims the Ukrainians are trying to block the aid convoy - Which is bullshit, because the aid convoy is still in Russia.

Is he saying they are trying by not letting it through or by shooting at it?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 15, 2014, 05:43:54 pm
Shooting at it.

So according to Russia, Ukraine is shooting and destroying...nothing? If only Russia didn't have a history of continuous lying...

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I think I'll wait for the inevitable footage upload of burning Russian APCs before I make up my mind. Wait and see I suppose.

I suppooooose you're right.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 15, 2014, 05:47:47 pm
Well the media is reporting Poroshenko's words so either way the official story is that Russian APCs have been destroyed on Ukranian soil. If the Russian's are claiming the convoy has been shot at then I'd say its pretty suspicious (ie: they sent something across the border).

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-artillery-destroys-part-of-russian-armoured-column-1.2737240
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Alpharion on August 15, 2014, 05:58:49 pm
From what I've read is that Ukrainian forces have destroyed a part of the APC convoy which was said to have entered Ukraine, mainly by artillery but it doesn't say they didn't use other weapons.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 15, 2014, 06:02:26 pm
Sorry I don't mean that the Ukrainian's sent something across but that the Russians sent something across to get shot at.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on August 15, 2014, 06:29:24 pm
Please, Russia back off already so we can end this stupid conflict instead of causing something bigger...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on August 15, 2014, 06:33:00 pm
Please, Russia back off already so we can end this stupid conflict instead of causing something bigger...
Russia has spent quite abit on this already, they need to make a profit somehow.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on August 15, 2014, 06:35:10 pm
Well they got Crimea already be pleased dammit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 15, 2014, 07:04:41 pm
Getting Crimea was not a win. Crimea is rotten to the core.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 15, 2014, 10:57:50 pm
I remember how Crimean politicians claimed to western media that they were self-sufficient and that they were done with Ukraine 'stealing everything that's ours'. Idiots.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on August 16, 2014, 10:07:15 pm
What is there to steal?  ;D

Hell, that kinda' sums up eastern europe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 17, 2014, 08:02:27 am
What is there to steal?  ;D

Hell, that kinda' sums up eastern europe.
Kebabs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 17, 2014, 12:56:39 pm

What is there to steal?  ;D

Hell, that kinda' sums up eastern europe.
Kebabs

tartar sauce
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 17, 2014, 05:50:29 pm
Lebensraum
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on August 17, 2014, 06:25:44 pm
Russians retaliatory sanctions on the EU, although may harm the Russian economy will not sink it. Russia's economy is stronger than many EU states and the less the EU export and the higher the energy prices of the energy imported by the EU the greater it  would have a direct negative impact on any purported crawling EU economic recovery. When people point out Russia's economy will this and that they forget the state of our own economies and under-estimate the harm our own governments actions will have on us all, by forcing Russia into a retaliatory position.

The global economy is in no fine shape to be messed around with, unfortunately that's what the E.U, U.S and Russia in retaliation are now doing, messing with the global economy and threatening economic recovery across the board.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on August 17, 2014, 07:05:03 pm
I'll add that Crimea has a military base, also its a key strategical position in Black Sea. The country which rely on army will see this benefits.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bramif on August 17, 2014, 07:17:25 pm
I'll add that Crimea has a military base, also its a key strategical position in Black Sea. The country which rely on army will see this benefits.
Where have you been all this time?  :o
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on August 17, 2014, 08:52:50 pm
My money's on shooting at people.

Are you shooting at people?

He's shooting at people.

*nods*



The military installations in Crimea provide power projection, but only for the immediate area.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 17, 2014, 09:29:23 pm
Times where better when Crimea was a market for all the slaves and treasures the Khanate had.

#BringBackTheKhanate2014
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 17, 2014, 10:12:58 pm
M8 Muscovite Tsardom pls

Putin #1 Tsar
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 18, 2014, 11:02:03 am
Everyone in the world is tired. Are you guys ready for the next cold war? The USA is done with real war for now.

We need a new enemy to unite us against, and a pretext of why civil liberties are put on hold. Its okay guys, our masters know whats good for us!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on August 18, 2014, 12:39:16 pm
Everyone in the world is tired. Are you guys ready for the next cold war? The USA is done with real war for now.

We need a new enemy to unite us against, and a pretext of why civil liberties are put on hold. Its okay guys, our masters know whats good for us!

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 18, 2014, 02:46:31 pm
Careful. I might launch an APO on your ass.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on August 19, 2014, 05:50:57 am
Pretty much why the US is interested in Ukraine

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 19, 2014, 06:23:50 am
Pretty much why the US is interested in Ukraine

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One pig to rule them all

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on August 19, 2014, 07:27:07 am
Salo Heroyam
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 19, 2014, 09:18:40 am
Speaking of pigs,

(https://i.imgur.com/wUnexcA.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 19, 2014, 10:41:25 am
I think the po-po is much more prepared than you, citizen.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 19, 2014, 11:01:54 am
Prepared for what? stomping my brain in and tasing peoe for voicing their opinions, its always the authorities who fall back on force first and then people wonder why and act all stupid and ignoranr once people fight back.

I got friends in the police and armed forces, they join with the right intentions but nearly all get co-opted in this screwed up mindset that you see perpetuated everywhere.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 19, 2014, 04:24:56 pm
Prepared for what? stomping my brain in and tasing peoe for voicing their opinions, its always the authorities who fall back on force first and then people wonder why and act all stupid and ignoranr once people fight back.

I got friends in the police and armed forces, they join with the right intentions but nearly all get co-opted in this screwed up mindset that you see perpetuated everywhere.

If you have troubles with SWAT-officers because of your opinion, there is something wrong with your opinion.
For SWAT-officers don't patrol streets in combat gear, ya dig?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 19, 2014, 05:24:42 pm
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Cop apocalypse?

More like the Acopalypse.

Can't believe they didn't make the pun D:
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Oxford_ on August 19, 2014, 05:33:21 pm
Which either side you take on this, the EU and US are fuelling it.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 19, 2014, 11:06:21 pm
I actually just heard a very nice piece on Dutch Radio, from an historian who pronounced there are a worrysome amount of similarities between the interbellum and the beginning of the 21st century up and until now.

Not being pessemistic here, but it does rather strickingly appear to be nearly the exact same.

(Duuring hate incoming)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 19, 2014, 11:10:31 pm
The Ukraine has a long history of economic turmoil, occupation, plus it has some of the most coveted soil for sustaining crops. The place has always been a crossroad in history. They wouldn't give a fuck about Ukraine unless of course there are resources to plunder, especially energy resources but its not so much what's there, but more about geopolitical maneuvering with energy as the context.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 19, 2014, 11:11:50 pm
But Ukraine literally doesn't have shit anymore. The Gas is from Russia, if the Ukraine was EU then Russia would just use different pipes, and the cole industry is gone, so yeah.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 20, 2014, 01:54:39 am
Well it is a strategic energy corridor for Russia's gas. The last thing you want is a nation that has been attacking your allies or countries you have a vested interest in (Syria, Libya, Iran etc) to get a hold of that region and be able to disrupt the sale of gas to Europe whenever it needs/wants political leverage. Russia uses the sale of gas to Europe as its own leverage and so additionally any pipeline works or oil works that circumvent Russia are also seen as a strategic threat because Russia has the freedom to do as it likes without overseas interference largely due to its gas/oil exports.

I don't know if that is what Russia fears but then there's always the fact that the Ukraine does actually have oil deposits and contracts with US oil companies...
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/06/ukraine-crisis-great-power-oil-gas-rivals-pipelines
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/10/18/ukrainians-protest-chevron-shale-gas-plans

Then there's Crimea's maritime zone with its own underwater resources.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/world/europe/in-taking-crimea-putin-gains-a-sea-of-fuel-reserves.html?_r=0

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 20, 2014, 10:53:42 am
Which either side you take on this, the EU and US are fuelling it.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 20, 2014, 11:06:33 pm
Oh shitttttt guys that American who was fighting in the Donbas Battalion was just killed in action. God damn it, that is some shit.

https://news.vice.com/article/the-only-american-fighting-for-ukraine-dies-in-battle?utm_source=vicenewsfb
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on August 20, 2014, 11:20:27 pm
proof of = american imperialism
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Prince_Eugen on August 21, 2014, 06:57:02 pm
Oh shitttttt guys that American who was fighting in the Donbas Battalion was just killed in action. God damn it, that is some shit.

https://news.vice.com/article/the-only-american-fighting-for-ukraine-dies-in-battle?utm_source=vicenewsfb

For what he fought?  ???
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 21, 2014, 08:41:41 pm
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjDbHbRiGRQ
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 21, 2014, 10:42:26 pm
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Wounded men receiving medical care in hospitals in Russia.
This is not by far a political statement, this is upholding your profession as a doctor.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 22, 2014, 03:28:37 am
Spoiler
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjDbHbRiGRQ
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Wounded men receiving medical care in hospitals in Russia.
This is not by far a political statement, this is upholding your profession as a doctor.

Watch the whole video. It shows just how supportive the Russian government is with the Donetsk rebels - so reports of armored columns entering from Russia isn't hard to believe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 22, 2014, 05:00:28 am
So i heard Canada and Russia might go to war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 22, 2014, 06:58:38 am
So i heard Canada and Russia might go to war.

inb4 Russia invades alaska to get to Canada and we stomp their shit in retaliation. Seriously though, how would Russia even conduct a war with Canada without going through us? We'd have to have some crazy non-aggression pact with Russia to even make that slightly work. Would be funny as hell to see Canada flail about helplessly as Russia steals all their maple syrup tho. :'( Actually no that would be tragic. Now I'm crying.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 22, 2014, 12:07:27 pm
So i heard Canada and Russia might go to war.

inb4 Russia invades alaska to get to Canada and we stomp their shit in retaliation. Seriously though, how would Russia even conduct a war with Canada without going through us? We'd have to have some crazy non-aggression pact with Russia to even make that slightly work. Would be funny as hell to see Canada flail about helplessly as Russia steals all their maple syrup tho. :'( Actually no that would be tragic. Now I'm crying.

Don't give me nightmares. Aunt Jemima needs her fuckin' syrup, bro. dem russkie mo'fuggas b raycis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 22, 2014, 03:39:53 pm
Spoiler
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jjDbHbRiGRQ
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Wounded men receiving medical care in hospitals in Russia.
This is not by far a political statement, this is upholding your profession as a doctor.

Watch the whole video. It shows just how supportive the Russian government is with the Donetsk rebels - so reports of armored columns entering from Russia isn't hard to believe.

I am talking about doctors, Vice News suggests this is a political statement. But medical care is not connected to goverment ideologies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 22, 2014, 03:47:01 pm
Russian aid convoy has passed into Ukraine. Without permission and without red cross supervision.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 22, 2014, 03:48:45 pm
Russian aid convoy has passed into Ukraine. Without permission and without red cross supervision.

Without? I read on Dutch National news today the Red Cross is in charge now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 22, 2014, 05:52:20 pm
So i heard Canada and Russia might go to war.

inb4 Russia invades alaska to get to Canada and we stomp their shit in retaliation. Seriously though, how would Russia even conduct a war with Canada without going through us? We'd have to have some crazy non-aggression pact with Russia to even make that slightly work. Would be funny as hell to see Canada flail about helplessly as Russia steals all their maple syrup tho. :'( Actually no that would be tragic. Now I'm crying.

Canada's a NATO member, if they did fuck with US' colder half-brother then they'd have to face the wrath of the entire coalition.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 22, 2014, 10:03:45 pm
Russian aid convoy has passed into Ukraine. Without permission and without red cross supervision.
Without? I read on Dutch National news today the Red Cross is in charge now.

You sure read a lot of things on Dutch national news. Maybe provide sauce next time?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 23, 2014, 03:29:59 am
Ukrainian armored battalion on the move.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=303832803129762
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 23, 2014, 04:10:48 am
Russian aid convoy has passed into Ukraine. Without permission and without red cross supervision.
Without? I read on Dutch National news today the Red Cross is in charge now.

You sure read a lot of things on Dutch national news. Maybe provide sauce next time?

Russia claims they had perishable goods and didn't want to continue waiting for permission and that the demands being placed on them where 'unrealistic' so they took the decision to just go. The Ukraine hadn't given permission but it allowed the convoy safe passage. I think it has already reached Luhansk.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28903829
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/22/russian-convoy-crosses-border-ukraine-without-permission
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on August 23, 2014, 01:55:54 pm
Perhaps the explosives on the soviet era weapons may expire soon due to being 50+ years old.  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on August 23, 2014, 02:34:29 pm
Lol I heard that same joke today from a friend of mine :) I am not sure what perishable goods they supposedly had since most of it seemed non-perishable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 23, 2014, 07:25:44 pm
They had soldiers in the back, behind the goods.
They were running out of air...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 25, 2014, 10:06:05 pm
The Ukrainian parliament has been dissolved and there are new elections in two weeks. Place your bets now gentlemen. I bet a victory for UDAR.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 25, 2014, 10:19:13 pm
The Ukrainian government has been dissolved and there are new elections in two weeks. Place your bets now gentlemen. I bet a victory for UDAR.

Only the parliament was dissolved, not the entire administration. And yeah I'm guessing UDAR will take a good share of the seats. Probably a few other right wing populist parties and at least a few seats going to more left wing parties calling for concessions to the rebels and peace. We'll see though, the political landscape in Ukraine has changed so much over the past several months that it's difficult to say what'll happen with any inkling of certainty. Hopefully the people will make reasonable decisions - and hopefully the voter turnout will actually be sufficient.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 25, 2014, 10:20:26 pm
Oops, yep, wrote 'government' by accident.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 25, 2014, 11:00:13 pm
Apparently, there is a battalion of Russian troops fighting on Ukrainian territory now, alongside the seperatists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 25, 2014, 11:02:05 pm
Let me guess, they were all miraculously "Discharged" right before they decided to join the rebels.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 25, 2014, 11:34:37 pm
Let me guess, they were all miraculously "Discharged" right before they decided to join the rebels.

No they accidentally wandered in due to an... er... logistical mixup! They'll just stick there and make themselves at home for now until Moscow figures out what to do with them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 26, 2014, 01:22:29 pm
They're probably PMCs. It's how they took Crimea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 26, 2014, 01:41:16 pm
They didn't take Crimea by sending PMC's, they just removed insignia from the uniforms of the regulars.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 26, 2014, 03:37:09 pm
They're probably PMCs. It's how they took Crimea.

Don't think PMC have armoured vehicles, like, APCs. And I wouldn't suppose Russia gives mercenaries APCs. They are mercs after all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on August 26, 2014, 03:53:19 pm
The men who took Crimea were from Airborne and Air Assault brigades and a moto-rifle brigade from Chechnya. They were regulars not mercenaries.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 28, 2014, 04:04:33 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W57Tjs9BeLw
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 28, 2014, 08:01:58 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W57Tjs9BeLw

Fucking rebels.

Слава Україні! Героям слава!
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F-MErMbXlakE4%2FUUOjlpIVCGI%2FAAAAAAAAGHk%2FbSXlzBsVTWI%2Fs1600%2Fprapor1%2B.gif&hash=53390a4fda5cb03cb920ac5496075992f828bf3d)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 28, 2014, 11:38:50 am
Unmarked Russian troops and vehicles have been pushing into E.Ukraine for the past 20 hours or so. Some forward scouting camps have been found and some Russians have been captured and claim to be volunteers. A defense of Mariupol has started to set up. Kharkov may be the site of sabotage attacks. Troops in the general Pokrovka area risk encirclement as unmarked Russian troops push in from Lysyche, Kuteinykove, and Starobescheve. H-20, North of Mariupol risks being breached. This highway leads straight from Mariupol to Donetsk. Heavy shelling in Donetsk.

http://liveuamap.com/e/2014/28-august-shells-hit-residential-house-in-donetsk?ll=47.93957979999999;37.69235959999998&zoom=12
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on August 28, 2014, 02:01:17 pm
Half of Europe's militaries are in tatters due to heavy budget cuts. The only countries that can pack a punch against Russia are Britain, France and Germany and then only when combined on land. France is semi-bankrupt, Germany is economically dependent on Russia and Britain is overstretched and pacifist anyway after the disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq anyway. Most countries in Europe have barely any recent military experience either. If Putin went bat shit crazy and invaded Europe it would take forever for the EU to mobilise a significant response and the Americans would take forever to respond in sufficient strength. What, they sent 900 soldiers to Poland? Jesus that's going to stop something isn't it?

 More countries need to follow the model of having 2% of GDP dedicated to their defence budgets, otherwise we're all done! That megalomaniac-psychopathic piece of shit Putin needs his ass handing to him on a golden platter.

Putin knows Europe is weak, so he takes advantage of that. NATO should deploy troops to Ukraine and send a clear message to that weed, I'm sick of hearing about how he is being as glorified as Hitler was in his own sad little adventures. Plz kill the Russian army in Ukraine thx. Then again, Putin is so cold he doesn't care that his own countrymen are dying - anything to make Russia bigger on the map.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on August 28, 2014, 02:10:28 pm
This song comes to mind when thinking of the Russia today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2kLczU742o

Hearts of Iron II soundtrack accurate representation + song name very good.

Sure it's just a puppet game between the US, EU and Russia but hey - the Russians have gone too far this time.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on August 28, 2014, 02:13:21 pm
Of course they've gone too far, they're serfs that have stepped out of line and created a entire country where even the government is made up of russian versions of chavs.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TORN on August 28, 2014, 02:14:32 pm
-snip-
Don't worry Poland will save us !
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: El_Presidente on August 28, 2014, 02:19:49 pm
Just let's no make the same mistake Britain did in the 1930s so people will look back and say 'They should have seen it coming, it was so obvious he was a madman!' as we often do today!

We don't have a wealthy Empire to lean on this time, or a powerful USA. Just a ragtag group of countries half bankrupt and militarily weak. So, let's fight Putin? Or shall we wait and see if the Chinese become a mighty power as well - as they have started to intimidate some of their neighbours - and try to fight them both at once, should China prove it self more militaristic than currently appears.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 28, 2014, 03:08:07 pm
Let's stop pretending that Russia is military better then the NATO.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 28, 2014, 03:27:20 pm
You're not really making a valid claim, fucking state some arguments already
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on August 28, 2014, 07:40:28 pm
Let's stop pretending that Russia is military better then the NATO.
Maybe not military better in the sense of equipment, technologies etc., but in this conflict Russia looks far more better than NATO. Looks like they do not know how to react on Russia aggression, and even if they'd know, they can't do shit about it, it is just too slowly and cowardly for it.
NATO should deploy troops to Ukraine and send a clear message to that weed
I doubt they can deploy troops in Baltic states to protect it if it will be needed, not to mention Ukraine, any military help also unlikely happen
All messages that NATO and EU can sent are: "We are deeply concerned", "We warn", "We call" but Putin do not give a shit about their warns, calls and concern , because know they don't go further than this. Even if Russian tanks will be in Odessa, i think all that NATO and EU could do its to be "deeply concerned about it", nothing more.
 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on August 28, 2014, 10:47:17 pm
No big surprise at all. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2736529/Russia-directly-involved-fighting-Ukraine-sending-latest-air-defence-systems-border-says-US-ambassador.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on August 28, 2014, 11:03:35 pm
Lol the daily mail.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on August 29, 2014, 12:21:38 am
Lol the daily mail.

This.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: The Rebel on August 29, 2014, 02:10:00 pm
Well looks like a major war is ahead, since Russia is now officially invading Ukraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 29, 2014, 02:52:48 pm
Nothing official. They are still denying it and the troops in Ukraine are relatively very few. Maybe they are just waiting to see what the responds is.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 29, 2014, 03:59:49 pm
Prime minister of Ukraine ordered parliament to prepare for and unbound Ukraine. They are aspiring to join the NATO.
Rasmusson has responded to fully understand the move. Nothing has actually been confirmed nor denied though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Largoras on August 29, 2014, 04:27:33 pm
I pray for Ukraine :( Fuck the Russians and I hope my homecountry Poland can them even more support.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on August 29, 2014, 05:27:44 pm
I pray for Ukraine :( Fuck the Russians and I hope my homecountry Poland can them even more support.

Additional... What, exactly?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on August 29, 2014, 06:27:31 pm
I pray for Ukraine :( Fuck the Russians and I hope my homecountry Poland can them even more support.

Additional... What, exactly?

Military.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 29, 2014, 06:44:32 pm
Polish Hussars.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 29, 2014, 06:45:22 pm
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/smJnMoT.png)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: The Rebel on August 29, 2014, 06:58:00 pm
Hi WW3
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on August 29, 2014, 07:42:25 pm
Hi WW3

Lol that will most likely happen after our lifetime.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 29, 2014, 08:13:38 pm
To all sides

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcKwGS7OSQ
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Largoras on August 29, 2014, 10:05:09 pm
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/smJnMoT.png)
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LOL but the Polish flag has white at the top :/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 29, 2014, 10:17:29 pm
To all sides

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwcKwGS7OSQ

K bbe

It's still rather interesting that the first nations to condemn Russia and her actions and actively support Ukraine are old Soviet Republics like the Baltics state, Poland and Romania.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 29, 2014, 10:45:56 pm
It makes sense to be honest, most of the post-Soviet bloc nations despise Russia. Belarus is the only one that likes it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 29, 2014, 11:07:11 pm
Wrong, Belarus has a dictatorial president that likes Putin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on August 29, 2014, 11:14:15 pm
Putin: "The fascist takeover of Ukraine by armed Western imperialist proxies is a gross usurpation - you can't just take over a country by force with vague appeals to the people's will! The will of the people of Crimea should be respected, so it is quite proper for our thinly-disguised army to seize control of all the ports and military bases."

Kerry: "The Russian Empire's land grab is a 19th-century-style crime against sovereignty - you can't just take over a country by force with vague appeals to the people's will! The Yanukovych government was out of touch with the will of the Ukrainian people, so it was quite proper for us to materially support the armband-wearing ultranationalist snipers in their revolution."

In times like these, I always find it comforting that both the US and Russia maintain several ICBMs fuelled and ready to go at a moment's notice, and that the world as we know it could still end in less than 30 minutes. It's good to know that we can trust our competent leaders with such awesome destructive power.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 29, 2014, 11:18:25 pm
It's been like that for decades and the world hasn't blown up yet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 29, 2014, 11:23:39 pm
By that logic Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan or Vietnam would have ended the world.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 30, 2014, 04:48:08 am
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x7m11xYwyI[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Mykk7Kt6g[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on August 30, 2014, 07:51:09 am
http://youtu.be/DBy7tQ124Fk

----------------------->http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fb1_1402843212<--------------------

http://youtu.be/NE18iPQ1Euk


The United Nations Development Programme, which in Crimea conducted series of polls about possible referendum on joining Russia with a sample size of 1200.
Here are the results:
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs17.postimg.org%2Fyklnabiq7%2FUNDPReferendum.png&hash=73802afc5bbb32d9fcee1a0781e356063dc9d146)


This is the average monthly salary of each region:
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs27.postimg.org%2Fu72vxl3mb%2Fsalarisxregions.png&hash=c3fc2885f58125e68e2301b399abb74d3f1c30b8)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on August 30, 2014, 08:24:09 am
Let's stop pretending that Russia is military better then the NATO.

(https://www.wchan.net/uploads/fullsize/lies%20Russia%20stronk.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on August 30, 2014, 10:58:02 am
Then can you tell in what place NATO is better than Russia now?Some really evidence, not funny pictures.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on August 30, 2014, 11:07:20 am
Then can you tell in what place NATO is better than Russia now?Some really evidence, not funny pictures.


(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Ff%2Ff6%2FLocation_NATO_2009_blue.svg%2F1280px-Location_NATO_2009_blue.svg.png&hash=74de232f01923fec257d1ca2ba86d3482c8c9e65)

Have fun counting the NATO (blue) countries that have better living standards then Russia.

If you meant military, then you are way off and misunderstanding of geopolitics. Cheers.





Aren't you from Ukraine? Are you pro separatists or pro maidan?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on August 30, 2014, 07:13:35 pm
Yes i am, "pro maidan".
Ok, we'll see in future, how NATO prove their mightiness.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 30, 2014, 07:14:42 pm
NATO together is enough to force Russia down. The average soldier from an EU nation is better trained than a Russian one. Same with the Americans.

Turks can also bombard Russia to shit, so that's a plus.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 30, 2014, 08:54:29 pm
NATO together is enough to force Russia down. The average soldier from an EU nation is better trained than a Russian one. Same with the Americans.

Turks can also bombard Russia to shit, so that's a plus.

Russia shall unite all of Africa and invade Europe from Spain. At the same time they will form a united Arabic state that will crush Israel and then invade Turkey. From that point they will secure an alliance with China who will seize India, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Then they shall rally all South and Central American nations against the U.S. leading to massive battles at the Rio Grande. And while all this happens, Russia will be bogged down in Poland and the Baltic, figuring out how to hurrah mass Soviet charge.

Russia stronk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on August 30, 2014, 10:25:55 pm
NATO together is enough to force Russia down.
Yes, but it will be very hard to get all members to the same decision. Especially to force Russia down, or even to real answer for their actions, because someone has dependency from their gas, someone still needs to sell Mistral ships, someone just do not want to anger them. So there will be enough one country to say no for doing something, like deploy bases in Eastern Europe states, or start Ukraine-NATO partnership and it can never happen.
The average soldier from an EU nation is better trained than a Russian one. Same with the Americans.
But he and NATO forces in general  more limited in actions by international law, treaties, agreements etc., and can't afford things like Russia do - illegal supplies of weapon, send forces without insignia to other country, bombard it etc. and then say "it wasn't us" etc.
Things changed since 1999, and Ukraine aren't Yugoslavia.

Turks has much more closer and serious issues with Syria and IDIL to care about.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 30, 2014, 10:30:19 pm
If a NATO nation is threatened or feels threatened by an outside force, NATO as a whole is diplomatically and legally required to assist that nation. That's the charter.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 30, 2014, 10:35:40 pm
No. The charter specifically refers to an 'attack', not threats.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on August 30, 2014, 10:36:57 pm
Really? I thought preemptive strikes were covered if a member felt it was going to be assaulted.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on August 30, 2014, 11:03:56 pm
Article 5;

"The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, [...] , will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area."

Article 6 then species what is considered an attack;
"For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack:
- on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France, on the territory of or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer;
- on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer."


For the full thing: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on August 30, 2014, 11:29:06 pm
NATO together is enough to force Russia down. The average soldier from an EU nation is better trained than a Russian one. Same with the Americans.

Turks can also bombard Russia to shit, so that's a plus.

Russia shall unite all of Africa and invade Europe from Spain. At the same time they will form a united Arabic state that will crush Israel and then invade Turkey. From that point they will secure an alliance with China who will seize India, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Then they shall rally all South and Central American nations against the U.S. leading to massive battles at the Rio Grande. And while all this happens, Russia will be bogged down in Poland and the Baltic, figuring out how to hurrah mass Soviet charge.

Russia stronk

Nice fairy tales.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on August 30, 2014, 11:42:16 pm
NATO together is enough to force Russia down. The average soldier from an EU nation is better trained than a Russian one. Same with the Americans.

Turks can also bombard Russia to shit, so that's a plus.

Russia shall unite all of Africa and invade Europe from Spain. At the same time they will form a united Arabic state that will crush Israel and then invade Turkey. From that point they will secure an alliance with China who will seize India, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Then they shall rally all South and Central American nations against the U.S. leading to massive battles at the Rio Grande. And while all this happens, Russia will be bogged down in Poland and the Baltic, figuring out how to hurrah mass Soviet charge.

Russia stronk

Nice fairy tales.
You mean master plan 2k14
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Landrik on August 31, 2014, 09:13:25 am
Article 5;

"The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, [...] , will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area."

Article 6 then species what is considered an attack;
"For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack:
- on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France, on the territory of or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer;
- on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer."


For the full thing: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty


I see not much has changed since WWI. That's comforting.

EDIT: No need for me to double post. This image from Canada 52 years ago still applies today.

Spoiler
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/14218_937635309596878_1283618278423641797_n.jpg?oh=8bb56036dd51bf804cae144c212c6c00&oe=547EE2C7&__gda__=1417628090_18536700bc252fea963c162986d93387)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 02, 2014, 08:31:06 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgrSb8G57cI

I find this dispatch funny, first it's very negative-Ukrainian then you find out the Russians are the ones who are doing all the damage in that area. The cowardly Rebels need there mother to come and help them. They are the ones with the tanks after all... Those Ukrainian Soldiers there are heroes, i wish them the best of luck with this battle against Russia.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trbimg.com%2Fimg-53138bbc%2Fturbine%2Fla-fg-wn-ukrainian-president-russia-ultimatum-crimea-20140302&hash=732a5346247dc4fe2333cf8236592c04b7809d72)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dekkers on September 02, 2014, 08:41:08 pm
The Luxembourgh army

God knows how you spell that

Will save the day!

I hope they have an army
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 02, 2014, 08:46:56 pm
They do, they just don't have an air-force.

Or a navy, for that matter.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dekkers on September 02, 2014, 09:14:41 pm
Well let's lock the topic and await their invasion of Rusia.

LuxembouRussia I tell you
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 02, 2014, 09:22:52 pm
Well let's lock the topic and await their invasion of Rusia.

LuxembouRussia I tell you

Is posting more than 3 lines of text toxic to you?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 02, 2014, 09:25:20 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgrSb8G57cI

I find this dispatch funny, first it's very negative-Ukrainian then you find out the Russians are the ones who are doing all the damage in that area. The cowardly Rebels need there mother to come and help them. They are the ones with the tanks after all... Those Ukrainian Soldiers there are heroes, i wish them the best of luck with this battle against Russia.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trbimg.com%2Fimg-53138bbc%2Fturbine%2Fla-fg-wn-ukrainian-president-russia-ultimatum-crimea-20140302&hash=732a5346247dc4fe2333cf8236592c04b7809d72)

The intro scene of that disopatch, lol. Why the hell would you stand on a wide open roof with artillery and small arms fire sounding around you? It's like he's asking for an accident.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dekkers on September 02, 2014, 10:31:10 pm
Well let's lock the topic and await their invasion of Rusia.

LuxembouRussia I tell you

Is posting more than 3 lines of text toxic to you?

It's Mr. TerribleServerOwner. Well hello! You went off-topic me boyoh. Pls stop! Don't leave me in tears :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 02, 2014, 10:38:38 pm
Both of you fuck off and take the dick-measuring else-where.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 02, 2014, 10:45:19 pm
Let's just hope Ukraine won't enter the NATO. It'll be war soon, if that happens.
Or it will suddenly end the  'threats'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 02, 2014, 10:47:26 pm
I sincerely doubt war will start BECAUSE of Ukraine joining NATO. If anything it does the opposite.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 02, 2014, 10:49:15 pm
I sincerely doubt war will start BECAUSE of Ukraine joining NATO. If anything it does the opposite.

Russian troops on Ukraine soil.
Ukraine joins the NATO, there are Russian troops on NATO ally soil.

Bound by treaty to eliminate the threat.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dekkers on September 02, 2014, 10:50:43 pm
Both of you fuck off and take the dick-measuring else-where.

No. Watch the attitude.
Sorry for off-topic. They're asking for it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 02, 2014, 10:53:06 pm
I sincerely doubt war will start BECAUSE of Ukraine joining NATO. If anything it does the opposite.

Russian troops on Ukraine soil.
Ukraine joins the NATO, there are Russian troops on NATO ally soil.

Bound by treaty to eliminate the threat.

Only if War is officially declared by one of the two parties, does NATO get involved.

Both of you fuck off and take the dick-measuring else-where.

No. Watch the attitude.
Sorry for off-topic. They're asking for it.

Asking for it isn't a proper reason Dekkers. Come on mate you're more mature than that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 02, 2014, 10:53:45 pm
When i commented on something that said "Fuck Russia."

(https://i.imgur.com/Sv6W6Yr.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 02, 2014, 10:54:37 pm
Spoiler
I sincerely doubt war will start BECAUSE of Ukraine joining NATO. If anything it does the opposite.

Russian troops on Ukraine soil.
Ukraine joins the NATO, there are Russian troops on NATO ally soil.

Bound by treaty to eliminate the threat.

Only if War is officially declared by one of the two parties, does NATO get involved.

Both of you fuck off and take the dick-measuring else-where.

No. Watch the attitude.
Sorry for off-topic. They're asking for it.

Asking for it isn't a proper reason Dekkers. Come on mate you're more mature than that.
[close]

New policy will help him off the thread, I reported him.
Just ignore him. He's here to fuck you over.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 02, 2014, 10:56:26 pm
I'd prefer I slap on the wrist to a full-on warn...

Also you sure that's a Cossack Edward?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 02, 2014, 11:05:25 pm
I sincerely doubt war will start BECAUSE of Ukraine joining NATO. If anything it does the opposite.

Russian troops on Ukraine soil.
Ukraine joins the NATO, there are Russian troops on NATO ally soil.

Bound by treaty to eliminate the threat.


I'm sorry, but I don't think you are aware of the requirements for joining the NATO. Peace, Healthy relations with your neighbors and a stable situation (so no separatist movements) are amongst them. That's why Georgia can't join the NATO.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 02, 2014, 11:06:46 pm
I'd prefer I slap on the wrist to a full-on warn...

Also you sure that's a Cossack Edward?

Yes, i looked at his Google+, that's how he find out i was Indian.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 02, 2014, 11:08:17 pm
I sincerely doubt war will start BECAUSE of Ukraine joining NATO. If anything it does the opposite.

Russian troops on Ukraine soil.
Ukraine joins the NATO, there are Russian troops on NATO ally soil.

Bound by treaty to eliminate the threat.


I'm sorry, but I don't think you are aware of the requirements for joining the NATO. Peace, Healthy relations with your neighbors and a stable situation (so no separatist movements) are amongst them. That's why Georgia can't join the NATO.

I actually wasn't aware, cheers.
But then why has Rasmusson declared to open the path for Ukraine to join?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 02, 2014, 11:09:54 pm
Politics.

By saying you open the path, you merely put out your support. It doesn't change the hard facts.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Krotan on September 05, 2014, 09:01:46 pm
Ear porn. <3

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ca6_1409851337
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 05, 2014, 11:10:27 pm
Ear porn. <3

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ca6_1409851337

They should bring back the Stalin Organs. Talk about eargasm.

http://youtu.be/gcKhS7ly8ig
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on September 05, 2014, 11:18:03 pm
Don't worry guys, the black army is coming back with the ghost of Makhno at its head.  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcsYtHggelg
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 06, 2014, 12:11:31 am
It got defeated by the Reds, so I hope not.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on September 06, 2014, 06:12:24 am
In regards to NATO (Georgia and Ukraine); NATO released a rather powerfully worded statement at the Bucharest summit in April 2008 prior to the war in Georgia/South ossetia which was in August of the same year:

NATO welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations for membership in NATO.  We agreed today that these countries will become members of NATO.  Both nations have made valuable contributions to Alliance operations.  We welcome the democratic reforms in Ukraine and Georgia and look forward to free and fair parliamentary elections in Georgia in May.  MAP is the next step for Ukraine and Georgia on their direct way to membership.  Today we make clear that we support these countries’ applications for MAP.  Therefore we will now begin a period of intensive engagement with both at a high political level to address the questions still outstanding pertaining to their MAP applications.  We have asked Foreign Ministers to make a first assessment of progress at their December 2008 meeting.  Foreign Ministers have the authority to decide on the MAP applications of Ukraine and Georgia.
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_8443.htm

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on September 07, 2014, 12:08:33 am
At the beginning. "All your weapunz r belong 2 uz"
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r_Nf2VK5_4[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 07, 2014, 12:12:19 am
At the beginning. "All your weapunz r belong 2 uz"
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r_Nf2VK5_4[/youtube]

Why does everyone watch Vice News these days?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ Anyone? :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on September 07, 2014, 12:16:35 am
Don't worry I read BBC news

#BBCNews4Lyfe
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 07, 2014, 12:28:10 am
Don't worry I read BBC news

#BBCNews4Lyfe

Aww that's reassuring! +1

#BBCTrending
#News
#live
#Ukraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 07, 2014, 12:29:25 am
Meh, France 24
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 07, 2014, 01:00:37 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r_Nf2VK5_4
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on September 07, 2014, 01:14:22 am
Beat yah to it  ;)
Spoiler
At the beginning. "All your weapunz r belong 2 uz"
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r_Nf2VK5_4[/youtube]
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on September 07, 2014, 08:51:51 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKnFSzMefIY&list=UUZaT_X_mc0BI-djXOlfhqWQ[/youtube]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on September 07, 2014, 08:55:13 pm
I find it silly how people wanting to defend their country nowdays are immediately labled members of the German Workers party.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 07, 2014, 09:02:19 pm
I find it silly how people wanting to defend their country nowdays are immediately labled members of the German Workers party.
We should all suppport the globalisation of our socities in order to overthrow the bourgeuois governments that are oppressing the honest worker. Anyone who claims the opposite is a Nazi. (Typical Socialist defense)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 07, 2014, 09:09:05 pm
Mmhm. Yeah. Glory to North Cyprus.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 07, 2014, 09:30:52 pm
Mmhm. Yeah. Glory to...Luxembourgh.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 07, 2014, 09:31:42 pm
Mmhm. Yeah. Glory to North Cyprus.
Clever joke there Invs. What does this have to do with Ukraine? Or is this just another jab at me?
Spoiler
of it's the latter but who cares :)
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 07, 2014, 09:50:39 pm
These Ukrainian soldiers need some serious morale boost to fight.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on September 07, 2014, 09:53:43 pm
Sounds like they need some freedom.  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 07, 2014, 09:55:16 pm
These Ukrainian soldiers need some serious morale boost to fight.

They should have swarthy Mongolian maids hand out popsicles to each soldier + napkins. Yeah, that'd do it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 07, 2014, 10:03:05 pm
Another jab? I don't remember jabbing before.

I just wanted to see the reaction
So you are provoking huh?. Reported aahahahhahahahaha :P :P

Sounds like they need some freedom.  ;)
*coughs* USA, anyone?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on September 07, 2014, 10:23:07 pm
Heres a map of the war in Ukraine

http://liveuamap.com/?ll=49.10643038024895;36.751210937499984&zoom=6
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on September 07, 2014, 10:35:20 pm
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/09/07/vladimir-putin-is-all-of-the-bad-guys-in-the-bible-pretty-much-says-ukrainian-patriarch/ (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/09/07/vladimir-putin-is-all-of-the-bad-guys-in-the-bible-pretty-much-says-ukrainian-patriarch/)

 :o

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Locust on September 07, 2014, 11:58:29 pm
War with Russia imminent.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 08, 2014, 12:11:30 am
War with Russia imminent.
Why cant I hashtag!!!!!!! Feckin' keyboard :)

HashtagConfirmed
HashtagLol
HashtagYoloSweg
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 08, 2014, 03:54:32 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yn9HX68iSA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Madbull on September 08, 2014, 05:56:15 am
War with Russia imminent.

That's great I didn't plan to go to college in a few months anyway, now I'll get to kill sum commies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 08, 2014, 09:44:25 pm
Another jab? I don't remember jabbing before.

I just wanted to see the reaction
So you are provoking huh?. Reported aahahahhahahahaha :P :P
*coughs* USA, anyone?
[/quote]

...So who reported us?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 08, 2014, 09:45:32 pm
Another jab? I don't remember jabbing before.

I just wanted to see the reaction
So you are provoking huh?. Reported aahahahhahahahaha :P :P
*coughs* USA, anyone?

...So who reported us?
[/quote]

That matters for exactly what reason?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 08, 2014, 09:47:45 pm
Just curious, I don't think KL4's the kind of guy who'd take something like that seriously. So I'd imagine it was an outside factor.

But I'm off topic.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 08, 2014, 10:16:31 pm
Riddlez reported you, Riddlez reported you! Snitches get stitches!

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fus.123rf.com%2F400wm%2F400%2F400%2Fdundanim%2Fdundanim0809%2Fdundanim080900003%2F3558927-angry-man-screaming-in-extreme-rage.jpg&hash=8c250dfd5536d5af856d479be9a42ecf71c772a4)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 08, 2014, 10:58:48 pm
Riddlez reported you, Riddlez reported you! Snitches get stitches!

And if I did?
You g0n be bieban me?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 08, 2014, 11:01:46 pm
I don't understand why you would. Stop acting like a mod maybe m8.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 08, 2014, 11:05:48 pm
I don't understand why you would. Stop acting like a mod maybe m8.

So suddenly reporting posts is behaving like a moderator.
Also, I didn't report the post, just to easy your mind.
Or not, for you still don't know who it was.


Back on topic:
BBC made a stunning documentray about who could have shot down MH17, According to the whopping number of TWO eye witnesses, a BUK installation was spotted some klicks from the crashsite, with Russian Soldiers (Moscow accents, Russian Camo and Russian accents).
According to the producer, this is proof Russia shot down MH17, which is isn't, because he hilariously contradicted himself by stating that the same eye-witnesses had seen Ukrainian BUK installations as well.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 08, 2014, 11:52:26 pm
Just curious, I don't think KL4's the kind of guy who'd take something like that seriously. So I'd imagine it was an outside factor.

What happened?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 08, 2014, 11:54:13 pm
Me and you haz the rolex.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on September 08, 2014, 11:54:20 pm
I don't understand why you would. Stop acting like a mod maybe m8.
You do realize Vincenzo regularly browses the thread and does administrate the forums when he see's wrong doing...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 09, 2014, 12:00:53 am
I don't understand why you would. Stop acting like a mod maybe m8.
You do realize Vincenzo regularly browses the thread and does administrate the forums when he see's wrong doing...

Of course I do. I was just responding to Riddlez and his hint that he was the one who reported them. Anyway, I don't think those two would've gotten warned for that discussion unless it was specifically brought to a moderator's attention through the report function. Wasn't really that bad or anything.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 09, 2014, 12:04:14 am
Me and you haz the rolex.
Lol it's not the first time. I actually read the last few pages, and, well, if you think that I reported you then it's just not logical. Why would someone with 60 points already snitch someone else out? Probably a moderator, or some other random dude - between me posting and seeing the warning points added to my account I can barely manage to refresh the page. Then, ofc, I am already on the list for quite a while.. :'(

Nice use of the z to replace the s in has, maybe me being a bad bad boy has finally rubbed off on others :P ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 09, 2014, 12:12:27 am
I know it wasn't you but I don't understand how my posting of North Cyprus counted as an insult towards you. Thats like saying The South Will Rise Again is an insult to a Northern American.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on September 09, 2014, 12:13:46 am
The South Will Rise Again.
ClearlyInvis beginning his war of independance.  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 09, 2014, 12:14:38 am
I know it wasn't you but I don't understand how my posting of North Cyprus counted as an insult towards you. Thats like saying The South Will Rise Again is an insult to a Northern American.
As always, I was exaggerating, to the point of trolling. I'm not even Cypriot, or ever been there, it's just a kewl picture I found online at 3:40 in the morning.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 09, 2014, 12:15:55 am
The South Will Rise Again.
ClearlyInvis beginning his war of independance.  ;)

If only I didn't hate the CSA with a burning passion. All my southern friends hate me for that.

I know it wasn't you but I don't understand how my posting of North Cyprus counted as an insult towards you. Thats like saying The South Will Rise Again is an insult to a Northern American.
As always, I was exaggerating, to the point of trolling. I'm not even Cypriot, or ever been there, it's just a kewl picture I found online at 3:40 in the morning.

That's my point, I know you're not the kind of guy to take something that's obviously a joke seriously. Reason I said it wasn't you.

I'm thinking about this too much.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bruin on September 09, 2014, 12:55:20 am
Is this done yet? I would like Russia to focus on the Islamic State. That would be great.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 09, 2014, 12:58:48 am
Please, Russia loves ISIS fucking up the Middle East. Makes their oil more valuable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on September 09, 2014, 01:20:47 am
Lol ISIS said they would destroy Russia, so yea I think the entire world will focus on ISIS now.  Glad there is this ceasefire and the separatists released the Ukranian prisoners, one step forward
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 09, 2014, 02:28:26 am
Lol ISIS said they would destroy Russia, so yea I think the entire world will focus on ISIS now.  Glad there is this ceasefire and the separatists released the Ukranian prisoners, one step forward
Lol, a flight from LHR to Greece (Athens) with a stop in Kiev costs about £200 less per passenger (even though the distance flown is far greater) than one that stops in Zurich for the first leg. My parents are flying back to Greece for some urgent business, and it seemed pretty reasonable to them. Both the flights are British Airways. Wonder why that is - could it be the invisible hand of supply and demand manipulating prices again? :P nerd jok3z fml
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Locust on September 09, 2014, 04:41:57 am
Lol ISIS said they would destroy Russia, so yea I think the entire world will focus on ISIS now.  Glad there is this ceasefire and the separatists released the Ukranian prisoners, one step forward
Ceasefire is over already.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 09, 2014, 05:14:53 am
Lol ISIS said they would destroy Russia, so yea I think the entire world will focus on ISIS now.  Glad there is this ceasefire and the separatists released the Ukranian prisoners, one step forward
Ceasefire is over already.

And rebels are invading again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on September 09, 2014, 05:58:04 am
Weird.. cause they are postponing future sanctions on Russia from what it seems  :o still I doubt it will escalate further
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 09, 2014, 07:50:22 am
Weird.. cause they are postponing future sanctions on Russia from what it seems  :o still I doubt it will escalate further

This fucker will escalate up the sky if they ever found out who shot down MH17, be it either Russia or someone else.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bruin on September 09, 2014, 03:44:04 pm
I just don't like seeing fellow countrymen dying. I would like us to fight a common enemy except Ukraine and Russia i guess are still playing tickle dick.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on September 09, 2014, 10:04:40 pm
Lol ISIS said they would destroy Russia, so yea I think the entire world will focus on ISIS now.  Glad there is this ceasefire and the separatists released the Ukranian prisoners, one step forward
Ceasefire is over already.
No, it isn't canceled yet, although it was violated several times already.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 10, 2014, 04:24:43 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fshare.gifyoutube.com%2FamVmB9.gif&hash=7981841457b6c0280ec1299a554eeaf65a93e7ac)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 10, 2014, 09:29:09 am
Dat dramatic zoom-in.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on September 10, 2014, 01:22:49 pm
Putin is of stronk

Muscuvite Tsardom 2.0 pls
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 11, 2014, 03:41:06 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw_i74BFJ_U
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bruin on September 11, 2014, 03:18:36 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw_i74BFJ_U
Nice ViceLiberal News Video
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on September 11, 2014, 03:33:22 pm
The Ukranian president said Russian troops are withdrawing from Ukraine, looks like it's winding down.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on September 11, 2014, 03:51:34 pm
Really? I don't see why putin would just stop...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Locust on September 11, 2014, 04:32:14 pm
The Ukranian president said Russian troops are withdrawing from Ukraine, looks like it's winding down.
Because the Ukrainians never lie...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 12, 2014, 12:30:53 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1K6bn6f6kc

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.rt.com%2Ffiles%2Fnews%2F25%2F48%2F00%2F00%2Fukraine-15.si.jpg&hash=bfbae4ad55599fd9124946c9b1a365b48755ddf3)

But wait there's more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ_AaD9lY58
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 12, 2014, 12:48:38 am
Anyone else watch Obama's speech on ISIS last night?

Wrong thread!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 14, 2014, 09:36:23 pm
Looks like America doesn't care about Ukraine anymore.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on September 14, 2014, 11:04:36 pm
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 15, 2014, 05:22:00 am
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..

And thing you know-ISIS and Russia are allies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 15, 2014, 06:34:27 am
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..

And thing you know-ISIS and Russia are allies.

What.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 15, 2014, 08:49:15 am
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..

And thing you know-ISIS and Russia are allies.

Don't state opinions as facts.
Just the fact the Russia is protective of the Middle-East doesn't mean ISIS and Russia are allies.

Do you even logic?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 15, 2014, 01:18:02 pm
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..

And thing you know-ISIS and Russia are allies.

Don't state opinions as facts.
Just the fact the Russia is protective of the Middle-East doesn't mean ISIS and Russia are allies.

Do you even logic?
Just a humorous guess, don't take it to seriously.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 15, 2014, 03:13:47 pm
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..

And thing you know-ISIS and Russia are allies.

Don't state opinions as facts.
Just the fact the Russia is protective of the Middle-East doesn't mean ISIS and Russia are allies.

Do you even logic?
Just a humorous guess, don't take it to seriously.

Oh...
*laugh
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 15, 2014, 10:25:15 pm
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..

And thing you know-ISIS and Russia are allies.

Don't state opinions as facts.
Just the fact the Russia is protective of the Middle-East doesn't mean ISIS and Russia are allies.

Do you even logic?
Just a humorous guess, don't take it to seriously.

Oh...
*laugh
Hur Hur Hur.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on September 15, 2014, 11:51:19 pm
Wondering how successful the Seps will be at taking the airfield seeing as that Ukraine is too busy displaying all the useful stuff in Kiev.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 16, 2014, 11:27:26 am
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..

And thing you know-ISIS and Russia are allies.

Don't state opinions as facts.
Just the fact the Russia is protective of the Middle-East doesn't mean ISIS and Russia are allies.

Do you even logic?

You weren't supposed to take him seriously when he posted vice news.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 16, 2014, 02:08:03 pm
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..

And thing you know-ISIS and Russia are allies.

Don't state opinions as facts.
Just the fact the Russia is protective of the Middle-East doesn't mean ISIS and Russia are allies.

Do you even logic?

You weren't supposed to take him seriously when he posted vice news.


OOOOH, I knew I'd forgotten something =D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 16, 2014, 05:53:19 pm
ISIS has the attention, while Putin is increasing relations with China and preparing counter sanctions..

And thing you know-ISIS and Russia are allies.

Don't state opinions as facts.
Just the fact the Russia is protective of the Middle-East doesn't mean ISIS and Russia are allies.

Do you even logic?

You weren't supposed to take him seriously when he posted vice news.

Durr fuk vice news librul bias durr. Nah. Anyone with half a brain can watch something with any level of bias and still set aside the facts from the bs. Simply refusing to utilize an information resource because a lot of their reporting has a left oriented bias is ridiculous and only limits your own viewpoint, considering VICE has the best coverage of multiple events currently happening in the world.

And yes, some of the articles published by VICE are absolutely retarded. During the Ferguson debacle one or two of their journalists went full retard and almost made me throw them aside them forever. Then I realized that Simon is still wankin' away over in Ukraine and he's doing a fine job. Treat them as hit or miss - their international stuff is largely the best around, but their domestic reporting is cringeworthy tumblr tier shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on September 16, 2014, 06:24:31 pm
I believe Vice News is different from Vice. Vice has some fun and cute, edgy stuff on there, but really its hipsters touring the world. However, if you look at VICE news video series its pretty top notch journalism. Their report on the IS was amazing (from a journalistic standpoint). Vice records some good footage, but their analysis and commentary is shit. They'll 'hunt' protestors with Ukrainian fascists and call it 'Russian Roulette'. They'll train for urban warfare with zionists and call it 'war games'. Etc.

All news has a bias, if you understand the bias, you can tease out what is going on. Never rely on a single source and think critically and you dont have to have rustled jimmies at the folly of a single outlet.

I watch Democracy Now for analysis, watch Vice News to develop a mental picture of the situation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bruin on September 16, 2014, 06:30:49 pm
Vice is too left.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on September 16, 2014, 06:35:35 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcEEiDYQue8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 20, 2014, 01:01:56 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flistsnshit.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F01%2Fleninapplememe.jpg&hash=2c04e4a6a8454fb06e25302e2e69ba1f36293959)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on September 20, 2014, 03:24:34 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flistsnshit.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F01%2Fleninapplememe.jpg&hash=2c04e4a6a8454fb06e25302e2e69ba1f36293959)
Yes

+1 purge
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on September 20, 2014, 06:45:16 am
They're like newfies but all have black eye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APnPH9u8-zs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 20, 2014, 10:56:08 am
Let's get back to posting relevant stuff.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 20, 2014, 01:16:33 pm
Let's get back to posting relevant stuff.
This must be the hardest part of your job.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on September 20, 2014, 01:44:26 pm
Why you so nazi. Mai freedumbs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dekkers on September 20, 2014, 01:50:46 pm
So how's the situation in Ukraine atm?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on September 20, 2014, 02:06:08 pm
Its still a clusterfuck, there are National Socialists on either side of this conflict.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 20, 2014, 02:46:37 pm
Its still a clusterfuck, there are National Socialists on either side of this conflict.

Thank you for this extremely useful and refreshing summary of the latest event in Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 20, 2014, 03:45:37 pm
Contradiction.

Sports Ukrainian flag in support of the pro maidan protests. Due to misguided beliefs of freedom and independence.

Doesn't support the ultimate freedom of the FSE people to do as they like with their threads.



I know you love looking at my picture when I make these beautiful posts.



Its still a clusterfuck, there are National Socialists on either side of this conflict.
LOL. Please link to National Socialists that are Pro Russian.
I didn't even know that was possible.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 20, 2014, 03:56:21 pm
Contradiction.

Sports Ukrainian flag in support of the pro maidan protests. Due to misguided beliefs of freedom and independence.

Doesn't support the ultimate freedom of the FSE people to do as they like with their threads.

#SurpressTheMasses
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on September 20, 2014, 04:53:37 pm
Putin and the Pro Russians have been rightfully talking about the Fascist presense in the new Ukrainian government, but it is a very hypocritical position, as Putin gladly resorts to Russian ethno-nationalism to strenghten his own rule.

From what I've seen, Ultra-nationalist and down right neo-nazi rhetoric are also very present in the pro-Russian side.

Meanwhile, Putin's authoritarian (but capitalist) government is trying to maintain, if not increase its sphere of influence and to do so, they are using anti-fascist rhetoric in a PR stunt.

Anti-Fascism used by the state as a PR tool is really a legacy from the USSR, and it is something that doesn't really mean anything anymore in the mainstream political circles there.

Fascism is not just a slur on right-wing endeavors, but the historical conditions in which fascism rose in the 20th century are once again converging. - and what makes the threat imminent is that it is a world phenomenon, not limited to just one regime or nation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 20, 2014, 05:01:35 pm
Which fascist presence exactly are we talking about? Svoboda, while having a shady past and undoubtedly a right-wing party, is still in favor of democracy and in no way wants a totalitarian state, which is pretty much a requirement of fascism. Maybe they once did, but no longer. Besides, they have been in the parliament for many years and it's ludicrous to suggest that without the Maidan-revolution they wouldn't hold the same position they hold now.  I agree with about 0% of their program, but apparently 10.44% of the Ukrainians shared their ideas.

What brought forward the new Ukrainian government was not the rise of right-wing parties within the parliament, but the fall of the Party of Regions as many of its parliamentary members resigned their membership and went independent. Even Svoboda lost two seats.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on September 20, 2014, 05:26:24 pm
It is not Russias/Putins job to take out fascists in the Ukrainian government!
What kind of bullshit statement is that? Putin has no right whatsoever to change the Ukrainian government. If the people in Ukraine support fascism, it is their choice. They are free to do so. It is none of Putins concerns.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 20, 2014, 05:28:50 pm
I'd agree with you Olaf, but I'm in the "Only good Nazi is a dead one" boat.

On another note, anyone see the video of the Ukrainian minister of the Exterior getting thrown into a trashcan in Kiev?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 20, 2014, 05:34:06 pm
Olafson, Putin keeps implying that the current Ukrainian government got into power illegally and/or with a coup so that it doesn't represent its people. You won't find any Russian media saying how Svoboda actually got voted into the parliament.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 20, 2014, 10:01:41 pm
I am just at a point of entirely skipping Augy's posts.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 20, 2014, 10:43:00 pm
I am just at a point of entirely skipping Augy's posts.

Done that a while ago. They're all the same anyway.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on September 20, 2014, 11:42:53 pm
Olafson, Putin keeps implying that the current Ukrainian government got into power illegally and/or with a coup so that it doesn't represent its people. You won't find any Russian media saying how Svoboda actually got voted into the parliament.


Even then its none of his concern. The Ukrainian people can sort that out them self.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 21, 2014, 12:19:04 am
Putin's logic: They did bad shit, so we can do bad shit without our shit being bad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on September 21, 2014, 12:20:01 am
Putin's logic: They did bad shit, so we can do bad shit without our shit being bad.
swarring

warning pls
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 21, 2014, 03:05:45 am
The fact that Svoboda got voted into the government is the actual problem. It means that people actually support their bullshit.



Svoboda’s Party Platform includes some of the following points:

Ukraine should again re-acquire tactical nuclear weaponry.

Ban on abortion, except in cases of medical necessity, or rape; and imprisonment from three to seven years for those who violate this ban.

Only those born in Ukraine can become Ukrainian citizens, with the exceptions for those who have lived in Ukraine for more than 15 years, know the Ukrainian language, culture and Ukrainian Constitution.

Criminal prosecution for “Ukrainophobia”.

Dismissal of such people as well as members of the former Communist Party of the Soviet Union from state leadership positions, replace them with graduates of the Ukrainian universities.


The neo-nazis in Russia have between 50 000 and 70 000 members. They also don't have a serious ultra neo nazi party getting votes and those parties have been dying out since the initial conceptions which had been fueled by discontent after the fall of the USSR and the mass unemployment it caused. All fascist regimes have been born in the lowest times of a country. Hence it's presence in Ukraine.

A rhetoric is "a PR stunt"
You have to bring forward specific fascist rhetoric's  so we can discuss them.
Like this one. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fb1_1402843212

It's not a rational belief to think that Russia's "Nazi" rhetoric's are on par with National Socialist governments and parties who sport Nazi symbols and idolize it's old leaders, while trying to get elected.

Russian government is an Oligarchy trying to appease to everyone. So they say contradicting things and attempt to appeal to the left and the right. Just because you share beliefs and ideas from National Socialists doesn't mean you're a National Socialist. Much like the Third Reich was capitalist. Doesn't mean all capitalist nations are Fascist because they share some ideals with other nations.

They still have Lenin in his mausoleum. They still have red square. They still don't deny their past.


Russia needs a buffer Zone. Not having Ukraine is not having its buffer zone. They have a demographic problem and they seek to get Slavs into Russia to help solve the issue.

Ukraine is like small Russia, it only became a country because Russia made it a USSR Republic.

http://youtu.be/l53bmKYXliA

As you can see the creation of Ukraine is much like the creation of a pigeon shit stain on your car.

It's not a previous fragmented kingdom. It's a region that was ruled by the Kievan Rus and then it was ruled by many different countries until after the mongol invasion created the golden horde which lost some territory to Poland and the Muscovite (the successor state of the Kievan Rus people) took back some land. Became the Tsardom of Russia took some more land back. Became the Russian Empire. Took all the land back. Ukraine had civil wars and was dominated by Austria and Poland, which made it never really sovereign. It mostly fell back into Russia and then USSR made it a republic.


Hence Russia will do everything it can to stay a relevant country and will say what ever and find what ever reason to get back some its territory and one of their claims.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on September 21, 2014, 09:23:04 am
They still have Lenin in his mausoleum. They still have red square. They still don't deny their past.

Just so that you know it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Square#Origin_and_name)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on September 21, 2014, 09:30:39 am
"We used to own this territory x amount of years ago it's ours by birthright so we take it k?"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 21, 2014, 10:45:38 am
Makes more sense then Israels claim of land but that's cool, Ukraine I challenge you to find a way to not be dependent on anyone and I hope that this new someone isn't going to make you commit economic suicide.


It seemed that it would solve a few problems if the region was split into poland, Hungary, Romania and Russia.

Every ethnicity is afforded its state. Good thing for "Ukranians" they are East slavic which are modern day descedents of Kievan Rus = Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine. Now play ball like Belorussia or get your terrirority decapitated into Russia and face bankruptcy because Ukranian moneyz is in the East where the russophones are at.

Everyone knows Putin is stronk and advanced oligarchy like real stronk powers such as U.S just less subtle because Rossia has no time for such B.S.



Ukraines Economy is well... dependent on it's major companies among it's leading companies in that field are Metinvest (Eastern Unkraine), Kryvorizhstal (Eastern Ukraine), AzovStal(Eastern Ukraine), Ilyich Steel & Iron Works (Eastern Ukraine), and others.


Metinvest: It controls 50% of the iron ore market, 46% of the baking coal market and 40% of the metal products market.
Its also in Donetsk aka the shitstorm area/Rebel Fortress. Also the owner is Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov a supporter of the party of regions which is the party of ousted president Viktor Yanukovych.

DTEK: An energy holding company headquartered in Donetsk, Ukraine. It is the largest private vertically integrated energy holding in Ukraine. The company is owned by SCM Holdings. A major Ukrainian financial and industrial holding company with headquarters based in Donetsk in the east of the country. (Yes the same owner as Metinvest Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov)

TNK-BP Kommers: Owned by Rosneft which the Russian government has the majority shares in.

Alchevsk Steel & Iron Works (Eastern Ukraine)

Donetskstal Metallurgy. (Eastern Ukraine)

Industrial Union of Donbas (Eastern Ukraine)

ZAZ Automobile: Buids it's cars in Eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine imports 90% of its oil and most of its natural gas. Russia ranks as Ukraine's principal supplier of oil, and Russian firms now own and/or operate the majority of Ukraine's refining capacity. Natural gas imports come from Russia



Apart from:

Kyivstar: Mobile Phone Company. 

EnergoRynok: The state owned electricity company.

Naftohaz or Naftogaz and Gaz of Ukraine (subsidiary of Naftogaz Ukrainy): Gazprom and Naftohaz signed a long-term cooperation deal in which it was decided that Ukraine will receive Russian natural gas directly from
Gazprom and Naftohaz will be the sole importer of Russian natural gas.

The Major companies are in Eastern Ukraine or dependent on Russia.



Sounds like Ukraine wants economic suicide?
Good thing the U.S is throwing money at them so they can stay afloat.

Interestingly enough though Mr Rohrabacher isnt convinced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TpZa4OMFVk

By the way for those who don't know who Victoria Nuland is: http://youtu.be/2QxZ8t3V_bk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 21, 2014, 10:58:51 am
Russia acknowledged Ukraine's souvereignity years ago. You can't suddenly claim that regions are actually yours after you signed a treaty saying they were Ukraine's.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on September 21, 2014, 11:03:03 am
I claim every region that was german in 1400 to be german now:
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fa%2Fa0%2FHRR_1400.png&hash=d6ae75dd79d9e04b6280093bffcc120949ab9916)
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bramif on September 21, 2014, 12:43:16 pm
I claim every region that was german in 1400 to be german now:
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fa%2Fa0%2FHRR_1400.png&hash=d6ae75dd79d9e04b6280093bffcc120949ab9916)
[close]
Fuck it, I claim the Mongol Empire!  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 21, 2014, 01:45:31 pm
The basis for the extension of the Russian Federation is based off the people that live there and the region being a native slav region. It's not like if Britain for example wanted to reclaim the U.S. Russia also claims to be the proper successor state of the Kievan Rus kingdom.

These things are arguable and not fun to many people but maybe Ukraine is going to hurt itself more in the end by not accepting the rule of the Russian Oligarchy. For the reasons I have previously mentioned.

Another question is; What does the West gain from defending a puppet turning on it's master.

Can we give the russophone regions to russia or give them independence? It seems obvious that Ukraine wants to detach itself from their master but they also want to keep their money making russophone regions. I'm not sure they thought about it when they had all that pro maidan stuff going.

Another thing of interest. Why could they not wait for a new election and have a protest on the basis of unfair/rigged elections if the majority felt it had been the case. Or in the best of it's scenario elect a new person that would represent them better?

This doesn't help the current Ukranian governments cause as it strenghtens the Russian rhetoric that the protests were a coup along wth the other wild accusations they may throw at Ukraine.

Russia seems a lot more prepared while a few to many things seem to have been miss-calculated by the Ukrainian government.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on September 21, 2014, 02:03:03 pm
The Russians gave up any claim to land when they decided to rebel against their Tsar.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 21, 2014, 07:06:23 pm
The Russians gave up any claim to land when they decided to rebel against their Tsar.

Most of the lands they occupied were from before the Tsardom. It's an ethnic claim. It has nothing to do with the government.


Your argument is invalid. They have a Tsar. His name is Putin.
(https://lapalmyredunord.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/czar-putin.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on September 21, 2014, 07:14:32 pm
The Russians gave up any claim to land when they decided to rebel against their Tsar.

Most of the lands they occupied were from before the Tsardom. It's an ethnic claim. It has nothing to do with the government.


Your argument is invalid. They have a Tsar. His name is Putin.
(https://lapalmyredunord.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/czar-putin.jpg)

It's Emperor, please.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31585198/DONT_MOVE/d55fda3c0c1fda57925a2d230eb.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 21, 2014, 07:27:24 pm
Those pictures, are very interesting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 21, 2014, 08:06:38 pm
Breaking news the U.S is exporting AIDS in the region.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.guim.co.uk%2Fsys-images%2FGuardian%2FPix%2Fpictures%2F2013%2F11%2F13%2F1384370327694%2Fus-military-aid-effort-ta-008.jpg&hash=6c5fd13ccf868c183f4b231a27e4e48068e8e801)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 21, 2014, 09:22:34 pm
Spoiler
The Russians gave up any claim to land when they decided to rebel against their Tsar.

Most of the lands they occupied were from before the Tsardom. It's an ethnic claim. It has nothing to do with the government.


Your argument is invalid. They have a Tsar. His name is Putin.
(https://lapalmyredunord.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/czar-putin.jpg)

It's Emperor, please.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31585198/DONT_MOVE/d55fda3c0c1fda57925a2d230eb.jpg)
[close]

Why does he keep having a his pr0 paedoface in all the portraits of him?

Breaking news the U.S is exporting AIDS in the region.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.guim.co.uk%2Fsys-images%2FGuardian%2FPix%2Fpictures%2F2013%2F11%2F13%2F1384370327694%2Fus-military-aid-effort-ta-008.jpg&hash=6c5fd13ccf868c183f4b231a27e4e48068e8e801)

Lol. Just lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: The Nutty Pig on September 22, 2014, 04:20:10 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjC6UhAM16Y
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 22, 2014, 08:35:03 pm
Nigel is entertaining but seems to be building up a dossier for UK elections. Also the UKIP founder calls him a racist twit and started another fringe party.
Also Nigel doesn't really like Romanians but I do enjoy his parades within the EU.

Irony is that hes the most Right Wing republican-esque person to come out of the UK. Many Americans would love him.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 23, 2014, 12:28:48 pm
I believe that we should respect the right of people to self-determination. If western Ukrainians want to be ruled by their "chocolate king" and his Svoboda and Right Sector lackeys, so be it. If the mostly Russian-speaking inhabitants of Donbass want their independance, this is their right too. If the right of people to self-determination had been respected from the very beginning, Ukraine could have remained a united country. Unfortunately, national hatred and stupidity led to this kind of situation (including of course Yanukovych's own stupidity).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 23, 2014, 01:42:26 pm
I believe that we should respect the right of people to self-determination. If western Ukrainians want to be ruled by their "chocolate king" and his Svoboda and Right Sector lackeys, so be it. If the mostly Russian-speaking inhabitants of Donbass want their independance, this is their right too. If the right of people to self-determination had been respected from the very beginning, Ukraine could have remained a united country. Unfortunately, national hatred and stupidity led to this kind of situation (including of course Yanukovych's own stupidity).

And start off with actually argumenting your viewpoints, perhaps?
You're on to a good start anyways...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 23, 2014, 02:37:48 pm
I believe that we should respect the right of people to self-determination. If western Ukrainians want to be ruled by their "chocolate king" and his Svoboda and Right Sector lackeys, so be it. If the mostly Russian-speaking inhabitants of Donbass want their independance, this is their right too. If the right of people to self-determination had been respected from the very beginning, Ukraine could have remained a united country. Unfortunately, national hatred and stupidity led to this kind of situation (including of course Yanukovych's own stupidity).

Everyone knows that and some of this information is irrelevant to the problem. The debate is centered around "who to believe" because the government in Ukraine does everything to kill all legitimacy about Donetsk and the East pro Russian sentiments. Saying that the people there are a minority and sub human.


But no even your hippie, peaceful and considerate opinion is denied by the U.S and the Ukrainian government.


#1 Ukraine's constitution doesn't allow separation and any territorial change without a vote to which the WHOLE of Ukraine takes part in.
(In Quebec, there is separatist parties and everyone recognizes them. Only the people of that province vote on the separation.)
(Almost everyone in the world supports the idea of a kurdish state and how it's unfair their self determination is denied.)

So the U.S and Ukraine enforce an unfair constitution on the basis that it's not fair and freedom loving to not follow ones own constitution.
Implying that laws and rights are unquestionable, 100% legit and everyone should adhere to them.


There is no problem about Western Ukraine electing who ever they want as long as they respect UN established human rights. As a start Ukraine should start reporting hate crimes too because according to Alexander Feldman, president of the Association of National and Cultural Unions of Ukraine, "People attacked on racial grounds do not report the incidents to the police and police often fail to classify such attacks as racially motivated and often write them off as domestic offence or hooliganism".

There is no government data collection or regular public reporting expressly on violent hate crimes. The most reliable information is produced by NGO and IGO monitoring. Thus, it is impossible to see the full extent of the problem. Human Rights First and Amnesty International released reports on the dramatic rise of hate-motivated violence in Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bruin on September 23, 2014, 02:58:08 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg1.wikia.nocookie.net%2F__cb20131221125827%2Fmapgame%2Fimages%2Fc%2Fc0%2FMap_of_Lithuania_and_Poland_c._1400.jpg&hash=c4d4526a9ed6ced96d6245c0c1a93a30bf74106d)
Lithuania wants Ukraine back.D:<
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 23, 2014, 04:45:46 pm
It's funny that you consider a fundamental principle such as the right of people to self-determination "hippie", but not the usual western jingle about "human rights", which you are using there too, except it's supposedly directed against pro-western positions. The question of self-determination is certainly much more important since this war didn't start because of a lack of respect for "human rights", but rather because of an infrigement of basic democratic principles.

If my "hippie" right of people to self-determination was respected by the US and western-European governments, they would:
1. Recognize that Crimea is part of Russia.
2. Recognize the right of the Donbass population to hold a referendum like Scotland did a few days ago.
Yet they don't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 23, 2014, 05:21:23 pm
It's funny that you consider a fundamental principle such as the right of people to self-determination "hippie", but not the usual western jingle about "human rights", which you are using there too, except it's supposedly directed against pro-western positions. The question of self-determination is certainly much more important since this war didn't start because of a lack of respect for "human rights", but rather because of an infrigement of basic democratic principles.

If my "hippie" right of people to self-determination was respected by the US and western-European governments, they would:
1. Recognize that Crimea is part of Russia.
2. Recognize the right of the Donbass population to hold a referendum like Scotland did a few days ago.
Yet they don't.

I meant that presenting everything in morally guided manner while conventionally forgetting about the geopolitical implications is hippie.
I never professed that human rights was  more or less hippy then self determination. It's indeed irrelevant... Because what matters isn't what I deem to be more important but rather the blatant double standards enforced by the U.S and Ukraine.

Your beliefs on self determination and if they were respected are irrelevant not because they are incorrect. (note I fully support your point). Both sides argue that they "respect" the right to self determination, other UN crap and so forth.

The U.S and Ukraine claim that the people in Donbass and Crimea don't actually want self determination. They are being pushed around by evil Putin and misguided by evil Russian lies and so THEY are the ones who are truly guided by real moral standards.
This is all bullshit, morality has no place in geopolitics. Who ever is abusing its citizens the least or who ever has the more rational arguments is probably the "good guy" or at-least the guy that should be achieving it's geopolitical objectives.


The Ukrainian constitution doesn't even permit the right to self determination. It says you cant do any territorial change unless the whole country votes on it.


Don't get me wrong I fully agree with your point of view and the Scotland referendum is a perfect example of something that needs to be respected. Hence the only way forth to ensure nations like Kurdistan could ever be born. I'm just saying that this conflict is beyond having morally guided ideals. The only way to gain any ground is to prove that the opposition is an asshole and expose the double standards of all sides.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 23, 2014, 05:26:22 pm
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Lithuania wants Ukraine back.D:<

I love you. Nice post.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 23, 2014, 05:32:18 pm
Another thoughtful contribution to the discussion on the issues at hand.

2XDOUBLEPOSTZ FTW
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 23, 2014, 07:37:22 pm
The right of people to self-determination isn't a question of morale, it's a political principle (or position) and the best way to solve the national question in general. For this very reason we should all support the right to self-determination. Of course both sides can argue that they respect this right, but both don't, and the western side especially doesn't.

The right to self-determination is the right to decide for your own people, and this imply that you can choose separation, autonomy, or something different. The right to self-determination doesn't necessarily mean independance, it means freedom to decide. So as long as you refuse the right of a population to hold a free referendum on its future, with options such as autonomy and independance, or even union, this right isn't respected. A population can't refuse self-determination. They can refuse independance, but they can't refuse self-determination.

Had the eastern Ukrainians been given the freedom to vote at the very beginning of this conflict, the overwhelming majority would have refused secession and probably chosen more autonomy. All opinion polls proved that. Ukraine would have remained united this way. But since the Kievan so-called nationalists refused any kind of compromise, and tried to crush the rebellion with the most violent means, and since they made this crackdown on Russian language, they lost everything. They lost Crimea, and important cities in the East, and above all their national pride. What a pity for a "nationalist"!

Of course imperialist interests in the West, and also in the East, don't care about the right of people to self-determination (except when it's in their interest). But I don't own a coal mine or a pipeline, I'm a simple citizen as probably most people on this forum. So when I defend the right of people to self-determination, it's not a question of morale, it's in my interest, and in the interest of the overwhelming majority of the population of Ukraine.

It's probably not in the interest of the Chocolate King indeed. It's not even in the interest of Russian oligarchs. I understand perfectly why they go at war, but I'm not playing a wargame with them. Also note that in the USSR geopolitics as an academic discipline were forbidden and considered fascist. That's not what you meant of course, but that's probably what the duginists mean when they talk about geopolitics.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on September 23, 2014, 08:38:10 pm
Thats all well and all but their powers of self-determination ends once they have pointed at somebody and say, “lead us".
Until the next election, their opinions no longer matter.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on September 23, 2014, 09:17:20 pm
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjC6UhAM16Y
[close]

nigel could not be more correct
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 23, 2014, 09:32:55 pm
That's rather a problem of democracy. What we usually mean by self-determination is the possibility to determinate as a people or as a nation, i.e. the fact that the internal problems of a people are decided amongst this people and not by foreign powers. The question of who rules inside this country comes after that, it's secondary since democracy would be pointless if your country is ruled by foreign powers. This is true for the Ukrainian eastern regions of course, those guys felt oppressed after Maidan's victory. However we have to recognize that this is also true for the western Galicians, who feel oppressed by Russia. We mustn't forget that, no matter which side we support in this war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 23, 2014, 09:42:40 pm
Thats all well and all but their powers of self-determination ends once they have pointed at somebody and say, “lead us".
Until the next election, their opinions no longer matter.

That idea is as short-sighted as it is untrue. A politician is not chosen to do as his voters please, but to represent them. Democracy is about finding middle ground - you should understand that, being such a big fan of 'workplace' democracy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 24, 2014, 12:16:39 am
It's obvious that if someone don't agree with those who elected him, he can't "represent" them very well. And there is different kinds of democratic systems. You can have "consensus democracy" in which a tiny minority can oppose a veto, but quite often democracy is rather about the victory of 51% of the population against 49%, and how you reach those 51% depends on the country. If you are right-wing and have a strong far right in your country, your will probably lean to the right. That's not consensus democracy, quite the contrary actually.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 24, 2014, 05:39:25 am
The right of people to self-determination isn't a question of morale, it's a political principle (or position) and the best way to solve the national question in general. For this very reason we should all support the right to self-determination. Of course both sides can argue that they respect this right, but both don't, and the western side especially doesn't.

The right to self-determination is the right to decide for your own people, and this imply that you can choose separation, autonomy, or something different. The right to self-determination doesn't necessarily mean independance, it means freedom to decide. So as long as you refuse the right of a population to hold a free referendum on its future, with options such as autonomy and independance, or even union, this right isn't respected. A population can't refuse self-determination. They can refuse independance, but they can't refuse self-determination.

Had the eastern Ukrainians been given the freedom to vote at the very beginning of this conflict, the overwhelming majority would have refused secession and probably chosen more autonomy. All opinion polls proved that. Ukraine would have remained united this way. But since the Kievan so-called nationalists refused any kind of compromise, and tried to crush the rebellion with the most violent means, and since they made this crackdown on Russian language, they lost everything. They lost Crimea, and important cities in the East, and above all their national pride. What a pity for a "nationalist"!

Of course imperialist interests in the West, and also in the East, don't care about the right of people to self-determination (except when it's in their interest). But I don't own a coal mine or a pipeline, I'm a simple citizen as probably most people on this forum. So when I defend the right of people to self-determination, it's not a question of morale, it's in my interest, and in the interest of the overwhelming majority of the population of Ukraine.

It's probably not in the interest of the Chocolate King indeed. It's not even in the interest of Russian oligarchs. I understand perfectly why they go at war, but I'm not playing a wargame with them. Also note that in the USSR geopolitics as an academic discipline were forbidden and considered fascist. That's not what you meant of course, but that's probably what the duginists mean when they talk about geopolitics.

Unfortunately the conflict revolves around geopolitics, not your interests and so does the solution to ending the war and moving forward.

It's ok, there is no problem. Russia can decide for it's own people/Ukrainians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 24, 2014, 09:58:50 am
There is many causes to this conflict and what you call geopolitics are only a part of it. Anyway I'm not a state and I don't have an army, so why should I care about that? My interest and the interest of the Ukrainian and even Russian populationp is the only thing that matter for me. The rest is quite meaningless. A conflict can have many solutions, including internal solutions. So it's not enough and it's wrong to say that the solution lies in geopolitics. The Ukrainian people, and everyone of us with our limited means, also determine the outcome of this war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on September 24, 2014, 12:08:32 pm
The Tatar minority are abused by both sides. Many Kiev forces hate the Russian gov't for very good reasons. Many of the Russian forces hate the Kiev forces for very good reasons.

Russia is smart enough to not get directly engaged against NATO/EU, but stupid enough to get bogged down in Donbass against Ukraine.

Either escalation or deterioration are dependent on the uncertainties between now and the conclusion of the whole affair; a conclusion that in itself can be many times more catastrophic in the long term than the conflict itself.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 24, 2014, 03:39:25 pm
I would say that Russia didn't had much choice. For Russia it's just unacceptable that NATO advances towards Russian borders. They already have Poland and the Baltic States and they are building their missile shield in Europe. So this attack on Russian interests from western powers demanded a strong answer, and that's what Putin did. And it worked quite well, because they routed the Ukrainian "army" and their fascist lackeys although all western media were repeating that the "anti-terrorist operation" wouldn't last more than a few days.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bruin on September 24, 2014, 04:02:07 pm
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Lithuania wants Ukraine back.D:<

I love you. Nice post.
It's true haha ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 24, 2014, 05:24:39 pm
There is many causes to this conflict and what you call geopolitics are only a part of it. Anyway I'm not a state and I don't have an army, so why should I care about that? My interest and the interest of the Ukrainian and even Russian populationp is the only thing that matter for me. The rest is quite meaningless. A conflict can have many solutions, including internal solutions. So it's not enough and it's wrong to say that the solution lies in geopolitics. The Ukrainian people, and everyone of us with our limited means, also determine the outcome of this war.

What matters for you though is mostly irrelevant. The solution does mostly lie in geopolitics. Finding middle ground that is acceptable for all or wait until the situation evolves into something that someone can't afford anymore.

The Ukrainian people can go fight a war yes.
You might have a slight impact in a democratic country by doing protests such as during the war in Vietnam.

I would say that Russia didn't had much choice. For Russia it's just unacceptable that NATO advances towards Russian borders. They already have Poland and the Baltic States and they are building their missile shield in Europe. So this attack on Russian interests from western powers demanded a strong answer, and that's what Putin did. And it worked quite well, because they routed the Ukrainian "army" and their fascist lackeys although all western media were repeating that the "anti-terrorist operation" wouldn't last more than a few days.

The effects of geography on international relations are very important.
To understand and predict  the conflict demands the ability to analyze the geographical elements of the region and it's impact on foreign policy.
Then we can find a middle ground, then we can look for solutions. At the moment both sides prefer to let the situation evolve because they both believe they can win more out of that.

At the moment the only people who have a strong impact on the war while maintaining to ability to change the situation dramatically more then anyone else are the people of Ukraine but as-long as a majority of the country supports the Kiev government then well... Good luck.

I can't see the Western world population having a big impact in NATO's ways of conducting itself in this conflict.
I can't even imagine Russian citizens having any effect on the decisions Russia makes.

I strongly believe the only people who have any way of changing the "predestined" outcome of the situation are the Ukrainian people. Who used their power to topple down their previous government.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 24, 2014, 10:12:31 pm
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You might have a slight impact in a democratic country by doing protests such as during the war in Vietnam.
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At the moment the only people who have a strong impact on the war while maintaining to ability to change the situation dramatically more then anyone else are the people of Ukraine but as-long as a majority of the country supports the Kiev government then well... Good luck.
I guess you mean the western Ukrainians, inhabitants of Lviv and regions like that. Because we don't know what the majority of Ukrainians think exactly. And we can't even be sure about the population of the West. It's certain that a lot of them support Kiev, but how much exactly? We don't know. And they are probably too much affraid of the fascists to protest.

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The effects of geography on international relations are very important.
What do you mean by "geography" exactly? The fact that Ukraine is between Germany and Russia? That doesn't look much like a scientifical explanation. Economics and politics are sufficient to explain the main lines of international relations. Geography, however, won't explain the difference between Putin and Kasparov, Yanukovyich and the Chocolate King. If you mean that we should analyse the situation as we would do with a battlefield map, you are right. But that's not what I would call geography.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 24, 2014, 11:06:59 pm
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You might have a slight impact in a democratic country by doing protests such as during the war in Vietnam.
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At the moment the only people who have a strong impact on the war while maintaining to ability to change the situation dramatically more then anyone else are the people of Ukraine but as-long as a majority of the country supports the Kiev government then well... Good luck.
I guess you mean the western Ukrainians, inhabitants of Lviv and regions like that. Because we don't know what the majority of Ukrainians think exactly. And we can't even be sure about the population of the West. It's certain that a lot of them support Kiev, but how much exactly? We don't know. And they are probably too much affraid of the fascists to protest.

Fascists? Youjust took a wrong turn there, mate. Please explain how the Ukrainian government is fascist.

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The effects of geography on international relations are very important.
What do you mean by "geography" exactly? The fact that Ukraine is between Germany and Russia? That doesn't look much like a scientifical explanation. Economics and politics are sufficient to explain the main lines of international relations. Geography, however, won't explain the difference between Putin and Kasparov, Yanukovyich and the Chocolate King. If you mean that we should analyse the situation as we would do with a battlefield map, you are right. But that's not what I would call geography.

First off, geography is not a science, so it's not scientific, it's geographic, which is its own order. Geography uses science to prove its own theories, just like science uses mathematics to prove theirs.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 24, 2014, 11:15:12 pm
Geography is much more then looking at the maps. I believe in encompasses physical location, size, climate, demography, natural resources, and technological advances of the state.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 24, 2014, 11:20:15 pm
Geography is much more then looking at the maps. I believe in encompasses physical location, size, climate, demography, natural resources, and technological advances of the state.

yeah, of course it is more than map=reading, that doesn't make it an exact science though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 24, 2014, 11:22:50 pm
It kinda does.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 24, 2014, 11:31:56 pm
It kinda does.

You are so contrcutive, at least state why it would make it an exact science.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 25, 2014, 03:52:50 am
Geography is much more then looking at the maps. I believe in encompasses physical location, size, climate, demography, natural resources, and technological advances of the state.

yeah, of course it is more than map=reading, that doesn't make it an exact science though.

I never even mentioned anything about it being a science or not...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 25, 2014, 10:02:35 am
But it is. There is scientific research being published on the subject, making it a science.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 25, 2014, 10:09:13 am
Geography is a science. But just like history, or sociology, it's a "soft" science. However making politics on the basis of geography, which is the origin of "geopolitics", it totally non-scientific. The idea that all human relations are above all determined by the geographical environment is especially ridiculous. If you read people like Mackinder, you will just see that their theory are aimed at justifying the imperialist policies of their time, and nothing more. Today a lot of far-right people, like Aleksandr Dugin, use the same concept of geopolitics to justify their reactionary point of view.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 25, 2014, 10:21:28 am
And what exactly do you mean with 'soft' science?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 25, 2014, 01:40:11 pm
"Soft" science is the opposite of "Hard" science, or exact science. For example 1+1=2 is an exact knowledge obtained from a hard science, mathematics. However human organization is much more complex, and to study it you need to build theories from observation, praxis and reflexion. Those theories can be scientific, however they are "soft" because they are less accurate, much harder to modelize, and it's much easier to criticize it on the basic of a different paradigm or of different data or observation. Geography is actually more like an academic discipline than a "science". I would rather say that there is different geographic sciences, such as human geography and soil geography. The latter is probably "harder" than the former.

If you want to analyse international relations on a geographical basis, you will use "geostrategy" as opposed to "geopolitics". Although when people speak about geopolitics, they usually mean geostrategy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 25, 2014, 01:42:50 pm
"Soft" science is the opposite of "Hard" science, or exact science. For example the fact that 1+1=2 is an exact knowledge obtained from a hard science, mathematics. However human organization is much more complex, and to study it you need to build theories from observation, praxis and reflexion. Those theories can be scientific, however they are "soft" because they are less accurate, much harder to modelize, and it's much easier to criticize it on the basic of a different paradigm or of different data or observation. Geography is actually more like an academic discipline than a "science". I would rather say that there is different geographic sciences, such as human geography and soil geography. The latter is probably "harder" than the former.

If you want to analyse international relations on a geographical basis, you will use "geostrategy" as opposed to "geopolitics". Although when people speak about geopolitics, they usually mean geostrategy.
History must be one vairy soft science, if you ask me :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 25, 2014, 01:47:40 pm
Indeed it's one of the softer sciences. That's why most people who study history tend to "describe" it. Then you have a few people who try to analyse it, with different methods such as "cultural history" or "historical materialism" (Marxism). But as you can see, unlike mathematics, it's very much ideologized.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 25, 2014, 02:49:00 pm
Geopolitics is simply analyzing the correlations between the geographical conditions and the evolution of a conflict.
It Doesn't mean to make politics based off geography. This in turn doesn't mean many modern wars are not influenced by geopolitics.


Geopolitics has evolved through time and everyone can make of it what they want and or also use it irresponsibly.

There is "French" Geopolitics.
"German" Geopolitik
"Russian" Geopolitics


Like it or not many Nations have been strongly influenced by geopolitics when going into conflict.
Many modern wars are imperialist in nature and hence often geopolitical.
Hence the study of how geography and economics have an influence on politics is not to be underestimated.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on September 25, 2014, 04:04:39 pm
Geography is much more then looking at the maps. I believe in encompasses physical location, size, climate, demography, natural resources, and technological advances of the state.

yeah, of course it is more than map=reading, that doesn't make it an exact science though.

I never even mentioned anything about it being a science or not...

No, but you suggested it by suggesting that I appeared to be under the impression that geopraphy was just map-reading.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 25, 2014, 04:55:48 pm
Geography is much more then looking at the maps. I believe in encompasses physical location, size, climate, demography, natural resources, and technological advances of the state.

yeah, of course it is more than map=reading, that doesn't make it an exact science though.

I never even mentioned anything about it being a science or not...

No, but you suggested it by suggesting that I appeared to be under the impression that geopraphy was just map-reading.

You're suggesting that my suggestion was directed at you when I suggested geography was more then just map reading.


I didn't even quote you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 25, 2014, 06:27:26 pm
"Soft" science is the opposite of "Hard" science, or exact science. For example 1+1=2 is an exact knowledge obtained from a hard science, mathematics. However human organization is much more complex, and to study it you need to build theories from observation, praxis and reflexion. Those theories can be scientific, however they are "soft" because they are less accurate, much harder to modelize, and it's much easier to criticize it on the basic of a different paradigm or of different data or observation. Geography is actually more like an academic discipline than a "science". I would rather say that there is different geographic sciences, such as human geography and soil geography. The latter is probably "harder" than the former.

If you want to analyse international relations on a geographical basis, you will use "geostrategy" as opposed to "geopolitics". Although when people speak about geopolitics, they usually mean geostrategy.

'Soft' sciences are based entirely around theories, yes. Regardless, we still regard them as 'sciences' and are in no way considered less 'truthful' then others. There might be a thousand theories about unsolved issues in history and politics, but so are there in mathematics.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 25, 2014, 06:43:39 pm
Why are you guys arguing about something that could be easily googled in five seconds? Are you this keen on trying to appear intelligent? Fuck.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 25, 2014, 06:49:09 pm
I study political science. Mah feelings are hurt.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on September 25, 2014, 06:49:51 pm
I study ur anus
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 25, 2014, 08:08:51 pm
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Geopolitics is simply analyzing the correlations between the geographical conditions and the evolution of a conflict.
It Doesn't mean to make politics based off geography.
That's rather what I would call geostrategy, because the historical basis of geopolitics is the idea that the organization and the behavior of a society is above all determined by the geographical environment, and that a country should follow its geographically determined "interests", and build its international policies on its geographical environment. You will find that in the works of the main geopolitical theoreticians (Ratzel, Mahan, Mackinder, Haushofer...). And it's opposed to strategy in general, because a strategy implies political objectives, and those objectives are politicially and ideologically determined. They are not determined by any geographical environement. Thus it's not surprising to see that those who still use this idea of geopolitics either confuse geopolitics and geostrategy or are far-right politicians such as Alexandr Dugin, trying to justify their nationalist/imperialist policies with non-scientific theories. Although you might read on Wikipedia that geostrategy is a derivative of geopolitics, this is totally wrong since many scholars clearly oppose geostrategy to geopolitics.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 25, 2014, 08:10:26 pm
Why are you guys arguing about something that could be easily googled in five seconds? Are you this keen on trying to appear intelligent? Fuck.

I second this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 25, 2014, 08:14:58 pm
Because we disagree with Google.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 25, 2014, 08:17:13 pm
Because we disagree with Google.

...I'm sorry what?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 25, 2014, 08:17:17 pm
Because we disagree with Google.
Impossible!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 25, 2014, 08:21:18 pm
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Geopolitics is simply analyzing the correlations between the geographical conditions and the evolution of a conflict.
It Doesn't mean to make politics based off geography.
That's rather what I would call geostrategy, because the historical basis of geopolitics is the idea that the organization and the behavior of a society is above all determined by the geographical environment, and that a country should follow its geographically determined "interests", and build its international policies on its geographical environment. You will find that in the works of the main geopolitical theoreticians (Ratzel, Mahan, Mackinder, Haushofer...). And it's opposed to strategy in general, because a strategy implies political objectives, and those objectives are politicially and ideologically determined. They are not determined by any geographical environement. Thus it's not surprising to see that those who still use this idea of geopolitics either confuse geopolitics and geostrategy or are far-right politicians such as Alexandr Dugin, trying to justify their nationalist/imperialist policies with non-scientific theories. Although you might read on Wikipedia that geostrategy is a derivative of geopolitics, this is totally wrong since many scholars clearly oppose geostrategy to geopolitics.

"This is totally wrong since many scholars clearly oppose" LOL
I'm interested though what do they oppose? Do they realize that geopolitics has debatable definition?


Geopolitics is the interaction between politics and geography. It's mostly a study and theory.
Geostrategy is the geographic direction of a state’s foreign policy. Sometimes the geostrategy of a state is motivated by it's geopolitics but not always.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 25, 2014, 08:41:15 pm
You can debate the definition, but Geopolitics is a historical academic discipline, plus the word itself has a strong meaning since it combines politics and geography. So you can't give whatever definition you want. I have to stress that strategy isn't tactics, it includes politics. So saying that geostrategy is only a part of geopolitics is nonsense in itself.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on September 25, 2014, 09:24:48 pm
Let's get back to Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 25, 2014, 10:14:56 pm
You can debate the definition, but Geopolitics is a historical academic discipline, plus the word itself has a strong meaning since it combines politics and geography. So you can't give whatever definition you want. I have to stress that strategy isn't tactics, it includes politics. So saying that geostrategy is only a part of geopolitics is nonsense in itself.

No one mentioned giving it what ever definition we wanted. Things evolve and people have disagreements. Old geopolitics didn't take into account air dominance. Only sea and land.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 25, 2014, 10:18:10 pm
Let's get back to Ukraine.

Your avatar sucks
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on September 25, 2014, 10:26:28 pm
What is Ukraine anyway?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on September 25, 2014, 10:32:56 pm
Something that used to belong to Poland or Germany or Austria or something?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on September 25, 2014, 10:34:42 pm
Ukraine is a new nation, so it's fair game to be raped and pillaged.

This is what I'm gathering for the opinions on this thread.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 25, 2014, 10:36:08 pm
Ladies here the answer to all your questions
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[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 26, 2014, 02:18:52 am
Ukraine is not a real nation, so it's fair game for it to be saved and liberated.

This is what I'm gathering from the facts on this thread.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on September 26, 2014, 02:25:39 am
Ukraine is a new nation, so it's fair game to be raped and pillaged.

This is what I'm gathering for the opinions on this thread.

But there are no people in Ukraine. Uninhabited land is fair game for settlement, is it not? Just ask the native Americans.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 26, 2014, 02:29:25 am
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Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: William on September 26, 2014, 03:40:09 am
Wow dude, way to steal pictures from the beginning of the thread  ::)
With Yanukovych having just accused the revolution of being fascistic and the opposition of planning a coup I feel that it isn't far off complete civil war now, although what stance the Ukrainian Armed Forces would take is beyond me. Regardless, the situation needs to be addressed.

That aside, some of the videos that have come out of Ukraine are disgusting; the incident with the medical staff dying from sniper rifles, for example. I wonder if we'll see a war crimes tribunal set up in the aftermath of all this.

EDIT; the protestors have begun to field fire mages.

(https://i.imgur.com/bdoyF5v.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Zzehth on September 26, 2014, 04:19:35 am
Looks Like Gandalf.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 26, 2014, 05:10:38 am
https://i.imgur.com/account/favorites/kmQDv

To cheer up your day.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 26, 2014, 07:32:02 pm
https://i.imgur.com/account/favorites/kmQDv

To cheer up your day.

It's asking me to log in or sign up.
Fcuk dat gief me an image link
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 26, 2014, 07:47:59 pm
https://i.imgur.com/account/favorites/kmQDv

To cheer up your day.

It's asking me to log in or sign up.
Fcuk dat gief me an image link

Forget about this comment.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 26, 2014, 07:56:51 pm
https://i.imgur.com/account/favorites/kmQDv

To cheer up your day.

It's asking me to log in or sign up.
Fcuk dat gief me an image link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQEocdLSgZ8        Fixed.

Ty. Ubi$oft found another way to get at our hard-earned dollars. <3
Title: Re: How far will the riots go?
Post by: MarshalKim on September 27, 2014, 04:24:24 am
Wow dude, way to steal pictures from the beginning of the thread  ::)

I arrived fashionably late. I didn't review the near 200 pages of the thread. Sorry to dissapoint.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on September 27, 2014, 04:34:11 am
The world has forgotten about Ukraine  :( Damn it ISIS.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 28, 2014, 02:41:15 pm
The world has forgotten about Ukraine  :( Damn it ISIS.

That seems to advantage Russia, I like it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 28, 2014, 04:10:06 pm
The world has forgotten about Ukraine  :( Damn it ISIS.

That seems to advantage Russia, I like it.
Lol Russia has a hstory of exploiting these crises - look at the 6 Day War with Georgia in 2008, which started on the eve of  the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on September 28, 2014, 05:36:23 pm
The world has forgotten about Ukraine  :( Damn it ISIS.

That seems to advantage Russia, I like it.
Lol Russia has a hstory of exploiting these crises - look at the 6 Day War with Georgia in 2008, which started on the eve of  the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics

The 6 day war was in the middle east involving Israel and Arab states...
The South Ossetia war was the 5 day war.

South Ossetia stronk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on September 28, 2014, 06:33:06 pm
The 6 day war was in the middle east involving Israel and Arab states...
The South Ossetia war was the 5 day war.

South Ossetia stronk
Fuck the ME it confooze me - the 6 day one was like 1973 with the OAPEC crisis after it right? So many warz ... :( only two countries recognise South Ossetia's independence hahaha  fail state

(this comment is like 100% trivia bs, skip it)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on October 09, 2014, 12:09:33 am
A new interesting video was released by Vice News today.
Mostly about the corruption and power struggles within the DPR.

Spoiler
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woD44CsR4jg&list=UUZaT_X_mc0BI-djXOlfhqWQ[/youtube]
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on October 09, 2014, 05:16:07 am
Western lies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on October 09, 2014, 10:05:27 am
Y'all should read the Moscow Times, for starters. Very enlightening.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on October 11, 2014, 05:34:08 pm
Submit to Putin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3PDcIVjKzA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on October 11, 2014, 10:29:14 pm
10/10

http://youtu.be/qhw7uUgyYBU
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on October 12, 2014, 07:40:22 am
For a catchy Ukrainian song that I think is sung in Russian (not sure?) try Soldat by lube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nOicfCJIhg
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on October 12, 2014, 08:51:29 am
No, fuck you Ukraine sucks
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on October 12, 2014, 10:03:22 am
Its sung in Russian so deal with it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on October 12, 2014, 10:48:29 am
What makes you think it's Ukrainian?

Fun fact: Lubeh is Putin's favourite rock band.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on October 12, 2014, 10:59:57 am
You're right sorry just checked Wikipedia. I though I read somewhere in the comments the band originated from Ukraine which evidently is nonsense. They probably toured Ukraine in the late 90's which is where I may be getting my signals crossed.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on October 12, 2014, 12:47:37 pm
Everything is Ukraine propaganda. We must deal with it with Russian tanks quickly I tell you!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on November 12, 2014, 09:10:24 pm
Well, looks like this thread will still be seeing some use:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30025138

Fucking Russia. Using the ceasefire (which was going so well) to move armoured columns and combat troops into eastern Ukraine. If it weren't for the ceasefire, I'd say Nato should roll in there and fuck Russia over, then get "lost" like Russia did in Crimea and accidentally march into Moscow.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 12, 2014, 09:13:38 pm
The ceasefire was going well? Oh please. Fighting continued around Mariupol and Donetsk and they started using artillery and tanks again weeks ago. Russia never stopped their armored columns. Nothing changed, except the media-attention it got.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on November 12, 2014, 09:32:09 pm
One of our regimental members has been fighting for the past 6 months or so down there. We hadn't heard from him in 3 months and already thought the worst but today he came on TS, has a short leave from the front atm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 12, 2014, 09:51:58 pm
One of our regimental members has been fighting for the past 6 months or so down there. We hadn't heard from him in 3 months and already thought the worst but today he came on TS, has a short leave from the front atm.

He fights for Ukraine or Russia?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on November 12, 2014, 10:27:05 pm
The ceasefire was going well? Oh please. Fighting continued around Mariupol and Donetsk and they started using artillery and tanks again weeks ago. Russia never stopped their armored columns. Nothing changed, except the media-attention it got.
Russia wasn't using armoured columns, they were sneaking the occasional tank through. There's an important difference, which is that one is Russia trying to stay low, and the other is Russia purposefully pushing yet more boundaries to see if anyone has the balls to call them out on it. It's like a game of Chicken, except that the cost of a fuck-up is another World War.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on November 12, 2014, 10:42:16 pm
One of our regimental members has been fighting for the past 6 months or so down there. We hadn't heard from him in 3 months and already thought the worst but today he came on TS, has a short leave from the front atm.

Tell him we all wish him safety.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 12, 2014, 10:45:35 pm
The ceasefire was going well? Oh please. Fighting continued around Mariupol and Donetsk and they started using artillery and tanks again weeks ago. Russia never stopped their armored columns. Nothing changed, except the media-attention it got.
Russia wasn't using armoured columns, they were sneaking the occasional tank through. There's an important difference, which is that one is Russia trying to stay low, and the other is Russia purposefully pushing yet more boundaries to see if anyone has the balls to call them out on it. It's like a game of Chicken, except that the cost of a fuck-up is another World War.

That'd depend, since the actual groundforce of Russia isn't even that good and as big as Russia would like us to think...

Unless they call up their nuclear wing, that wing is twice as big as the entire Dutch Military.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on November 13, 2014, 12:07:06 am
That'd depend, since the actual groundforce of Russia isn't even that good and as big as Russia would like us to think...
No idea where you got that from, Russia has the second most powerful military in the world, and it's right next door to Russia, whereas the US would have to mobilise all it's troops half way around the world to match it, in conditions which they aren't used to but Russia are. If the US attacked Russia, they'd get their arse handed to them. The reverse is also true of course, but in this situation we're talking about Russian deployments tens of kilometres from their border.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on November 13, 2014, 12:52:20 am
Sentenced to Death by a Crowd: Russian Roulette (…: http://youtu.be/fV70uDYUqlc.

So there are now "fiefdoms" in Ukraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 13, 2014, 05:00:33 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 13, 2014, 08:51:33 am
That'd depend, since the actual groundforce of Russia isn't even that good and as big as Russia would like us to think...
No idea where you got that from, Russia has the second most powerful military in the world

Nah,  US intel thought the same about the USSR's  army, but now in hindsight we know how weak it really was outside the parade ground and minor tasks.

The last war Russia was in Georgia, which albeit quick, showed that Russia wouldn't be up for the taskif continually faced with resistance. Before that we had the disastrous wars in Chechnya where Russia had to resort to only using missiles and bombs because their soldiers were practically worthless when attacking Chechen positions.

Secrecy makes it unknown, humans fear the unknown.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 13, 2014, 09:53:28 am
That'd depend, since the actual groundforce of Russia isn't even that good and as big as Russia would like us to think...
No idea where you got that from, Russia has the second most powerful military in the world

Nah,  US intel thought the same about the USSR's  army, but now in hindsight we know how weak it really was outside the parade ground and minor tasks.

The last war Russia was in Georgia, which albeit quick, showed that Russia wouldn't be up for the taskif continually faced with resistance. Before that we had the disastrous wars in Chechnya where Russia had to resort to only using missiles and bombs because their soldiers were practically worthless when attacking Chechen positions.

Secrecy makes it unknown, humans fear the unknown.

Rossia has stronk nukes and decent air force with pro helicopters. shit navy and pretty shit ground troops.

I wonder how many people they deployed in chechnya and what groups. I know that the FSB related people are boss as fuck. Like Alpha group.

Some middle east people kidnapped their diplomats. By the time the squad arrived in (Lebanon i think) one of the hostages had died. So they traced the families of the kidnappers and took their families as hostages and sent a few packages with body parts to the kidnappers and got their diplomats released.  Cool day.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 13, 2014, 10:23:34 am
That'd depend, since the actual groundforce of Russia isn't even that good and as big as Russia would like us to think...
No idea where you got that from, Russia has the second most powerful military in the world, and it's right next door to Russia, whereas the US would have to mobilise all it's troops half way around the world to match it, in conditions which they aren't used to but Russia are. If the US attacked Russia, they'd get their arse handed to them. The reverse is also true of course, but in this situation we're talking about Russian deployments tens of kilometres from their border.

Source: Various military institutions, they estimate Russia's actual ground force to be as small as 280.000 to 300.000 men, not the one million they'd have you believe. Their navu is shite and is too old to actually mean anything. The only thing to be afraid of is their Air Force and Nuclear Power. Though their air force fits about three times in the US one.

I calculaten that a coalition of the Netherlands, Belgium and France alone would be well able to stop a Russian invasion on their own. Considering Russians have only upgraded cold war shite that's far from adequate, they shouldn't pose a threat to the entire western world. The smaller Baltic States, however, are an entire different matter.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Hadhod on November 13, 2014, 03:31:48 pm
One of our regimental members has been fighting for the past 6 months or so down there. We hadn't heard from him in 3 months and already thought the worst but today he came on TS, has a short leave from the front atm.

He fights for Ukraine or Russia?
He's fighting for the Ukrainian Army. I think National Guard if I recall that correctly.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Stunned Lime on November 13, 2014, 03:42:41 pm
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+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 13, 2014, 06:32:30 pm
Along with the one year anniversary of the conflict, winter is coming to Ukraine. Any predictions regarding the general course of events in the next few months?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on November 13, 2014, 06:43:13 pm
The forecast says: fucking cold
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 13, 2014, 07:04:30 pm
If it weren't for the ceasefire, I'd say Nato should roll in there and fuck Russia over, then get "lost" like Russia did in Crimea and accidentally march into Moscow.
Lol, NATO sucks, it does not want, can not, so will not do anything here. All feared Russia and feared go in to war with it, so will try to solve it by other ways to the very end.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 13, 2014, 07:39:13 pm
NATO doesn't fear Russia. It fears war, because war, as no-one will disagree, sucks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on November 13, 2014, 07:39:28 pm
One of our regimental members has been fighting for the past 6 months or so down there. We hadn't heard from him in 3 months and already thought the worst but today he came on TS, has a short leave from the front atm.

He fights for Ukraine or Russia?
He's fighting for the Ukrainian Army. I think National Guard if I recall that correctly.

He hasn't been on steam in 35 days :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 13, 2014, 08:41:05 pm
NATO doesn't fear Russia. It fears war, because war, as no-one will disagree, sucks.
Wars are good for selling weapons and plundering other countries. Ask British oil companies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 13, 2014, 09:12:25 pm
Yes, of course governments are controlled by the steel and gun companies. Just like in World war 1 and 2. How could I forget.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 13, 2014, 09:19:28 pm
If that was irony you really need to read serious newspapers:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/20/iraq-war-oil-resources-energy-peak-scarcity-economy
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 13, 2014, 09:21:33 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 13, 2014, 09:40:49 pm
The Iraq war is hardly comparable with the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 13, 2014, 09:47:52 pm
The Iraq war is hardly comparable with the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Sounds like when he compared southern France to Catalonia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 13, 2014, 09:48:29 pm
NATO doesn't fear Russia. It fears war, because war, as no-one will disagree, sucks.
It fears war with Russia. And Putin knows that, so he can escalate situation as much as he needs without any serious answer on this, like:
NATO - NATO says Russian military equipment entering east Ukraine
Russia - Russian Defense Ministry denies the information presented by the representative of the NATO about the alleged military invading to Ukraine from Russia
NATO - what it will do in this situation?probably nothing except deep concerning.

And not only regarding Ukraine, since last few month like almost 100 times Russian planes was intercepted near EU countries. And by "intercepting" means they were escorted till lived the area, nothing more. So they will continue to fly as long as they need it.

Seeing all this actions that Russia can afford and what are they doing, and what reaction they gets for this, looks like Russia demonstrates its power, and NATO demonstrates its weakness. And reading all this recent news about that part of German and Spain Eurofigthers just can't fly, maybe it is not really that powerful to handle conflict with Russia, especially such hybrid wars? :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 13, 2014, 09:53:37 pm
Putin fears war just as much. He wants to achieve as much as he can without firing a shot - Which is why war might actually be necessary.

The problem is, of course, that NATO memberstates are democracies, and democracies always try to avoid war because it's near impossible to convince 'the people' its justified when power and media are so polarized. A state that is in firm control of power and imposes heavy bans on free media (Like Russia), can easily lie to its citizens. That being said, while many support Putin and defending Russian minorities in other countries, only a minority actually support war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 13, 2014, 10:03:08 pm
The Iraq war is hardly comparable with the Russian-Ukrainian war.
How is it hardly comparable? The former was a war for oil, the latter is a war for gas. Even if there is more than that in this war, it's probably the bulk of the problem.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 13, 2014, 10:18:13 pm
Uhm. No. According to you, oil is what got the West into Iraq, but getting into Ukraine and starting a war won't get us gas.

That's pretty much the tip of the iceberg though. Ukraine has been in nearly a year of inner conflict and the west has benefited in no way from it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 13, 2014, 10:35:47 pm
Russia does not want Crimea and it's port in Sevastopol to be separated by the motherland if the country between them is not going to be its BFF anymore.
Russia doesn't want a NATO neighbor with missile shields and military near Moscow.
Russia enjoys Eastern Ukraine's industry.



Before Crimea was annexed by the Russian Federation. Ukraine's total gas reserves have been estimated at 5.4 trillion cubic meters.
On 9 January 2014 Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Eduard Stavytsky stated that Ukraine (at that time) will buy only Russian natural gas "because it's currently the most profitable".
Since 16 June 2014 Russia has halted its natural gas supplies to Ukraine because Ukraine refused to pay a debt to Gazprom of $4.5 billion that had arisen after Russia denounced the 2010 Kharkiv Pact on 31 March 2014.


Ukraine has Europe's third-largest shale gas reserves at 1.2 trillion cubic meters.
There are two potentially large shale gas fields. One of them being the Yuzivska gas field located in Donetsk
Ukraine signed a shale gas 50-year production sharing agreement with Royal Dutch Shell on 25 January 2013 involving the Yuzivska gas field.


Russia also has a demographic problem and wants more Slavs in it's country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 13, 2014, 11:21:10 pm
Uhm. No. According to you, oil is what got the West into Iraq, but getting into Ukraine and starting a war won't get us gas.

That's pretty much the tip of the iceberg though. Ukraine has been in nearly a year of inner conflict and the west has benefited in no way from it.
It's not only according to me but also according to the Guardian which is a most respected newspaper, and I agree with the journalist's analysis, and with this one too:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/06/ukraine-crisis-great-power-oil-gas-rivals-pipelines
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 14, 2014, 02:28:14 am
http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm KCNA is the only good news.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 14, 2014, 11:08:01 am
Since when is The Guardian a most respected newspaper?

That article proves nothing. The only conclusion it makes is that both Russia and the USA have interest in Ukraine. Well no shit. How exactly does that explain separatist movements, the annexation of Crimea and prolonged fighting?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 14, 2014, 01:27:46 pm
Since when is The Guardian a most respected newspaper?

That article proves nothing. The only conclusion it makes is that both Russia and the USA have interest in Ukraine. Well no shit. How exactly does that explain separatist movements, the annexation of Crimea and prolonged fighting?

It doesn't. Except when the seperatists suddenly have a very American way of fighting: for resources.


Anyways, A week or two/three, The Netherlands have decided to send supplies to Ukraine (Sleeping bags, generators, etc) to get the Ukrainian army through the Winter. Any other country doing this? And what do you think of this?



Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 14, 2014, 10:21:47 pm
Since when is The Guardian a most respected newspaper?

That article proves nothing. The only conclusion it makes is that both Russia and the USA have interest in Ukraine. Well no shit. How exactly does that explain separatist movements, the annexation of Crimea and prolonged fighting?

It doesn't. Except when the seperatists suddenly have a very American way of fighting: for resources.


Anyways, A week or two/three, The Netherlands have decided to send supplies to Ukraine (Sleeping bags, generators, etc) to get the Ukrainian army through the Winter. Any other country doing this? And what do you think of this?

As long as you don't send tents too. Then you would be violating United Gaming Law #4.   Promotion of camping.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on November 15, 2014, 04:58:04 am
This thread is never ending.



Until the nukes go off
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 15, 2014, 06:56:58 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 15, 2014, 07:11:01 pm
Putin fears war just as much. He wants to achieve as much as he can without firing a shot - Which is why war might actually be necessary.

The problem is, of course, that NATO memberstates are democracies, and democracies always try to avoid war because it's near impossible to convince 'the people' its justified when power and media are so polarized. A state that is in firm control of power and imposes heavy bans on free media (Like Russia), can easily lie to its citizens. That being said, while many support Putin and defending Russian minorities in other countries, only a minority actually support war.
I'd not say as much, at least he looks more prepared to this. And while maybe really only a minority actually support war, in case if it will goes that way, their propaganda is strong enough to convince majority that it was "necessary"(like with sanctions and counter-sanctions - while russians suffers from it, majority support or at least justify it, because believes that Europe/USA suffers much more than they(although maybe its true, i do not know :)))

By the way, top topic in Ukraine now not only conflict, but also sad state of our economy. Exchange rate of USD to UAH was 1 to ~8 before Maidan begins, increased to 1 to 12-13 after it ends and Russian invasion begins, kept at such rate until parliament elections was held - and since start of November increased to 1 to 15-16. For today official NBU rate is 1 to 1541.2417, 1 to 16-17+ on unofficial black market (because its the only place where you can really buy USD cash). If things will goes worse, it can jump up to 1 to 20.
Default is near :(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 15, 2014, 07:28:54 pm
That's exactly the image he tries to spread - 'I'm ready for war if you force to start me one'. While Russia is definitely not ready for a war with NATO, and neither do the western countries want to start a war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 15, 2014, 09:37:23 pm
Russia is a nuclear power. A war with NATO is almost impossible. A full war against Ukraine is very unlikely, and even a limited war (with a limited aim such as sizing Mariupol) is hard to imagine. However they could send a few special units to help the rebels, like NATO countries did in Libya, send weapons and train troops on their own territory.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 15, 2014, 09:46:00 pm
Russia is a nuclear power. A war with NATO is almost impossible. A full war against Ukraine is very unlikely, and even a limited war (with a limited aim such as sizing Mariupol) is hard to imagine. However they could send a few special units to help the rebels, like NATO countries did in Libya, send weapons and train troops on their own territory.

Just because two opposing forces have both nuclear powers, doesn't mean they can't have a war between them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 15, 2014, 10:07:51 pm
Exactly. Besides, NATO never send 'special units' to Libya, they just created a no-fly-zone.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 15, 2014, 11:18:54 pm
Man, not to me... No SERIOUSLY? Wake up.

Even the BBC aknowledges it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16573516

British efforts to help topple Colonel Gaddafi were not limited to air strikes. On the ground - and on the quiet - special forces soldiers were blending in with rebel fighters.

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Just because two opposing forces have both nuclear powers, doesn't mean they can't have a war between them.
Did I said they can't? No. I said "almost impossible". And indeed it is, because they are not stupid enough to destroy the whole world for a pipeline.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 15, 2014, 11:24:40 pm
EVEN THE BBC
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 15, 2014, 11:32:21 pm
Man, not to me... No SERIOUSLY? Wake up.

Even the BBC aknowledges it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16573516

British efforts to help topple Colonel Gaddafi were not limited to air strikes. On the ground - and on the quiet - special forces soldiers were blending in with rebel fighters.

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Just because two opposing forces have both nuclear powers, doesn't mean they can't have a war between them.
Did I said they can't? No. I said "almost impossible". And indeed it is, because they are not stupid enough to destroy the whole world for a pipeline.

How can one post be filled with so much dumb shit? Jesus.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on November 15, 2014, 11:37:20 pm
Sensationalism at it's finest. Enjoy.   :-[
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 15, 2014, 11:50:28 pm
Man, not to me... No SERIOUSLY? Wake up.

Even the BBC aknowledges it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16573516

British efforts to help topple Colonel Gaddafi were not limited to air strikes. On the ground - and on the quiet - special forces soldiers were blending in with rebel fighters.

Quote
Just because two opposing forces have both nuclear powers, doesn't mean they can't have a war between them.
Did I said they can't? No. I said "almost impossible". And indeed it is, because they are not stupid enough to destroy the whole world for a pipeline.

How can one post be filled with so much dumb shit? Jesus.
Interesting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Folms on November 16, 2014, 04:05:08 am
Just because two opposing forces have both nuclear powers, doesn't mean they can't have a war between them.
Yes and no. They are more likely to destroy the world whilst trying to win a war between each other.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 16, 2014, 04:37:30 am
Just because two opposing forces have both nuclear powers, doesn't mean they can't have a war between them.
Yes and no. They are more likely to destroy the world whilst trying to win a war between each other.

Not so. Nuclear weapons are deterrents against other nuclear weapons. They do not stop wars, nor do they have anything to do with conventional warfare. Furthermore, nuclear weapons are in no way the natural next step from conventional warfare. They simply are not in the same field of conflict. Nukes are always out of the question. They're meant to sit there and be intimidating, and not much else.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on November 16, 2014, 04:41:01 am
And that's why Colin Powell calls them the biggest waste of money ever.

No one's going to use them, because no matter what the scenario you can't justify using it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Folms on November 16, 2014, 04:42:01 am
Well obviously.
What I meant was that in the unlikely events of the usage of nuclear weapons the outcome will be what I said before.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 16, 2014, 04:45:06 am
And that's why Coleen Powell calls them the biggest waste of money ever.

No one's going to use them, because no matter what the scenario you can't justify using it.

Nobody is going to use them because everyone else has them, and the response is too great. As long as there are nuclear weapons in the world, a nuclear deterrent is necessary to make sure that nobody uses them. They're not a waste of money at all. They serve a very important purpose, and that purpose is to ensure that they're not used.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on November 16, 2014, 04:47:35 am
I'd disagree with that. I think it's more along the lines of environmental and political repercussions.

Seriously, the US dropped an Atomic bomb on two Japanese cities and we still face some fallout. Using a full-on NUKE? No.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on November 16, 2014, 04:51:46 am
I'd disagree with that. I think it's more along the lines of environmental and political repercussions.

Seriously, the US dropped an Atomic bomb on two Japanese cities and we still face some fallout. Using a full-on NUKE? No.
Naow please go back to using stones and wooden clubs pls americunts
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 16, 2014, 12:38:57 pm
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Furthermore, nuclear weapons are in no way the natural next step from conventional warfare.
It rather depends on the kind of warfare and the country. Some countries such as India and China made clear that they wouldn't be the first to use their nukes in case of war (no-first-use doctrine), making a strict difference between conventional warfare and nuclear warfare. However, many countries have plans to use nuclear weapons in case of conventional or non-nuclear warfare. For example the French plan during the Cold War, in case of full Soviet invasion, was to use tactical nuclear weapons first (the small ones), just to send the message that the nuclear red line had been reached. And then, if that didn't stop them, strategic nuclear weapons. Russia (unlike the USSR, which applied non-first-use) and the USA could use nuclear weapons if they felt that their vital interests were threaten. In case of conventional warfare between NATO and Russia, if NATO managed to crush the Russian army, and advanced towards the Russian border, Russia would likely say that a red line is reached and that it could use its nuclear weapons. The USA would probably do the same if the territory of some of its NATO allies, such as Poland, was threatened.

During the Cold War, there was a few moments when nuclear weapons could have been used. The USA were close to use it against Egypt if I remember correctly, and of course during the Cuban crisis, and also this:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/05/the-ussr-and-us-came-closer-to-nuclear-war-than-we-thought/276290/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 16, 2014, 03:21:43 pm
That's exactly the image he tries to spread - 'I'm ready for war if you force to start me one'. While Russia is definitely not ready for a war with NATO, and neither do the western countries want to start a war.
What made you think, that it is not ready? I doubt that Russia, where propaganda works hard on the anti-EU/NATO/USA direction recently, where army budget was increased since last few years and some modernization provided, which spends a lot on trainings and flying/swimming their units near NATO countries can be definitely not ready. Especially if western countries tries to avoid war.
However they could send a few special units to help the rebels, like NATO countries did in Libya, send weapons and train troops on their own territory.
They could?They already sent, and did all the such stuff.
A full war against Ukraine is very unlikely, and even a limited war (with a limited aim such as sizing Mariupol) is hard to imagine.
Why?What can stop them from it?Sanctions?
Here is lately news:
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European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said that at the negotiations with Vladimir Putin the European leaders warned  him that the implementation of the Minsk agreement is the only way out of the crisis.
"As for Ukraine, we reiterated that we strongly support the Minsk agreement, that Russia is not holding on. Although earlier Russian side agreed with the terms of this agreement," - said the politician.
"Minsk agreement - is the only way in order to move forward (in resolving the crisis)," - he said. However, Rompuy says that despite the violations from Russia, European Council are not currently considering tougher sanctions.
"If Russia does not fulfill the agreements, the pressure on Russia will continue in the coming weeks and months. We're not talking about a significant strengthening of the sanctions, but we have to keep the pressure on Russia," - he said.
Lol, how can agreement be the way out of this, if Russia don't give a single shit about it (that is understandable - because there is no reaction to it's vilolations)? :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 16, 2014, 05:31:10 pm
Just because Russia has spent more money doesn't mean they're ready. It might even mean the opposite. The NATO has a far better Air Force and Navy and nearly all are professional militaries, whereas Russia still depends on conscription.

Likewise, Russia sending out their air force and navy isn't to show off how mighty they are. It's merely an annoyance and an provocation, and if Western nations would do the same, it would be on Russian news as a 'entirely unprovoked attack on Russian territory'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on November 16, 2014, 05:38:26 pm
Just because Russia has spent more money doesn't mean they're ready. It might even mean the opposite. The NATO has a far better Air Force and Navy and nearly all are professional militaries, whereas Russia still depends on conscription.

Likewise, Russia sending out their air force and navy isn't to show off how mighty they are. It's merely an annoyance and an provocation, and if Western nations would do the same, it would be on Russian news as a 'entirely unprovoked attack on Russian territory'.
The Air Force could go either way because Russian MIG's and Sukhois are incredible flankers and versatile aircraft and cost worlds cheaper then their rival NATO aircraft counterparts. Look at the Su-35 / Su-27M/PU/Assorted Variants, T-50, MiG-29, and then their more experimental but also good looking aircraft like the SU-37 and SU-47. Russia is definitely underestimated in certain departments and shouldn't be taken for granted with their equipment.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 16, 2014, 05:53:48 pm
However, just looking at numbers, the Russian outforce is already outnumbered by just the US Airforce, who mostly uses F-16 and F-22. Adding the rest of the NATO members to that, you're looking at not only a great advantage in numbers, but also a slight edge in equipment quality (Most air forces are modernizing due to the conflict, while Russia has been trying to keep up for years).

Russia might be underestimated, but I don't see why people keep shouting that Russia will kick everybody's butt.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on November 16, 2014, 06:07:57 pm
However, just looking at numbers, the Russian outforce is already outnumbered by just the US Airforce, who mostly uses F-16 and F-22. Adding the rest of the NATO members to that, you're looking at not only a great advantage in numbers, but also a slight edge in equipment quality (Most air forces are modernizing due to the conflict, while Russia has been trying to keep up for years).

Russia might be underestimated, but I don't see why people keep shouting that Russia will kick everybody's butt.
If you're referring to some massive coalition against Russia, as in America plus most of the EU/NATO, I think you're looking a bit too far. For one, I'm pretty sure most of the countries in the EU/NATO are looking to help out with supplies more then to have boots on the ground and the US probably won't do anything crazy either, and even if this was to go down, it wouldn't be too good for the world economy (if it wasn't already as shrekt as it is now). Not to mention that China could use this opportunity to expand into the pacific against Japan and a busy US if they were to get involved with Russia. So I don't really think a world conflict vs Russia would work out or be practical, and any modernizing country can still do a lot of damage, just look at Russia's SAM systems. You're going to need some serious SEAD planes to take out those buggers, couple with that their air force and you have quite a potent weapon capable of dispatching planes like the F16 and F15. Also, I have a feeling that F22's won't be used very much because the Pentagon here likes to make crap planes like the F35 instead of brilliant planes like the F22 and there is a limited number of F22's to use as opposed to other capable planes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 16, 2014, 06:11:35 pm
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If you're referring to some massive coalition against Russia, as in America plus most of the EU/NATO

I'm not, and the USA is a member of NATO. I'm merely stating that Russia is not by any record stronger then NATO. And the NATO Command Construction is centralized instead of just a loose alliance, so if they're attacked, what members will join and what not is not even a question.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 16, 2014, 06:14:10 pm
America is doing fuck all to prepare for war again. They'll start doing that after a war. I think their doctrines are outdated aswell, for the past 15 years you've been fighting against a bunch of sandpeoples hiding in caves and sanddunes. All your tactics and active weaponry has been tailored to low-intensity warfare.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 16, 2014, 06:40:55 pm
America is doing fuck all to prepare for war again. They'll start doing that after a war. I think their doctrines are outdated aswell, for the past 15 years you've been fighting against a bunch of sandpeoples hiding in caves and sanddunes. All your tactics and active weaponry has been tailored to low-intensity warfare.

That isn't true, though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 16, 2014, 06:52:11 pm
ok
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 16, 2014, 06:59:30 pm
I know I didn't actually provide any argument there, but seriously, just read any US military doctrine handbook, or like even the news or something. What you're saying is just false.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on November 16, 2014, 07:03:50 pm
I know I didn't actually provide any argument there, but seriously, just read any US military doctrine handbook, or like even the news or something. What you're saying is just false.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 16, 2014, 08:07:32 pm
I know I didn't actually provide any argument there, but seriously, just read any US military doctrine handbook, or like even the news or something. What you're saying is just false.

Was talking about it in a practical sense. Pretty much all of your active personnel, equipment and commanders have fighting in unconventional low intensity warfare for a long, long time. I'm questioning the impact that has if they were to transition to a full scale conventional war and how they would deal with it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 16, 2014, 08:39:23 pm
They could?They already sent, and did all the such stuff.
That's true, they probably sent some special units. But they could send much more.

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Why?What can stop them from it?Sanctions?
Sanctions of course, as their economy has some problems at the moment, and they probably fear that (and they really want to have their French battleship). But also the risk of a NATO answer. For example NATO could reinforce its missile shield in Europe, and Russia wouldn't like that, or send more troops in Poland. In retaliation the US could also try to topple the Syrian government in Damascus, or put an end to negotiations with Iran. The second problem for Russia is the possibility to occupy western Ukraine. A great part of the population in western Ukraine, especially in Lviv, really hates Russia, and it would be hard for Putin to maintain order.
(There is also some problems between Azerbaijan and Armenia... what could the West do about that?)

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The Air Force could go either way because Russian MIG's and Sukhois are incredible flankers and versatile aircraft and cost worlds cheaper then their rival NATO aircraft counterparts. Look at the Su-35 / Su-27M/PU/Assorted Variants, T-50, MiG-29, and then their more experimental but also good looking aircraft like the SU-37 and SU-47. Russia is definitely underestimated in certain departments and shouldn't be taken for granted with their equipment.
I would especially fear the S-300 family.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 16, 2014, 09:10:42 pm
Just because Russia has spent more money doesn't mean they're ready. It might even mean the opposite. The NATO has a far better Air Force and Navy and nearly all are professional militaries, whereas Russia still depends on conscription.
But at least they spend more to make their military better, while western countries decreased their military budgets last years. I'd say better, but not far, and as for second, part of contract soldiers almost the same as conscripts
However, just looking at numbers, the Russian outforce is already outnumbered by just the US Airforce, who mostly uses F-16 and F-22. Adding the rest of the NATO members to that, you're looking at not only a great advantage in numbers, but also a slight edge in equipment quality (Most air forces are modernizing due to the conflict, while Russia has been trying to keep up for years).
hmm...
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Most Spanish Eurofighter jets can't fly: report (http://www.thelocal.es/20141027/only-6-of-spains-39-eurofighter-planes-can-fly)
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 Only six Eurofighters in Spain's Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) service in bases at Morón de la Frontera and Albacete are currently capable of taking off, according to military insiders. These jets are kept ready to scramble 24 hours a day, year-round, to intercept suspicious aircraft in Spanish airspace.
  The rest of Spain's Eurofighter planes have allegedly been grounded by breakdowns, missing spare parts and queues for inspections after reaching the maximum number of hours in the air.
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Defense expert: Germany 'unable to meet NATO commitments' (http://www.dw.de/defense-expert-germany-unable-to-meet-nato-commitments/a-17960888)

Large portions of the German military's inventory are out of date and unable to keep up with the competition.
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Germany's von der Leyen admits major Bundeswehr shortfalls (http://www.dw.de/germanys-von-der-leyen-admits-major-bundeswehr-shortfalls/a-17959798)

 German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has acknowledged major shortfalls in equipment for the Bundeswehr's military, especially in the air force. She said Germany is unable to deliver its defensive NATO promises.
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The bulk of Germany's air force is currently grounded. Only 42 of 109 Eurofighters are currently ready for service, while 38 of 89 Tornado fighters could take to the skies. Earlier in the week, problems with Sea Lynx helicopters currently serving in the EU's anti-piracy mission off the Horn of Africa became public knowledge, months after the issue was first identified. As for Germany's fleet of C-160 transport planes, just over half - 24 of 43 - are in service;
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And this is Germany, the main EU power
If you're referring to some massive coalition against Russia, as in America plus most of the EU/NATO, I think you're looking a bit too far. For one, I'm pretty sure most of the countries in the EU/NATO are looking to help out with supplies more then to have boots on the ground
Exactly.
As someone said "NATO is 700 mln of people Europe that hopes that 300 mln USA will defend them from 140 mln Russia"  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 16, 2014, 09:24:30 pm
Sanctions of course, as their economy has some problems at the moment, and they probably fear that (and they really want to have their French battleship). But also the risk of a NATO answer. For example NATO could reinforce its missile shield in Europe, and Russia wouldn't like that, or send more troops in Poland. In retaliation the US could also try to topple the Syrian government in Damascus, or put an end to negotiations with Iran. The second problem for Russia is the possibility to occupy western Ukraine. A great part of the population in western Ukraine, especially in Lviv, really hates Russia, and it would be hard for Putin to maintain order.
They could, but there is problems with such actions like more sanctions or NATO answer - to provide that, it is needed to a lot of country leaders get together, than reach an agreement on the question what to do, then signed this agreement and so on. While at russian side all is easier - one person can decide anything very quickly. :)
There is no need to occupy it - it will be enough to reach Transnistria ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 16, 2014, 10:19:31 pm
Don't know where else to post this, but I suppose this pertains to our earlier discussion.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-begin-1-trillion-upgrade-nuclear-weapons-arsenal-1474990
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 19, 2014, 09:28:21 pm
New VICE report.

http://youtu.be/cYEH6Tfzouo
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 19, 2014, 10:12:21 pm
Hey, Dutch Military Police. Didn't know they were still there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wiki on November 21, 2014, 05:06:40 pm
Russian likes to invade Poland and Ukraine cuz they are small countries.  :'( :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 21, 2014, 06:22:26 pm
Ukraine apparently just mobilized these self-propelled howitzers.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 21, 2014, 09:10:49 pm
Ukraine apparently just mobilized these self-propelled howitzers.

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Fat, slow and old.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on November 21, 2014, 09:31:58 pm
Ukraine apparently just mobilized these self-propelled howitzers.

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Fat, slow and old.
Like ye mum



Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 21, 2014, 10:54:00 pm
It's self-propelled artillery. Who cares that its fat, slow and old? It still makes a big and accurate boom far, far away.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on November 21, 2014, 11:30:35 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/l20jpMz.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 21, 2014, 11:51:41 pm
It's self-propelled artillery. Who cares that its fat, slow and old? It still makes a big and accurate boom far, far away.

Because old means lesser impact shells and lesser accuracy.

Although western SPHs are a bit overkill: being able to choose which inch of the building you wanna hit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 22, 2014, 12:05:24 am
It's self-propelled artillery. Who cares that its fat, slow and old? It still makes a big and accurate boom far, far away.

Because old means lesser impact shells and lesser accuracy.

Although western SPHs are a bit overkill: being able to choose which inch of the building you wanna hit.

Doubt that will be a deciding factor. This is why the DPRK is still up today. Because their old guns are aimed on Seoul.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 22, 2014, 12:49:16 am
It's self-propelled artillery. Who cares that its fat, slow and old? It still makes a big and accurate boom far, far away.

Because old means lesser impact shells and lesser accuracy.

Although western SPHs are a bit overkill: being able to choose which inch of the building you wanna hit.

It's has a 203 mm gun that can hit a target up to 37,5 kilometers away, 55 km if its a rocket. In comparison, our PzH 2000 has a 155 mm with a regular range of 30 and a max of 40 km. The 2S7 Pion, as its called, might be over three decades old, but it's not out-dated. Definitely not by anything the Russian army has. I mean, come on, the Russian Armed Forces haven't even entirely replaced foot wraps by socks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on November 22, 2014, 09:02:51 am
I wonder how many innocent civilians will be killed with those.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 22, 2014, 10:59:16 am
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on November 22, 2014, 11:41:44 am
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.
--Spanish on the issue of dirty Dutch rebels
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on November 22, 2014, 12:07:52 pm
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.

It's in a human's very nature to rebel against unjustified authority and seek autonomy in one's own life.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 22, 2014, 12:20:41 pm
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.
--Spanish on the issue of dirty Dutch rebels

Only we won.

It's what you get when you decide to rebel.

It's in a human's very nature to rebel against unjustified authority and seek autonomy in one's own life.

Oh please. Their (Russian) commander himself admitted that if he and his band of 50 rogues had stayed out, there never would have been a conflict.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on November 22, 2014, 12:21:08 pm
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on November 22, 2014, 12:50:26 pm
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.

ya nuke da syrian rebels
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on November 22, 2014, 12:59:01 pm
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.

ya nuke da syrian rebels
My goyim gets it ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 22, 2014, 03:21:48 pm
Did anybody watch Putins speech at Valdai?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F9pQcqPdKo
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on November 22, 2014, 05:46:53 pm
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.
Spoiler
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Holy shit, my mind in pictures.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on November 22, 2014, 05:49:36 pm
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.
--Spanish on the issue of dirty Dutch rebels

Only we won.
So simply because your ancestors had the military abilities to kick out an oppressor, your revolt is more justified than that of say Donetsk? Just wondering if you believe martial ability and the ability to actually win determines who is justified and who is wrong

U's still mai dootch babs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 22, 2014, 06:05:01 pm
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.
--Spanish on the issue of dirty Dutch rebels

Only we won.
So simply because your ancestors had the military abilities to kick out an oppressor, your revolt is more justified than that of say Donetsk? Just wondering if you believe martial ability and the ability to actually win determines who is justified and who is wrong

U's still mai dootch babs

Might makes right, babez.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on November 22, 2014, 06:07:15 pm
It's what you get when you decide to rebel.
--Spanish on the issue of dirty Dutch rebels

Only we won.
So simply because your ancestors had the military abilities to kick out an oppressor, your revolt is more justified than that of say Donetsk? Just wondering if you believe martial ability and the ability to actually win determines who is justified and who is wrong

U's still mai dootch babs

Might makes right, babez.
Said the same bout yo dick but it's slightly skewed to the left bby
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 22, 2014, 06:18:43 pm
Okay, joke's off. What I meant with my comment is that if you start a rebellion, you can expect hurts coming your way. Regardless of whether your rebellion is justified or not, you can expect it. Landrik once made the point that even with modern NATO artillery, civilian casualties happen. If the citizens of Donetsk didn't want hurt coming their way, they should not have rebelled.

Donetsk and Luhansk are Ukrainian territory. Ukraine has the right to protect their territory as much as the Donetsk and Luhansk citizens have the right to fight for independence. The right to self-determination of the Ukrainians collides with that of the citizens of Donetsk and Luhansk, so nobody can claim that as moral ground. Besides, the amount of foreign fighters, even holding commanding positions, puts a big question-mark around who wants the oblasts to determine themselves. The citizens? Nothing really happened in the liberated/re-occupied areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. People have adopted a 'I don't care either way'-approach.

The right of self-determination is nothing but a facade in this conflict anyway. It's based around people, and the Ukrainians in the east are no different from the Ukrainians from the west. The ethic Russians already have their own state. Besides the fact that many Russians moved to Ukraine during the Soviet time. In short, the right to self-determination has served its purpose; It was invented in the time that Europa was full of multi-cultural empires, and is now nothing but an instrument in the political game.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 23, 2014, 12:40:23 am
There are also foreign volunteers in the Ukrainian army.

And the right of self-determination is a farce. It is good that the people in eastern Ukraine use it, but not even the guy who invented it did stick to it.

Oh, aaand the people in eastern Ukraine and the people in western Ukraine are maybe as much the same as Dutch people and Germans.
Y u no join ze Reich, Duuring?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 23, 2014, 09:40:13 am
If a Russian is living in Ukraine and feels discriminated he can move to a country that better suits his cultural/ethnical/political background, such as Russia.

States are around to protect national identities, not to let some fucking dumb asstards create a new nation everytime they're unhappy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 23, 2014, 09:52:36 am
not to let some fucking dumb asstards create a new nation everytime they're unhappy.

That's how Ukraine was created.
Glad you understand Ukraine isn't a real country and should of never been created in the first place.

Cheers.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 23, 2014, 11:32:33 am
not to let some fucking dumb asstards create a new nation everytime they're unhappy.

That's how Ukraine was created.
Glad you understand Ukraine isn't a real country and should of never been created in the first place.

Cheers.

No that's how Russia was created.


l2history
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 23, 2014, 11:36:58 am
not to let some fucking dumb asstards create a new nation everytime they're unhappy.

That's how Ukraine was created.
Glad you understand Ukraine isn't a real country and should of never been created in the first place.

Cheers.

No that's how Russia was created.


l2history

Russia is descendant of Kievan Rus.
The First Eastern Slav State.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 23, 2014, 11:52:57 am
not to let some fucking dumb asstards create a new nation everytime they're unhappy.

That's how Ukraine was created.
Glad you understand Ukraine isn't a real country and should of never been created in the first place.

Cheers.

No that's how Russia was created.


l2history

Russia is descendant of Kievan Rus.
The First Eastern Slav State.


Kievan. Kiev. Ukraine.

Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 23, 2014, 12:12:31 pm
There are also foreign volunteers in the Ukrainian army.

And the right of self-determination is a farce. It is good that the people in eastern Ukraine use it, but not even the guy who invented it did stick to it.

Oh, aaand the people in eastern Ukraine and the people in western Ukraine are maybe as much the same as Dutch people and Germans.
Y u no join ze Reich, Duuring?

Pls. My country has been around for longer then Germany. They should join us.

The amount of foreign volunteers in the Ukrainian army is NOTHING compared to that of the Pro-Russian side. Besides, they don't hold positions like, oh, I dunno, Prime Minister or Minister of Defence.

If a Russian is living in Ukraine and feels discriminated he can move to a country that better suits his cultural/ethnical/political background, such as Russia.

States are around to protect national identities, not to let some fucking dumb asstards create a new nation everytime they're unhappy.

This so much.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 23, 2014, 12:47:04 pm
not to let some fucking dumb asstards create a new nation everytime they're unhappy.

That's how Ukraine was created.
Glad you understand Ukraine isn't a real country and should of never been created in the first place.

Cheers.

No that's how Russia was created.


l2history

Russia is descendant of Kievan Rus.
The First Eastern Slav State.


Kievan. Kiev. Ukraine.

Kiev had been populated by tribal slavs until some Turks called Khazars imposed their will on the region.
Oleg was Ruler of the Rus and extended his land while taking back native Slav land back from the Turks. He moved his capital to Kiev. They became Kievan Rus.

Yes I agree. At this point Kiev should belong to Russia too.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on November 23, 2014, 12:55:25 pm
Who really gives a fuck, which people inhabited a region first. These people have co-existed for millenia, before states even existed.

Earth itself has existed for far longer than any individual human being, and even within the realm of human beings, the concept of property as we know it today has not existed for particularly long. Therefore, one could state that the entirety of Earth has begun in a state of common ownership, the property of all which lives upon it by default.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 23, 2014, 01:01:52 pm
Could we just keep this Ukraine-centered please.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 23, 2014, 01:03:10 pm
Who really gives a fuck, which people inhabited a region first. These people have co-existed for millenia, before states even existed.

Earth itself has existed for far longer than any individual human being, and even within the realm of human beings, the concept of property as we know it today has not existed for particularly long. Therefore, one could state that the entirety of Earth has begun in a state of common ownership, the property of all which lives upon it by default.

No one gives a fuck.

This is about Slavs being the same people from the same regions. That region isn't even contested. It's always been Slavs living there. This is about why a country like Ukraine might not be necessary.

Could we just keep this Ukraine-centered please.

No augy has to plug his knowledge.


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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 23, 2014, 01:20:07 pm
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States are around to protect national identities, not to let some fucking dumb asstards create a new nation everytime they're unhappy.
I prefer to have a state which protects its population, all the inhabitants of its territory, regardless of their religion, language, skin color, culture, tribal disagreements. We have seen too much of what happened to Yugoslavia and other former Soviet territories when some idiots decided that a state should protect "national identities" instead of the people itself. Those idiots usually become puppets in the hands of foreign power, exactly as Ukraine became the perfect American hooker.

The fascist lackeys in Kiev claimed to protect their "nation", but they did that on the basis of a great hatred for eastern Ukrainian populations, and eventually lost important part of their territory: Crimea, and now Donetsk and Luhansk. Is that how they protect "national identitites"?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on November 23, 2014, 02:02:04 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeFJkGfaoxs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 23, 2014, 02:32:39 pm
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States are around to protect national identities, not to let some fucking dumb asstards create a new nation everytime they're unhappy.
I prefer to have a state which protects its population, all the inhabitants of its territory, regardless of their religion, language, skin color, culture, tribal disagreements. We have seen too much of what happened to Yugoslavia and other former Soviet territories when some idiots decided that a state should protect "national identities" instead of the people itself. Those idiots usually become puppets in the hands of foreign power, exactly as Ukraine became the perfect American hooker.

The fascist lackeys in Kiev claimed to protect their "nation", but they did that on the basis of a great hatred for eastern Ukrainian populations, and eventually lost important part of their territory: Crimea, and now Donetsk and Luhansk. Is that how they protect "national identitites"?

Fucking hell you're daft

'Your' or rather their people, are people who share the national identity, which is what they're trying to protect. The advent of nationalism was because people who spoke the same language, shared the same cultures/religions/ideals, lived in the same geographical entities and shared similar goals decided to create these things called nations which were to preserve these similarities within a national border.

If you want to go back to the middle ages of dutchies consisting of 5 farms and a village then go ahead and create a political party for it.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 23, 2014, 03:29:39 pm
Although there can be a progressive nationalism (the creation of the German and Italian nations in the 19th century was progressive) in many situations nationalism appeared after the nation was already built, in the decaying period of imperialist greed. Those progressive men who built Italy, Germany, and other nations such as the United States, had probably more in mind than to protect their "national identity", especially since the nation itself did not yet exist. Protecting "national identity" is rather the motto of decadent nationalism, which is so weak that it fears for the very existence of its beloved "nation", or for its profits, and has discovered that stirring up national hatred is a good way to mobilize an innocent population for a war of plunder. Ukraine is in the latter situation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on November 23, 2014, 03:37:44 pm
Not only that. If you step back and look at things on a geological time scale, a lot of this petty nonsense doesn't matter. It's akin to getting all worked up over a game of Risk.

Being nationalistic is taking extreme pride in something that you had no say in. Being nationalistic is an assertion that the accidental circumstances of our birth are substantive, and that they matter. If these circumstances are substantive, if they matter, then there must be some reason for these differences and for people being in the circumstances they're in that goes beyond accident; it must be because these differences are inherent or earned or rewarded. If it's inherent, then anyone trying to cross the boundaries is violating some natural order, and you're justified in preventing them. If it's earned or rewarded, then anyone trying to cross the boundaries is trying to take what is not rightfully theirs, and you're justified in preventing them. Moreover, it also means that if you're militarily superior, you have the moral high ground on dictating the lives of others --- if you didn't, then by the logic of nationalism just described, you wouldn't be militarily superior.

In short, nationalism leads inexorably to oppression. Which MaxLam has eloquently explained aswel.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 23, 2014, 03:59:57 pm
Not only that. If you step back and look at things on a geological time scale, a lot of this petty nonsense doesn't matter. It's akin to getting all worked up over a game of Risk.

Being nationalistic is taking extreme pride in something that you had no say in. Being nationalistic is an assertion that the accidental circumstances of our birth are substantive, and that they matter. If these circumstances are substantive, if they matter, then there must be some reason for these differences and for people being in the circumstances they're in that goes beyond accident; it must be because these differences are inherent or earned or rewarded. If it's inherent, then anyone trying to cross the boundaries is violating some natural order, and you're justified in preventing them. If it's earned or rewarded, then anyone trying to cross the boundaries is trying to take what is not rightfully theirs, and you're justified in preventing them. Moreover, it also means that if you're militarily superior, you have the moral high ground on dictating the lives of others --- if you didn't, then by the logic of nationalism just described, you wouldn't be militarily superior.

In short, nationalism leads inexorably to oppression. Which MaxLam has eloquently explained aswel.

You're expressing nationalism in a modern day context. However in the past nationalism was the will to create and be a part of a national entity. Which is the point you're missing.

Wanting to live in a country where you are accepted or feel comfortable in with reference to your culture/language/ideals/politcal ideology is the whole idea behind the existance of a nation. I don't want to live in Russia because i think they are backwards in comparison to my culture, that's why i don't live there, and thats why other nations exist. They keep a way of life that is tailored to their population.

I understand you believe in your little anarchist pangea but the fact is myself and most people do not believe in that because it does not suit our needs.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 23, 2014, 04:41:04 pm
MarshalKim, are you a Russian?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 23, 2014, 04:51:26 pm
MarshalKim, are you a Russian?

he is an american who has a fetish for kim jong il and north korea
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 23, 2014, 05:13:20 pm
Lol, he sounds like a typical russian vatnique
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 24, 2014, 01:31:40 am
I'm not American.
I'm not from Russia and I don't have Russian origins.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 24, 2014, 02:04:05 am
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Wanting to live in a country where you are accepted or feel comfortable in with reference to your culture/language/ideals/politcal ideology is the whole idea behind the existance of a nation.
Then you must agree with the Ukrainian separatists since:
1. A majority of the inhabitants of the separatist regions don't speak Ukrainian. And many inhabitants of Ukraine in general. (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi52.fastpic.ru%2Fbig%2F2013%2F0404%2Fff%2F5bc8cd79af9319da20223aa122c4c9ff.jpg&hash=c86de5e0f222b01788fa608a3d51f4ee75a2261f)
2. They don't want the Ukrainian political system.
(https://thenextrecession.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/ukraine-election.png)
3. They don't share the same ideals.

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I don't want to live in Russia because i think they are backwards in comparison to my culture
Your culture didn't sent the first man in space. They did.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 24, 2014, 02:23:55 am

Then you must agree with the Ukrainian separatists since:

1. A majority of the inhabitants of the separatist regions don't speak Ukrainian. And many inhabitants of Ukraine in general.

2. They don't want the Ukrainian political system.

3. They don't share the same ideals.

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I don't want to live in Russia because i think they are backwards in comparison to my culture
Your culture didn't sent the first man in space. They did.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Josef Lenin on November 24, 2014, 03:33:27 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 24, 2014, 03:36:21 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on November 24, 2014, 07:01:00 am
World leaders often shake hands even if they kill each other later on.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Josef Lenin on November 24, 2014, 07:40:52 am
World leaders often shake hands even if they kill each other later on.
Spoiler
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True, Mummar killing Obama, didn't see it coming.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on November 24, 2014, 09:31:29 am
Plot twist: He killed his patience...  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 24, 2014, 10:23:04 am
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Wanting to live in a country where you are accepted or feel comfortable in with reference to your culture/language/ideals/politcal ideology is the whole idea behind the existance of a nation.
Then you must agree with the Ukrainian separatists since:
1. A majority of the inhabitants of the separatist regions don't speak Ukrainian. And many inhabitants of Ukraine in general.

You're contradicting yourself. You make the point that a majority of citizens in Donetsk and Luhansk speak Russian and thus have reason to seperate, but then you make the point that many other Ukrainians also speak Russian, making your first point invalid.

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2. They don't want the Ukrainian political system.
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Really? Because a majority of them voted for another candidate, they don't want the political system?

Guess the South wishes to secede once again
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Well shit, considering the red and blue guys won, my country is gonna have a lot of little independent states within it.
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Same goes for the UK. All them little Labour-states sure have shown they want their independence. Well, except Scotland of course. And it's goodbye Northern Ireland - the fact that a majority of them didn't vote for Libdem or Conservative clearly shows their wish to secede. Ireland will be happy.
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3. They don't share the same ideals.

What?
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I don't want to live in Russia because i think they are backwards in comparison to my culture
Your culture didn't sent the first man in space. They did.

Russia also has one of the highest amount of racial crimes in the world, as well as anti-gay legislation. I don't care how technically advanced they are, their culture is backward.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 24, 2014, 11:32:58 am
Their culture is thousands of years old which does not mean it is backward.
Nearly whole eastern Europe and 12 American states do not allow homosexual civil partnerships. This is because the people of their country decided to prohibit it. You call it democracy.

You cannot blame a country for its culture. The Africans were also "backward in culture", which is no excuse for slave trade.

You can only blame a country for not having a culture.
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sorry murica :-[
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 24, 2014, 12:00:49 pm
No, it's not democracy. Russian law effectively bans Gay Right groups, shutting down their right to democratic representation. I call that very backward.

While several states do not have same-sex marriage or protection laws, no country but Russia actually cuts their rights.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 24, 2014, 12:04:20 pm
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You're contradicting yourself. You make the point that a majority of citizens in Donetsk and Luhansk speak Russian and thus have reason to seperate, but then you make the point that many other Ukrainians also speak Russian, making your first point invalid.
I don't see how that makes my point invalid. Basically the western regions speak Ukrainian and the Eastern regions speak Russian. According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census Russian is the dominant native language in the regions of Luhensk, Donetsk and Crimea. In the region of Odessa Ukrainian represents less than half of the population. So if we follow your idea that people should build their nations on the basis of language, it makes sense that the regions of Luhansk, Donets, and Crimea (especially Crimea since Ukrainian represents less than 10% of the population) demand to create their own nation or join Russia.

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Really? Because a majority of them voted for another candidate, they don't want the political system?
Have you not noticed that Yanukovych isn't the President of Ukraine anymore? He was overthrew. So basically you have some predominently Russian-speaking regions which voted overwhelmingly for Yanukovych (around 90% in Donetsk and Luhansk, and 80% in Crimea, something that you don't have in the Netherlands), yet their political choice wasn't respected since Yanukovych was violently overthrew.

If something like that was done in the United States, if Obama was overthrew violently by a mob of teabaggers, what would happen in the United States? Do you really believe that nothing would happen?

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What?
The East is nostalgic of the Soviet Union, while the West is nostalgic of the Third Reich (as much as you are obviously, considering your Steam account).

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Russia also has one of the highest amount of racial crimes in the world, as well as anti-gay legislation. I don't care how technically advanced they are, their culture is backward.
That shouldn't bother the Kievan fascists much.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on November 24, 2014, 12:14:10 pm
No, it's not democracy. Russian law effectively bans Gay Right groups, shutting down their right to democratic representation. I call that very backward.

While several states do not have same-sex marriage or protection laws, no country but Russia actually cuts their rights.

To be fair; their anti-gay legislation is similar to that of some states in the U.S and doesn't really ban Homosexuality. It merely prohibits it from being advocated/promoted to children under the notion that children are not able to critically assess information. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/us-hypocrisy-over-russias-anti-gay-laws/2014/01/31/3df0baf0-8548-11e3-9dd4-e7278db80d86_story.html

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 24, 2014, 12:19:20 pm
No, it's not democracy. Russian law effectively bans Gay Right groups, shutting down their right to democratic representation.

Because Russians care for their culture and tradition, they don't want so called homosexual propaganda in their country because they believe it could destroy their values.
Furthermore (and I agree with that) the sexuality of a person does not concern anybody.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on November 24, 2014, 12:49:26 pm
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Damn, Putin must really hate his people for not allowing something the majority obviously want!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on November 24, 2014, 12:50:44 pm
I hate humanity
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 24, 2014, 05:43:33 pm
You need to understand the fundamental difference between a restrictions of human rights and a restriction of democratic rights. See, a state is entirely allowed to democratically decide to take certain rights (like marriage) from a certain part of their citizens. What they can't do, at least not without abolishing democracy, is take away the democratic rights of those citizens. They can't take away their vote, and they can't take away their right to organize themselves. As soon as a group of people can't express themselves politically, the state is no longer democratic as it bans a certain part of their citizens from taking part in the democratic process - which isn't just voting. In short, criminalizing homosexuality by popular vote is democratic, banning gay right groups isn't.

Where did I say countries should organize themselves based on language? Language is a part of someone's culture, but its not decisive and you can have a different culture while speaking the same language. Flemish are different from Dutch, and Germans are different from german-speaking Swiss, and so on.

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The East is nostalgic of the Soviet Union, while the West is nostalgic of the Third Reich (as much as you are obviously, considering your Steam account).

I'm sorry? Care to specify yourself?

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That shouldn't bother the Kievan fascists much.

What Kieven fascists? Don't tell me you still believe Ukraine is being controlled by a fascist junta.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 24, 2014, 06:28:32 pm
Sorry, I confused with Sven.
I was referring to the actual fascists who support this government, the neo-nazis, banderists, and people like that. Can we say that the country is controlled by a fascist junta? Maybe not. Poroshenko the "Chocolate King" might not be a fascist, but the fascists have a strong influence in western Ukraine, and Poroshenko even said that UPA fascists who fought in WWII are "an example of heroism and patriotism to Ukraine". Would a democrat say something like that? Definitely not.

http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/09/26/poroshenko-to-consider-giving-upa-veterans-legal-status/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on November 24, 2014, 06:33:01 pm
Not all pro-Ukrainian nationalists are fascists but all fascists are pro-Ukrainian nationalists


Pootin stronk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 24, 2014, 06:57:02 pm
Sorry, I confused with Sven.
I was referring to the actual fascists who support this government, the neo-nazis, banderists, and people like that. Can we say that the country is controlled by a fascist junta? Maybe not. Poroshenko the "Chocolate King" might not be a fascist, but the fascists have a strong influence in western Ukraine, and Poroshenko even said that UPA fascists who fought in WWII are "an example of heroism and patriotism to Ukraine". Would a democrat say something like that? Definitely not.

http://euromaidanpress.com/2014/09/26/poroshenko-to-consider-giving-upa-veterans-legal-status/

Poroshenko’s statements come nearing the UPA’s anniversary on October 14. Former president Yushchenko made similar inroads to define the UPA as war veterans

The UPA fought against the Soviet Union, Poland, and Nazi Germany for Ukrainian independence from 1942-1956.

discredit its veterans and supporters as “Nazis” and “fascists” despite fighting both German and Russian fascism in World War II.

What if Poroshenko does not view them as fascists?
What about Yushchenko who also doesn't seem to view them as fascists?
Why don't they mention that the UPA took part in ethnic cleansing of polish populations.
Are they fascists or just Nazi German collaborators?
Why don't they mention that the UPA took part in ethnic cleansing of polish populations?

Your article doesn't seem to support your view.

The UPA opposed the mobilization of able-bodied men into the Soviet Army through the extermination of whole families of those who joined.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 24, 2014, 07:12:11 pm
MaxLam, are you a Russian?
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2. They don't want the Ukrainian political system.
3. They don't share the same ideals.
Why do you use an old 2012 map?Things changed since then:
Here is the latest 2014 - Opposition block are the prorussian one
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And they take majority there just because pro-westerns goes as separate parties, the do not have even more than 50% in any region
http://vyboryrada2014.pravda.com.ua/ - prorussians are the 4th
http://vyboryrada2014.pravda.com.ua/election/main.html - map if you can operate Ukrainian
The East is nostalgic of the Soviet Union, while the West is nostalgic of the Third Reich
You're an idiot or what?West do not nostalgic of the Third Reich
I was referring to the actual fascists who support this government, the neo-nazis, banderists, and people like that.
Lol, actually nationalists and thos who have ultra- and just right political views do not support this govermrnt much
Can we say that the country is controlled by a fascist junta? Maybe not.
Ofcourse, junta is in Donetsk and Lugansk regions now

UPA aren't fascists(they had nothing to do with Mussolini :)) nor they are nazis :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 24, 2014, 07:19:28 pm
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You're contradicting yourself. You make the point that a majority of citizens in Donetsk and Luhansk speak Russian and thus have reason to seperate, but then you make the point that many other Ukrainians also speak Russian, making your first point invalid.
I don't see how that makes my point invalid. Basically the western regions speak Ukrainian and the Eastern regions speak Russian. According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census Russian is the dominant native language in the regions of Luhensk, Donetsk and Crimea. In the region of Odessa Ukrainian represents less than half of the population. So if we follow your idea that people should build their nations on the basis of language, it makes sense that the regions of Luhansk, Donets, and Crimea (especially Crimea since Ukrainian represents less than 10% of the population) demand to create their own nation or join Russia.

The situation in Ukraine is tender because their population was partially forcibly moved from their homes, partially starved to death in the 1930s, and partially invaded by Russians who were forcibly moved there.

The areas that were decided to belong to a sovereign Ukraine, should be kept in the hands of a sovereign Ukraine. If you are a Russian living in Ukraine, you can move across the border if you do not like Ukraine, if you do not accept their values, if you do not want to live in the country. It really isn't that hard... What is hard and logically confusing is the fact they want to form a new country instead of taking a 10km drive and renting an apartement whilst they sell their house.

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What?
The East is nostalgic of the Soviet Union, while the West is nostalgic of the Third Reich (as much as you are obviously, considering your Steam account).

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Russia also has one of the highest amount of racial crimes in the world, as well as anti-gay legislation. I don't care how technically advanced they are, their culture is backward.
That shouldn't bother the Kievan fascists much.

All credibility lost... Western Ukraine are Nazis and Kiev is in control of Fascists, good shit bruh.

No, it's not democracy. Russian law effectively bans Gay Right groups, shutting down their right to democratic representation.

Because Russians care for their culture and tradition, they don't want so called homosexual propaganda in their country because they believe it could destroy their values.
Furthermore (and I agree with that) the sexuality of a person does not concern anybody.

Which is completly fine, if you do not want homosexuality in your culture it is the decision of the people. Similarly, if you want to be liberal it's also alright. This is why we have nations that represent our values and cultures.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 24, 2014, 07:42:19 pm
Quote from:  Kim Il Sung
Poroshenko’s statements come nearing the UPA’s anniversary on October 14. Former president Yushchenko made similar inroads to define the UPA as war veterans

The UPA fought against the Soviet Union, Poland, and Nazi Germany for Ukrainian independence from 1942-1956.

discredit its veterans and supporters as “Nazis” and “fascists” despite fighting both German and Russian fascism in World War II.

What if Poroshenko does not view them as fascists?
What about Yushchenko who also doesn't seem to view them as fascists?
Why don't they mention that the UPA took part in ethnic cleansing of polish populations.
Are they fascists or just Nazi German collaborators?
Why don't they mention that the UPA took part in ethnic cleansing of polish populations?

Your article doesn't seem to support your view.

The UPA opposed the mobilization of able-bodied men into the Soviet Army through the extermination of whole families of those who joined.
I don't see how that doesn't support my view. This article is an article from Euromaidan, so of course they won't tell you all the truth about the UPA, that they killed a lot of Poles, and were nazi collaborators. But my point was that Poroshenko is close to or influenced by fascist organizations in Ukraine, and that's why he said that fascist UPA members are "an example". He might be an ignorant, but I don't think he is.

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The areas that were decided to belong to a sovereign Ukraine, should be kept in the hands of a sovereign Ukraine.
Oh really? And why then? Can you give any reason for that? Any reason to keep Russian-speaking regions inside of Ukraine?
 
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If you are a Russian living in Ukraine, you can move across the border if you do not like Ukraine, if you do not accept their values, if you do not want to live in the country
Very well. Then if you are a Ukrainian living in Crimea, Luhansk or Donetsk, you can also cross the border and go back to Kiev. If that's how you see relations between men and nations, then this means war. Don't complain if you lose at this game.


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All credibility lost... Western Ukraine are Nazis and Kiev is in control of Fascists, good shit bruh.
People should just go look at your Steam account which is linked in your profile to understand how "credible" you are when talking about fascists and nazis.

Quote from: Suede
And they take majority there just because pro-westerns goes as separate parties, the do not have even more than 50% in any region
Your are obviously not able to analyse maps (I assume that you are Ukrainian), otherwise you would have noticed that Poroshenko's best score was 37.45% in the regions of Vinnytsia, while your pro-russian guy obtained 38.69 in Donetsk, 32.16% in Kharkov, and 36.59% in Lugansk = relative majority in all of those regions. And many pro-russians didn't even bothered to take part in this shameful election.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on November 24, 2014, 08:11:14 pm
Ha, so you are a Russian
Otherwise you would have noticed that Poroshenko's best score was 37.45% in the regions of Vinnytsia, while your pro-russian guy obtained 38.69 in Donetsk, 32.16% in Kharkov, and 36.59% in Lugansk = relative majority in all of those regions.
Yes, but if take all pro-western parties in Vinnytsia - pro-western Poroshenko's 37,45%+ pro-westerns Yatcenyk's 22,41% + pro-western Sadovuj 7, 58%+ pro-western Timoshenko 6.61  = 74, 05% - so all together the majority
Same  with - your pro-russian guy 32.16% in Kharkov+ few points from pro-russian commies - but Poroshenko 15.17 + Yatcenyk 8.13 + Sadovuj 7.49 + Timoshenko 3.88  = 34.67 - almost the same "relative majority", so what?
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fascist UPA members
facepalm.jpg 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 24, 2014, 08:18:00 pm

Quote from:  Sven
The areas that were decided to belong to a sovereign Ukraine, should be kept in the hands of a sovereign Ukraine.
Oh really? And why then? Can you give any reason for that? Any reason to keep Russian-speaking regions inside of Ukraine?
 
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If you are a Russian living in Ukraine, you can move across the border if you do not like Ukraine, if you do not accept their values, if you do not want to live in the country
Very well. Then if you are a Ukrainian living in Crimea, Luhansk or Donetsk, you can also cross the border and go back to Kiev. If that's how you see relations between men and nations, then this means war. Don't complain if you lose at this game.

However that land was in my eyes, and in the opinion of most of the west, unlawfully taken from a sovereign nation by use of force. They had no right to invade other than for economic and militaristic/imperialistic gains. Thus i do not support Crimeas seccession, simple as that. If Russians think differently and claim that the West is a bunch of capitalist thugs doesn't matter to me, it was unlawful.

Ukraine gained their soveriegnity and their borders by law and thus it's borders mark Ukraine.

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All credibility lost... Western Ukraine are Nazis and Kiev is in control of Fascists, good shit bruh.
People should just go look at your Steam account which is linked in your profile to understand how "credible" you are when talking about fascists and nazis. [/quote]

So by writing on my steam profile 'Fuck off Commies :D' i'm apparently affiliated with fascism and nazism, aight bruh. By looking at your FSE profile i can observe you're and imperialistic francophile thug who supports militarism. See how this works?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 24, 2014, 09:17:43 pm
I think he meant the german WW2 soldier's picture and the "╬ Deutsche Wehrmacht '35-'45 ╬"

I myself strongly believe your fascist tendencies are rooted in Botswana.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 24, 2014, 09:23:54 pm
I think he meant the german WW2 soldier's picture and the "╬ Deutsche Wehrmacht '35-'45 ╬"

I myself strongly believe your fascist tendencies are rooted in Botswana.

The picture is just one of my favorite colored pictures of WW2 from the Operation Wacht am Rhein, the Deutsche Wehrmacht part is more of a clan thing me and some Swedish friends have for Red Orchestra 2.

For example
(https://i.gyazo.com/2bba40c1ddaceee8307dc4dba18f122d.png)
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And yes, i am a part of the botswanian FLP (fascist liberation police)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on November 24, 2014, 09:28:12 pm
Remember, you're arguing with Russiaboos
(https://i.imgur.com/ZGmJReW.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 24, 2014, 09:36:47 pm
Russians are good people!

(https://img.4plebs.org/boards/pol/image/1395/67/1395675559934.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on November 24, 2014, 09:39:33 pm
Some of the greatest minds of humanity have come from Russia as all other countries, lets not put down an entire people because of a few people that don't fall within social norms.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Chosen1 on November 24, 2014, 09:41:35 pm
>implying the Kiev junta isn't a puppet government set up by the EU and US of A

>implying there aren't thousands of Russian soldiers in eastern Ukraine not to mention the large amounts of weapons being given to the 'self-defense fighters'

Both sides of this debate are dumb. The only people I really sympathize with are the Ukrainian people, who are having their country torn apart because of geopolitics

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(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.naamapalmu.com%2Ffiles%2F2z%2Fmedium%2Fy1ddi9sm.jpg&hash=6dd49926c1fc0719b0aec83443dea54b49924729)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 24, 2014, 09:44:19 pm
>greentexting outside of 4chan
>2000 + 14

Both sides of this debate are dumb. The only people I really sympathize with are the Ukrainian people, who are having their country torn apart because of geopolitics

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.naamapalmu.com%2Ffiles%2F2z%2Fmedium%2Fy1ddi9sm.jpg&hash=6dd49926c1fc0719b0aec83443dea54b49924729)
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Does anyone really care about the Ukrainian people anyway? There's no reason for any foreign power to get involved if not for their own interest.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 24, 2014, 09:48:20 pm
And yes, i am a part of the botswanian FLP (fascist liberation police)

I fucking knew it.

Remember, you're arguing with Russiaboos

Russian rockets engine stronk. U.S NASA suck poop and cannot make better so they buy them from stronk Rossia.
Russian Space program stronk. Has all the historical records except landing on a useless rock.
Russian Shkval Torpedo much Stronk. Only Torpedo to reach 370km/h and maybe even more. + conventional explosive or nuclear.

Redsquare is nice.
Moscow has nice places.
Saint Petersburg is nice.
Matter of fact I might go next year.

Suka.


The only people I really sympathize with are the Ukrainian people, who are having their country torn apart because of geopolitics

Russians getting shelled in the East.
Has sympathy for people living in Kiev and the West.

Right.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 24, 2014, 10:24:52 pm
Quote from: Sven
Ukraine gained their soveriegnity and their borders by law and thus it's borders mark Ukraine.
Yes because the Bolsheviks decided that the Soviet Constitution would allow secession of member Republics. Without this right, Ukraine might still be a Russian territory. Yet the Ukrainian fascists, nationalists and chocolate lovers have decided that Crimea, a historical Russian territory which was given to Ukraine by Soviet Russia, wouldn't have the right to secede. But if Crimea and other territories are refused the right to secede, then it's also fair if Russia decides to take back Ukraine which is little more than a former territory of the Russian Empire, Poland and Romania.

Quote from:  Kim
I think he meant the german WW2 soldier's picture and the "╬ Deutsche Wehrmacht '35-'45 ╬"
Yes, and associated with the "fuck off commies" it looks much more than a simple "clan thing".  ::)

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So by writing on my steam profile 'Fuck off Commies :D' i'm apparently affiliated with fascism and nazism, aight bruh. By looking at your FSE profile i can observe you're and imperialistic francophile thug who supports militarism. See how this works?
I'm a sapper. I build bridges between peoples.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 24, 2014, 10:28:03 pm
You forgot that he liked Bayern Munich.
Makes him a fascist.


To be fair Germans hate on Bavaria sometimes but Bavaria is so swag.
I'm sure they eat less sausages and boring Germanic meals then the rest of Germany
Have more fun. Eat better while still drinking the good beer and they're near Italy, Switzerland and Austria.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 24, 2014, 10:49:29 pm
Quote from: Sven
Ukraine gained their soveriegnity and their borders by law and thus it's borders mark Ukraine.
Yes because the Bolsheviks decided that the Soviet Constitution would allow secession of member Republics. Without this right, Ukraine might still be a Russian territory. Yet the Ukrainian fascists, nationalists and chocolate lovers have decided that Crimea, a historical Russian territory which was given to Ukraine by Soviet Russia, wouldn't have the right to secede. But if Crimea and other territories are refused the right to secede, then it's also fair if Russia decides to take back Ukraine which is little more than a former territory of the Russian Empire, Poland and Romania.

You don't have the right to invade the sovereign territory of a sovereign nation. Crimea is also historically Turkish and muslim, does it make sense if they invaded it and held a rigged poll to make it seceded to Turkey? International law is not something you can bend around.

Your arguments get thinner and thinner. OH HISTORICALLLY LIKE FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO DIS WAS GIVEN 2 RUSSIA THEREFORE IT IS RUSSIAN NAO AND UKRAIN FASISTI DONT GIVE RIGHT TO SECEDED EVENTOUGH NOBODY ASKED FOR IT UNTIL RUSSIANS INVADED BECAUSE 2% VOTED FOR PRO SECESSION PARTIES

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Quote from:  Kim
I think he meant the german WW2 soldier's picture and the "╬ Deutsche Wehrmacht '35-'45 ╬"
Yes, and associated with the "fuck off commies" it looks much more than a simple "clan thing".  ::)

I hate communism? Still doesnt make me a fascist. I think you'll find most people around here would describe me as a right-leaning liberal.

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So by writing on my steam profile 'Fuck off Commies :D' i'm apparently affiliated with fascism and nazism, aight bruh. By looking at your FSE profile i can observe you're and imperialistic francophile thug who supports militarism. See how this works?
I'm a sapper. I build bridges between peoples.

I don't think you really understand the tasks of army sappers during that era.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 24, 2014, 11:05:50 pm
Well shit, considering the red and blue guys won, my country is gonna have a lot of little independent states within it.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsuffragio.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F09%2FElection-map.png&hash=6c8a88f675ae9b34264f7270465428717f90a42c)
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#Groningenforindependence
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 24, 2014, 11:10:19 pm
#FederalRepublicOfTheNetherlands #DecentralisationNow #FuckHolland #Provinces<3
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 24, 2014, 11:21:20 pm
#FederalRepublicOfTheNetherlands #DecentralisationNow #FuckHolland #Provinces<3

#freeaardgas4allGrunn
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 24, 2014, 11:23:16 pm
Crimea is also historically Turkish and muslim, does it make sense if they invaded it and held a rigged poll to make it seceded to Turkey? International law is not something you can bend around.

It belonged to the Kievan Rus (yep those guys again  :P) before the tatars. Before the Mongol Invasions, which then split up into territories. (golden horde being the one in control of the Area) then fell to Turkish expansions.

Then Russia took that shit back. :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 24, 2014, 11:23:38 pm
#RemoveKaaskoppen #ToArms #DutchCivilWarNow #DuuringsFreikorpsActivated
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 24, 2014, 11:25:40 pm
#RemoveKaaskoppen #ToArms #DutchCivilWarNow #DuuringsFreikorpsActivated

Piss off. To hell with Friesland first.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 24, 2014, 11:27:28 pm
#removeUtrecht
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 24, 2014, 11:28:03 pm
#removeUtrecht

Annexed by Grunn, too late.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 24, 2014, 11:29:07 pm
https://www.facebook.com/GelderlandOnafhankelijk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 24, 2014, 11:30:39 pm
https://www.facebook.com/GelderlandOnafhankelijk

I don't feel like translating that page but I like that lake picture so +1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 24, 2014, 11:32:34 pm
https://www.facebook.com/GelderlandOnafhankelijk

Unlike Gelderland, Groningen would actually have a fair chance of maintaining an independant state...

#gas
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 24, 2014, 11:33:29 pm
https://www.facebook.com/GelderlandOnafhankelijk

I don't feel like translating that page but I like that lake picture so +1

It's a satirical page supporting the independence of our biggest province, Gelderland.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on November 24, 2014, 11:53:10 pm
dutch things

being stoopid cummies?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 25, 2014, 12:15:56 am
I like neither commies nor capitalists.

Am I abnormal? :-[
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on November 25, 2014, 12:16:29 am
I like neither commies nor capitalists.

Am I abnormal? :-[
u can go to back of the bus its okei
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on November 25, 2014, 12:18:16 am
I like neither commies nor capitalists.

Am I abnormal? :-[

You're an Augy.

God help your soul.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on November 25, 2014, 12:20:13 am
I like neither commies nor capitalists.

Am I abnormal? :-[

You're an Augy.

God help your soul.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vD8G-nuVm8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on November 25, 2014, 02:30:20 am
Remember, you're arguing with Russiaboos

Russian rockets engine stronk. U.S NASA suck poop and cannot make better so they buy them from stronk Rossia.
Russian Space program stronk. Has all the historical records except landing on a useless rock.
Russian Shkval Torpedo much Stronk. Only Torpedo to reach 370km/h and maybe even more. + conventional explosive or nuclear.

Redsquare is nice.
Moscow has nice places.
Saint Petersburg is nice.
Matter of fact I might go next year.

Suka.

Obviously space program stronk, but don't be so resentful about the useless rock landing and the driving little cars on it, Russia will have it's golden age of space again when they colonize Pluto, another "hell frozen over" wasteland just like russia.

btw caught you off guard it's not Saint Petersburg it's Петроград you are dirty imperialist pig who acts like he aint
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on November 25, 2014, 02:34:21 am
*cough* Frisian independence now!

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 25, 2014, 04:45:22 am
Remember, you're arguing with Russiaboos

Russian rockets engine stronk. U.S NASA suck poop and cannot make better so they buy them from stronk Rossia.
Russian Space program stronk. Has all the historical records except landing on a useless rock.
Russian Shkval Torpedo much Stronk. Only Torpedo to reach 370km/h and maybe even more. + conventional explosive or nuclear.

Redsquare is nice.
Moscow has nice places.
Saint Petersburg is nice.
Matter of fact I might go next year.

Suka.

Obviously space program stronk, but don't be so resentful about the useless rock landing and the driving little cars on it, Russia will have it's golden age of space again when they colonize Pluto, another "hell frozen over" wasteland just like russia.

btw caught you off guard it's not Saint Petersburg it's Петроград you are dirty imperialist pig who acts like he aint

Russia is having its golden age of space and has always had it. Superior modules in space station and unlike NASA still balling.

Sorry for using Western terms with Western people so they can understand. Not everyone knows where Leningrad is. Or that Leningrad is Saint Pete.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on November 25, 2014, 07:53:38 am
You need to understand the fundamental difference between a restrictions of human rights and a restriction of democratic rights. See, a state is entirely allowed to democratically decide to take certain rights (like marriage) from a certain part of their citizens. What they can't do, at least not without abolishing democracy, is take away the democratic rights of those citizens. They can't take away their vote, and they can't take away their right to organize themselves. As soon as a group of people can't express themselves politically, the state is no longer democratic as it bans a certain part of their citizens from taking part in the democratic process - which isn't just voting. In short, criminalizing homosexuality by popular vote is democratic, banning gay right groups isn't.

Not sure if you mean that gay rights groups have been banned in Russian but if you do; have gay rights groups been banned in Russia? I know that several gay pride protests or marches have been refused permission by local city authorities but I am not sure about the actual rights groups being banned themselves. Afaik the Russian LGBT Network is still up and running and have offices in several places within the country and continue to hold conferences within Russia.



Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 25, 2014, 10:49:15 am
Forbidding them to spread information is a restriction of their rights and basicly banning them from going public.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on November 25, 2014, 01:03:56 pm
Spreading information aimed at forming non-traditional sexual behavior among children or attempting to make it sound appealing to children. The problem lies with the ambiguity of what would constitute intent and what would constitute 'uncontrolled disseminated' propaganda or information intended to target children.

The constitutional court of Russia for example puts it this way:
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On 25 July 2014, the Constitutional Court reportedly upheld the law that bans 'propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations' among minors as constitutional whilst stating 'The contested provisions [of the Russian legislation] are not intended to ban homosexuality as is, and cannot be viewed as allowing to curb the rights of citizens based on their sexual orientation. They also do not imply a ban on any information concerning unorthodox sexual relations' [R3.17].
http://www.gaylawnet.com/laws/ru.htm

Washington, D.C.  – Human Rights First today expressed concern over the Russian Constitutional Court ruling upholding the discriminatory anti-“propaganda” law. The case was brought before the court by three human rights activists on the grounds that the law violates the constitutional  right to freedom of speech and discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. The Constitutional Court justified its decision on grounds that the anti-“propaganda” law does not ban all speech on the topic of homosexuality, but rather limits speech that is targeted at minors.
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/press-release/russian-constitutional-court-rules-anti-gay-law
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Russian LGBT Network still spreads information through various mediums (webpages, conferences and several annually organized events, which have been held since 2008). Russian LGBT Network has organized over 160 events across Russia in 2014 alone according to its own website.

The laws themselves are still no way near as harsh in stigmatized wording as some, as of recently unconstitutional, state laws. U.S. state laws such as Alabama's which has yet to be officially repealed afaik. 

An emphasis, in a factual manner and from a public health perspective, that homosexuality is not a lifestyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual conduct is a criminal offense under the laws of the state.
http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/alcode/16/40A/16-40A-2

A few states prohibit the advocacy of homosexuality in schools or still require it to be taught as constituting a criminal offense or treat it as unnatural, unsafe and unhealthy.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on November 25, 2014, 08:20:44 pm
I wonder if Russia would ever have invaded Crimea if Ukraine would have legalized cannibalism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on November 25, 2014, 08:24:48 pm
Why do you have a picture of Abdullah Ocalan in your signature, Olafson?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on November 25, 2014, 08:26:49 pm
First picture that came up when I googled "Turk"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 25, 2014, 08:30:57 pm

First picture that came up when I googled "Turk"

I got Kemal Atatürk, Arda Turan and a bunch of kebab. Does google tailor results or something?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 25, 2014, 08:39:09 pm

First picture that came up when I googled "Turk"

I got Kemal Atatürk, Arda Turan and a bunch of kebab. Does google tailor results or something?

Yes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 25, 2014, 08:44:14 pm


First picture that came up when I googled "Turk"

I got Kemal Atatürk, Arda Turan and a bunch of kebab. Does google tailor results or something?

Yes.

Fuckssake. I don't want google knowing how often i buy kebab pizza.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on November 25, 2014, 10:20:58 pm
I wonder if Russia would ever have invaded Crimea if Ukraine would have legalized cannibalism.

Your logic eats itself. :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on November 26, 2014, 04:11:56 am


First picture that came up when I googled "Turk"

I got Kemal Atatürk, Arda Turan and a bunch of kebab. Does google tailor results or something?

Yes.

Fuckssake. I don't want google knowing how often i buy kebab pizza.

Oh man when you said kebab I thought you were referring to turkish people
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 26, 2014, 05:05:21 am


First picture that came up when I googled "Turk"

I got Kemal Atatürk, Arda Turan and a bunch of kebab. Does google tailor results or something?

Yes.

Fuckssake. I don't want google knowing how often i buy kebab pizza.

Oh man when you said kebab I thought you were referring to turkish people

I thought he meant Pizza places owned by Arabs.
I still think he means that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on November 26, 2014, 05:55:55 am
http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/11/24/deadly-japanese-pufferfish-discovered-in?videoId=347616120


GG?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 27, 2014, 05:39:04 pm
I just read how effective the western sanctions divided Russia's government and Russia's people.

85% of all Russians highly advocate Putin's work, 63% also support Medwedew and 59% are very content with the entire government.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on November 27, 2014, 08:30:15 pm
I just read how effective the western sanctions divided Russia's government and Russia's people.

85% of all Russians highly advocate Putin's work, 63% also support Medwedew and 59% are very content with the entire government.
Of course that's going to happen given the massive amount Putin spends on fuelling his propaganda machine. If western nations were able to control state media and blackmail anyone who went against them into keeping their mouths shut they'd have much higher approval ratings. Orwell springs to mind. Not surprising particularly, what with history repeating itself and all that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 27, 2014, 09:08:52 pm
Putins approval rate used to be 94%
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on November 27, 2014, 09:11:16 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmMT4sETu8[/youtube]
Related due to russia being in it.
(Pls durin no moderatoo)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 27, 2014, 09:17:25 pm
I love Horrible Histories. But I can't watch this vid in my country :(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 27, 2014, 09:19:09 pm
I just read how effective the western sanctions divided Russia's government and Russia's people.

85% of all Russians highly advocate Putin's work, 63% also support Medwedew and 59% are very content with the entire government.
Of course that's going to happen given the massive amount Putin spends on fuelling his propaganda machine. If western nations were able to control state media and blackmail anyone who went against them into keeping their mouths shut they'd have much higher approval ratings.
Fun fact: They do, but are still not as popular here as Putin in Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 27, 2014, 09:21:53 pm
Really? What state channel shows Merkel 30 times a day doing some awesome deed?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 27, 2014, 09:25:07 pm
I just read how effective the western sanctions divided Russia's government and Russia's people.

85% of all Russians highly advocate Putin's work, 63% also support Medwedew and 59% are very content with the entire government.
Of course that's going to happen given the massive amount Putin spends on fuelling his propaganda machine. If western nations were able to control state media and blackmail anyone who went against them into keeping their mouths shut they'd have much higher approval ratings.
Fun fact: They do, but are still not as popular here as Putin in Russia.

Fun fact: Prove your bullshit with a credible source or nobody will believe you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on November 27, 2014, 09:25:32 pm
I love Horrible Histories. But I can't watch this vid in my country :(

Yeah, neither can I. Wtf murrika.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 27, 2014, 09:26:45 pm
This fellow countryman of mine had to go to Russia because our media didn't give him an interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm4OUcfiM-8

You will probably tell me that everything he says are lies and Russian propaganda, but he has written several books with an enormous list of references.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 27, 2014, 09:44:14 pm
Anything else to support it? I mean he makes good points but 1 video from Russia Today isn't really convincing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on November 27, 2014, 09:51:00 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmMT4sETu8[/youtube]
Related due to russia being in it.
(Pls durin no moderatoo)

Why did he make it unavailable in germany?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 27, 2014, 09:58:58 pm
Anything else to support it? I mean he makes good points but 1 video from Russia Today isn't really convincing.
Most of my sources are German-speaking...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 27, 2014, 09:59:57 pm
Anything else to support it? I mean he makes good points but 1 video from Russia Today isn't really convincing.
Most of my sources are German-speaking...

I'm capable enough to copy paste a text into google translate at which point it's understandable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 27, 2014, 10:29:45 pm
This site for example collects any kind of desinformation, lie or misrepresentation of the truth from platforms like CNN, our German media, the NATO and so on:
http://propagandaschau.wordpress.com/

Here an English article about the propaganda war:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/media-lies-and-the-propaganda-war-about-ukraine/5387197

This is a group of German peace activists. They are quite famous and do a lot of interviews with people like Albrecht Müller, Rainer Rupp (aka "Topas", he helped to avoid a nuclear war when he worked for the GDR as a spy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83) or Willy Wimmer (you probably don't know these persons if you don't live in Germany):
http://kenfm.de/

This is an article about the incidents in Kiev earlier this year:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/10/1283560/-Our-news-media-is-lying-to-us-about-Ukraine

Edit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Obmvybl49k
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on November 27, 2014, 10:39:14 pm
thx, quite interested about this topic now
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on November 27, 2014, 10:42:34 pm
Just do a bit of research. Form your own opinion. It is always good to compare different sources and always both sides to get an objective view on a certain topic.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on November 27, 2014, 11:27:57 pm
lol.

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Paet said another physician who treated victims, Dr. Olga Bogomolets, told him that both police and protesters were killed by the same bullets — and "there is now stronger and stronger understanding that behind snipers it was not Yanukovych, but it was somebody from the new (government) coalition."
   On Wednesday Paet confirmed the recording was authentic, and told reporters in Tallinn that he was merely repeating what Bogomolets had told him.

The same bullets? What does he mean? The same caliber? Everybody can use the same caliber. Besides the fact that Olga Bogomolets is a physician and not a surgeon, and that there's no record of her performing the tasks of a surgeon during the Maidan - Not even on her own website. There are only two videos of her talking to the press. She was there, and she supported it, and it's IMPLIED that she was involved with medical tasks, but proof? None.

American media is notoriously bad and biased. The point is that they don't give a state-written version of every event, but actually bring news. You post articles stating that the media is biased, yet have no problems with using same media when it supports your point.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on November 28, 2014, 01:57:57 am
lol.

The same bullets? What does he mean? The same caliber? Everybody can use the same caliber. Besides the fact that Olga Bogomolets is a physician and not a surgeon, and that there's no record of her performing the tasks of a surgeon during the Maidan - Not even on her own website. There are only two videos of her talking to the press. She was there, and she supported it, and it's IMPLIED that she was involved with medical tasks, but proof? None.

Just quoting some of my older posts since I've had these discussions before:

The telegraph expands on this by quoting the head of the parliamentary investigation commission as saying the calibers of he bullets did not match the firearms issued to the Berkut.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/rbth/politics/10857920/ukraine-murder-maidan.html

In regards to the snipers in Ukraine:
I found the report done by Monitor TV in Germany to be, at the very least, somewhat interesting and medical staff that where interviewed seemed to claim the same thing. (subtitled in English)
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew9NPPtYScY
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American media is notoriously bad and biased. The point is that they don't give a state-written version of every event, but actually bring news. You post articles stating that the media is biased, yet have no problems with using same media when it supports your point.

There are plenty of academic materials that suggest US news media complicity in taking the state's POV during war time coverage at the very least. I doubt however that the media is constantly beholden to a single candidate like in Russia and tends to swing its bias in the direction of which candidate probably suits the agency's interests. In our case in Australia; Rupert Murdoch took issue with Kevin Rudd to the point where Kevin Rudd felt he needed to address the bias of Rupert's news outlets. The fact being that our news is what our news makers deem fit to serve us and its accuracy has been less than satisfactory in the past when it counts.

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With a little research, they could have exposed them as falsehoods. Of course, war always produces propaganda, but in both these wars the lack of questioning of official pronouncements by the news media was astounding. There was little media dissent from the interpretive framework provided by the government (Entman and Page 1994). The presentation of sanitized images was prevalent, whilst reporters were fed a plethora of spin terms and techno-specific images. Weapons and technology became the heroes and their consequences forgotten. As reporters were not allowed anywhere near any fighting, the media concentrated on ‘sexy’ weapons. Despite around the clock media coverage, it still lacked substance and came entirely from the perspective of the military that controlled both the content and the context. The media corporations, mostly CNN in this case, seemed complicit in this management of public perception by the authorities. The BBC took on its government’s view entirely and even went to the ridiculous lengths of banning the playing of songs such as Killing Me Softly with your Song, Everyone Wants to Rule the World , and We Can Work It Out (Taylor 1992, p.24). Such actions do not indicate a free and fair press but one which was conscious of ensuring continued support for the war, or at least, not wanting to assist in producing antagonism to the official government line. Of course, in war the news media is partially a tool of government but it is problematic whether the media should be totally compliant and by doing so hide the implications of government policy.
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=isw

In regards to both Gulf Wars:
Perhaps the most fundamental danger to the ethical coverage of state violence is the progressive use by governments of influence campaigns prevalent in both these wars. The strategy of denial (the blocking of information to withhold the truth) and deception (an attempt to make someone believe something is not true) is becoming a favoured practice by governments (Godson and Wirtz 2002). These practices have developed in sophistication, and need equally clever journalists and media owners to counter them. In the two wars discussed, denial was almost complete in 1991 and so was deception in 2003 (with the complicity of media owners). The ethical responsibilities of the media were shunned and evaded in both wars.
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=isw

In terms of press freedom:

The United States’ new press freedom ranking comes on the heels of a new and dangerous campaign against Glenn Greenwald and other journalists who have reported on the documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

In recent weeks, high-ranking members of the intelligence community and members of Congress have called NSA journalists “accomplices” to Snowden’s leaks, and accused them of trafficking in stolen goods. And as Trevor Timm of the Freedom of the Press Foundation points out, these comments are only the most recent in a long line of attacks.

In 2012, after a series of high-profile journalist arrests at Occupy protests, the United States dropped 27 places in Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index, landing in 47th place. The following year saw some progress as the U.S. climbed back up to 33rd place, but the last year has erased those gains.

http://www.freepress.net/blog/2014/02/11/us-plummets-global-press-freedom-rankings
http://en.rsf.org/united-states.html

Currently the US is ranked 46th on the press freedom index, right under Romania.
http://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.php
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 28, 2014, 02:26:12 am
(https://i.imgur.com/hfPQc.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on November 28, 2014, 02:49:41 am
Proof that the US Media is not biased and is ALWAYS displaying 100% true information.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_On6h0CRgS28%2FTNPKyEa9PhI%2FAAAAAAAAAAw%2FGxlUdrpY7Qw%2Fs1600%2Foriginalfortress-hoopa.bmp&hash=d4c0b78adfc7bfaf4e37e39db42f8be2e3024c66)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on November 28, 2014, 04:47:51 am
Pretty much one of many ^  Rumsfeld claimed there where thousands of these in Afghanistan.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 28, 2014, 05:33:55 am
Seems like a CoD map.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on November 28, 2014, 09:05:10 am
Proof that the US Media is not biased and is ALWAYS displaying 100% true information.
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F3.bp.blogspot.com%2F_On6h0CRgS28%2FTNPKyEa9PhI%2FAAAAAAAAAAw%2FGxlUdrpY7Qw%2Fs1600%2Foriginalfortress-hoopa.bmp&hash=d4c0b78adfc7bfaf4e37e39db42f8be2e3024c66)
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http://theconspiracyzone.podcastpeople.com/posts/28160
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on November 28, 2014, 01:06:52 pm
False flag attacks and agents provocateurs are very efficient if you want to increase violence. We have evidences showing that the same method was used in Syria at the beginning of the so-called civil war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on November 28, 2014, 01:29:38 pm
I remember reading about unknown snipers firing at both protestors and police in Syria. Its certainly a great way to shit stir both sides to act/overreact.

This has happened numerous times in the past 2 decades. A small list of incidents ranging from Moscow to Libya and numerous other examples seems to be mentioned here:
http://acloserlookonsyria.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Talk:Unseen_Snipers_in_the_Syrian_Conflict#Provocateur_Sniper_Precedents

If, and I say "IF", there is some possibility that provocateurs are being used to frame unfriendly or unsupported regimes then it certainly seems to be a successful tactic.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on November 28, 2014, 01:56:47 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.secretsofthefed.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FPSYOP.jpg&hash=129e87ad6f70a4902922060b86858dd4bbf86005)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on December 01, 2014, 05:30:53 pm
Spoiler
This site for example collects any kind of desinformation, lie or misrepresentation of the truth from platforms like CNN, our German media, the NATO and so on:
http://propagandaschau.wordpress.com/

Here an English article about the propaganda war:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/media-lies-and-the-propaganda-war-about-ukraine/5387197

This is a group of German peace activists. They are quite famous and do a lot of interviews with people like Albrecht Müller, Rainer Rupp (aka "Topas", he helped to avoid a nuclear war when he worked for the GDR as a spy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able_Archer_83) or Willy Wimmer (you probably don't know these persons if you don't live in Germany):
http://kenfm.de/

This is an article about the incidents in Kiev earlier this year:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/10/1283560/-Our-news-media-is-lying-to-us-about-Ukraine

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Obmvybl49k
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I'd like to clarify that this comment is not meant to discredit anything written in the links you posted, but more to point to the fact that there is little to no editorial oversight as far as I can tell. They are all published to convey a certain point, so what they say must be taken with a pinch of salt. The way I contrast that with, for example, BBC, is that while they have a certain point of view, they report all news, even if their writers themselves may be biased. By contrast these will suffer from confirmation bias as they are written expressly to support a given view.

Anyway, on to my actual views on some of the links:

Don't really get how the 1st link relates, it seems to be about portraying a convicted member of the SS as a victim of the KGB, correct? If it's just about media bias, yes I agree it happens, but it happens more in some sources than others. BBC (which I - for better or worse - view as a gold standard) would have markedly fewer of these incidents than smaller news broadcasters, who in turn would have fewer than biased broadcasters. Fox news would have many such incidents I would imagine. In fact it reminds me of the Russian reporting of the deaths of some of it's troops in Ukraine, saying that they had died in a training exercise and refusing to give more details.

2nd link:
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Disclaimer: The contents of this article are of sole responsibility of the author(s). The Centre for Research on Globalization will not be responsible for any inaccurate or incorrect statement in this article.

4th link:
Written by a random user on the website rather than one of their writers (or is this just some forum, I can't really tell tbh). Either way, not much to go on here in terms of credibility.

Still, interested to see what you think about the news broadcaster that I choose to listen to, BBC.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on December 01, 2014, 06:25:37 pm
Separatists shooting from BM-21 Grad near houses in Donetsk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqJdQYGe0sA

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on December 01, 2014, 06:32:46 pm
Separatists shooting from BM-21 Grad near houses in Donetsk
Spoiler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqJdQYGe0sA
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Well, its more entertaining than what i can see outside my house.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on December 01, 2014, 06:42:41 pm
Scumbag tactics, launching shots from civilian areas. Going full Hamas.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on December 01, 2014, 06:59:29 pm
Interesting article though it does not excuse the West from doing these same tactics

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/its-not-just-ukraine-113164.html#.VHyqYHeCPCQ
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 02, 2014, 02:33:42 am
You got it all wrong. The West doing it (with the world leading imperialist country of the world. The U.S) excuses Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on December 02, 2014, 02:35:40 am
You got it all wrong. The West doing it (with the world leading imperialist country of the world. The U.S) excuses Russia.
I assume you work with super secret Russian secret SS super secret service?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 02, 2014, 02:44:07 am
You mean FSB?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on December 02, 2014, 02:45:42 am
You mean FSB?
I mean the Rustapo

Or the Vodkamacth

Or Central Potato Agency
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 02, 2014, 02:48:32 am
Aren't those FSB state affiliated agencies?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 02, 2014, 05:03:46 am
Interesting article though it does not excuse the West from doing these same tactics

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/11/its-not-just-ukraine-113164.html#.VHyqYHeCPCQ

The article, while certainly having some interesting points seems to be highly speculative in its conclusion which it petty much undermines in the same paragraph.

Spoiler
Where does all this end?

It’s critical that we recognize that this is not just about Ukraine. Andrei Illarionov, a former senior economic adviser to Putin, actually thinks that Putin’s ultimate goal may be to take control of territories Russia ruled before 1917, including Finland, the Baltic States and part of Poland.

This may sound like a ridiculous fantasy, but who knows? Until the West—with American leadership—starts to rally and push back there can be little doubt that Putin will keep pushing forward.

Jeffrey Gedmin is a former president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and incoming chairman, Global Politics and Security, at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
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It should be noted that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty are both known US propaganda outlets that where prohibited from broadcasting in the US for exactly that reason. The law prohibiting such broadcasts to a domestic audience has recently been repealed.

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/12/us_backs_off_propaganda_ban_spreads_government_made_news_to_americans

While his intention may or may not be to promote one sided propaganda I would say that constantly dealing in information that omits any rational framework or context in the behavior or dealings of foreign countries in favor of simple two dimensional negative news framing tends to make ridiculous assumptions seem rather plausible. Especially when we ignore or omit that the so called pattern which the article is attempting to build in relation to Russia's behavior is closely tied or correlated to the pattern Russia sees happening with the actions of its counterpart.

Additionally Andrei Illarionov abruptly resigned in 2005 after presumably being sidelined time and time again. He made massive public outbursts of criticism against government policies including Putin himself when he felt that the stance the government was taking seemed to move contrary to his own liking. An example would be the Kyoto treaty which Putin agreed to most likely as a favor to the EU and which Illarionov was strongly against, claiming that it would be Russia's economic Auschwitz. He's been a very outspoken critic who often makes sensationalist statements and who continues to make bizzare accusations and claims.

He now lives in the US. Its hard to tell if his previous views have changed in favor of views that will profit him in his new home country. United press international suggested he may have had his eye on the presidential seat back in 2005.

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2005/01/04/Analysis-Andrei-Illarionovs-madness/UPI-51861104864032/
http://www.klaus.cz/clanky/3592

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 04, 2014, 08:54:29 pm
Pure Troll Gold (http://en.censor.net.ua/news/314834/verkhovna_rada_is_outraged_by_kremlins_punitive_operation_in_ichkeria_russian_federation_must_immediately)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 04, 2014, 11:01:16 pm
Apparently militants took over a building or something according to discussions on TW forums. Also more info and video at the guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/dec/04/grozny-chechnya-russia-violence-vide
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on December 07, 2014, 07:02:34 am
Any more news about the situation in Ukraine? Have the Ukrainian troops made any ground against the rebels?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 07:16:47 am
Any more news about the situation in Ukraine? Have the Ukrainian troops made any ground against the rebels?
Hopefully not!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on December 07, 2014, 07:32:34 am
Any more news about the situation in Ukraine? Have the Ukrainian troops made any ground against the rebels?
Hopefully not!
So I guess you are a Putin supporter? ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 07:38:54 am
Definitely! Like these Haitians: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30356539

I'm a German patriot and Putin's policy is good for Europe and Germany, so I support him.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 07:52:23 am
Any more news about the situation in Ukraine? Have the Ukrainian troops made any ground against the rebels?

Got some footage of continued fighting around Debaltseve from the past week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_xcbNv3uDQ
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on December 07, 2014, 07:57:49 am
Definitely! Like these Haitians: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30356539

I'm a German patriot and Putin's policy is good for Europe and Germany, so I support him.

Putin's policy is stealing money, being a corrupt politician (Not saying a lot of politicians are any better), and using old Russian tactics that have been used for years in both the Federation and the USSR. He's just another corrupt Russian politician with a strong look that makes everyone like him. Nothing really new, just trying to act bigger than he is.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 08:09:03 am
Spoiler
Any more news about the situation in Ukraine? Have the Ukrainian troops made any ground against the rebels?

Got some footage of continued fighting around Debaltseve from the past week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_xcbNv3uDQ
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That looks terrifying, I hope this war will end soon.

Definitely! Like these Haitians: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30356539

I'm a German patriot and Putin's policy is good for Europe and Germany, so I support him.

Putin's policy is stealing money, being a corrupt politician (Not saying a lot of politicians are any better), and using old Russian tactics that have been used for years in both the Federation and the USSR. He's just another corrupt Russian politician with a strong look that makes everyone like him. Nothing really new, just trying to act bigger than he is.  :P
I don't think he is corrupt, otherwise he would work against his own people who love him. He disempowered a lot of the Russian oligarchs who were kind of stealing the people's returns and bringing it out of Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 08:09:53 am
Spoiler
Any more news about the situation in Ukraine? Have the Ukrainian troops made any ground against the rebels?

Got some footage of continued fighting around Debaltseve from the past week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_xcbNv3uDQ
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That looks terrifying, I hope this war will end soon.

Definitely! Like these Haitians: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30356539

I'm a German patriot and Putin's policy is good for Europe and Germany, so I support him.

Putin's policy is stealing money, being a corrupt politician (Not saying a lot of politicians are any better), and using old Russian tactics that have been used for years in both the Federation and the USSR. He's just another corrupt Russian politician with a strong look that makes everyone like him. Nothing really new, just trying to act bigger than he is.  :P
I don't think he is corrupt, otherwise he would work against his own people who love him. He disempowered a lot of the Russian oligarchs who were kind of stealing the people's returns and bringing it out of Russia.

Do you actually believe this?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 08:17:34 am
Spoiler
Any more news about the situation in Ukraine? Have the Ukrainian troops made any ground against the rebels?

Got some footage of continued fighting around Debaltseve from the past week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_xcbNv3uDQ
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That looks terrifying, I hope this war will end soon.

Definitely! Like these Haitians: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30356539

I'm a German patriot and Putin's policy is good for Europe and Germany, so I support him.

Putin's policy is stealing money, being a corrupt politician (Not saying a lot of politicians are any better), and using old Russian tactics that have been used for years in both the Federation and the USSR. He's just another corrupt Russian politician with a strong look that makes everyone like him. Nothing really new, just trying to act bigger than he is.  :P
I don't think he is corrupt, otherwise he would work against his own people who love him. He disempowered a lot of the Russian oligarchs who were kind of stealing the people's returns and bringing it out of Russia.

Do you actually believe this?
Yeah, I do.

But even if not, it would not concern me. The Russians elected their president and they were well adviced to do so.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 07, 2014, 09:01:09 am
media tell me russia bad must be true

rt no trust cnn fox news bbc +1000 trust

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on December 07, 2014, 09:04:15 am
media tell me russia bad must be true

rt no trust cnn fox news bbc +1000 trust

I don't trust a lot of media, especially a lot of US media, because of the Democrat vs Republican bias. :P RT is clear propaganda. Using fake photos and spitting out Putin propaganda daily is their specialty.   
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 12:16:39 pm
http://9gag.com/gag/apobOvn
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 12:32:45 pm
http://www.funnyordie.com/slideshows/7df05c1f10/pictures-of-vladimir-putin-looking-like-a-complete-badass
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 12:46:21 pm
Those have been staged. The Hockey one obviously hasn't.

I don't get why people tend to love Putin so much while hating their own leaders. I've seen people complaining about our leaders being power hungry near-dictators who only care about their own wallets, and then those same people call Putin the best and strongest leader ever. The irony seems to be completely lost on them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 12:52:12 pm
Those have been staged. The Hockey one obviously hasn't.

I don't get why people tend to love Putin so much while hating their own leaders. I've seen people complaining about our leaders being power hungry near-dictators who only care about their own wallets, and then those same people call Putin the best and strongest leader ever. The irony seems to be completely lost on them.

Russian economy more then doubled under Putin.
Certain countries aren't yet ready to have a "real" democracy as the west knows it.
Putin's approval rating is sky high.
Putin is a bad ass.

U jelly cuz he ballin all over Ukraine.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 12:52:43 pm
Putin makes politics for his own people, for Russia.
Hollande doesn't make politics for France.
Merkel doesn't make politics for Germany.
Hell, not even Obama makes politics for the USA. At least not for more than a very small percentage of them.

And there are many countries like that (for example Haiti).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 12:54:16 pm
Haiti is like Ukraine not a real country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 01:04:35 pm
Correct, but the people of Haiti decided by themselves to create their country, the Ukraine was created by Stalin.

And our media just called it a "great and proud nation" while it's inhabited by Ukrainians (which isn't even a nation, it means border area and it's just a geographical region, the people there should be called Ruthenians), Russians, Romanians, Byelorussians, Tartars and so on.
There is a reason it was called border area. But I don't have a problem with this artificial country as long as their inhabitants are allowed to decide if they want to live there or not.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 02:11:00 pm
Correct, but the people of Haiti decided by themselves to create their country, the Ukraine was created by Stalin.

And our media just called it a "great and proud nation" while it's inhabited by Ukrainians (which isn't even a nation, it means border area and it's just a geographical region, the people there should be called Ruthenians), Russians, Romanians, Byelorussians, Tartars and so on.
There is a reason it was called border area. But I don't have a problem with this artificial country as long as their inhabitants are allowed to decide if they want to live there or not.

The economy of the country since 1991 has grown the least compared to all other ex soviet bloc countries.
Too bad no one wants anything West of Kiev. Those regions are so poor and retarded.

The country hasn't been a Russian puppet for about a year now. That's still very far from 18 years. Maybe then will they be mature enough to know what's good for them.
Clearly in the meanwhile it's ok to deny them basic rights.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 02:14:49 pm
In fact, Russia guaranteed Ukraine's territorial integrety in exchange for their nuclear weapons... Seen from today's perspective the Ukraine made a big misstake trusting Russia in this point.
Also I don't see what legtimation Putin had for the annecting Crimea - There was no state of necessity and no other reason justifying this action.
Russia broke international law and that's it.

I'm sorry, but isn't it better for a country to work for a peacefull relationship with other countries instead of defending national interests? I think so - therefore i can't understand why some people seem to close their eyes from this evidence, which got finally clear after the two world wars... That's why I have to disagree with Turin, because being a good president for your country means guaranteeing freedom and prosperity - not breaking international law and isolating your country from the international community and by doing that ruining your economy and risking your stability.

How a nation got created isn't saying anything about their right to defend their territorial integrety. It simply doesn't matter - aswell as the meaning of the word "Ukraine" doesn't matter. A nation is a nation when it got accepted as one by the international community what Ukraine for sure got. And as a nation their integrety must be respected also from other nations.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 02:36:59 pm
In fact, Russia guaranteed Ukraine's territorial integrety in exchange for their nuclear weapons... Seen from today's perspective the Ukraine made a big misstake trusting Russia in this point.
Also I don't see what legtimation Putin had for the annecting Crimea - There was no state of necessity and no other reason justifying this action.
Russia broke international law and that's it.
In fact, NATO guaranteed not to expand towards the Russian borders. Russia made a big mistake by trusting NATO in this point.
Russia supported international law by honouring the decision of the people of Crimea to make demands on their right of self-determination.

I'm sorry, but isn't it better for a country to work for a peacefull relationship with other countries instead of defending national interests? I think so - therefore i can't understand why some people seem to close their eyes from this evidence, which got finally clear after the two world wars... That's why I have to disagree with Turin, because being a good president for your country means guaranteeing freedom and prosperity - not breaking international law and isolating your country from the international community and by doing that ruining your economy and risking your stability.
National interests are the reason why we have countries. The only purpose of a so called goverment is to defend a country's national interests. For Russia this also means to defend Russians against a genocide even if they don't live in Russia.

A nation is a nation when it got accepted as one by the international community what Ukraine for sure got. And as a nation their integrety must be respected also from other nations.
Indeed, like for example the integrity of Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Serbia, Chile, Honduras, Bolivia, Guatemala, Brazil, Argentinia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Haiti and Venezuela. These are the countries whose national integrity got violated by the USA after WW2. And they violated it to serve their own national interests with no regards at all.
Russia intervened in Ukraine after a democratic referendum and when the war criminals from the unconstitutional regime in Kiev started to drop bombs and rockets on their own people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 02:50:33 pm
Is the Ukraine a NATO-member?
I don't say that the USA did not break international law aswell, but that doesn't justify Russia's actions.
And i don't see a support of a democratic referendum when Russia invades with military forces who are not even wearing a nations flag - that's terror and that's also corrumping any election for independence.

National interests are also to have a prosperous relation with your neighbours. In a globalised worlds it means respecting international law and not abusing economical power against other states in the way Russia did it with Ukraine for example. I think it is clear, that there was no risk of a genocide, there is no proof for any risk and it's actually a quite bad lie from the russian governement. If there was that risk why didn't Russia wait for a UN-Resolution? There are institutions to allow interventions ;)

Russia intervened in Ukraine before the Referendum - and as i've already said being against Russias behavior doesn't mean that you love everything that the USA did.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 02:51:34 pm
How a nation got created isn't saying anything about their right to defend their territorial integrety. It simply doesn't matter -

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 02:56:22 pm
I don't see a support of a democratic referendum when Russia invades with military forces who are not even wearing a nations flag - that's terror and that's also corrumping any election for independence.

Russia intervened in Ukraine before the Referendum - and as i've already said being against Russias behavior doesn't mean that you love everything that the USA did.

Ukraine's constitution doesn't allow territorial changes unless the whole nation votes on it.

That's like if England voted in the Scottish referendum,
Spain voted in a Catalan referendum
or Canadians voted in a Quebec referendum.

Without Russian intervention the peoples wishes in the region would not of been recognised and Ukraine would of denied it and deemed it illegal under it's stupid constitution.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 02:59:10 pm
NATOA never made a promise not to 'expand westwards'. That's a complete lie, even Gurbachev said so. Besides the point that somehow Putin was completely fine with the Baltics and Balkan states joining the NATO. And now, years later, they suddenly throw a big fuss?

Besides the fact that Ukraine and all other states are COMPLETELY SOEVEREIGN. Russia can't order states to join or not join an organisation. They just love acting like they can.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 03:00:14 pm
NATOA  SOEVEREIGN.

Russia can't order states to join or not join an organisation. They just love acting like they can.

That's what you think.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 03:03:13 pm
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I don't see a support of a democratic referendum when Russia invades with military forces who are not even wearing a nations flag - that's terror and that's also corrumping any election for independence.

Russia intervened in Ukraine before the Referendum - and as i've already said being against Russias behavior doesn't mean that you love everything that the USA did.

Ukraine's constitution doesn't allow territorial changes unless the whole nation votes on it.

That's like if England voted in the Scottish referendum,
Spain voted in a Catalan referendum
or Canadians voted in a Quebec referendum.

Without Russian intervention the peoples wishes in the region would not of been recognised and Ukraine would of denied it and deemed it illegal under it's stupid constitution.
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Every country has the right do define how territorial changes of their territory may be possible. There is, as far as i know, no right for independece or even the way how to achieve independence. It's an internal affair of the Ukraine and noone can deny that the wish for independence got heavily supported by Russia.
And as i've said, there is no legitimation for Russia to "enable" a free Referendum in Crimea by invading with troops...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 03:03:56 pm
Is the Ukraine a NATO-member?
I don't say that the USA did not break international law aswell, but that doesn't justify Russia's actions.
It explains why Russia feels threatened.

National interests are also to have a prosperous relation with your neighbours. In a globalised worlds it means respecting international law and not abusing economical power against other states in the way Russia did it with Ukraine for example. I think it is clear, that there was no risk of a genocide, there is no proof for any risk and it's actually a quite bad lie from the russian governement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eODcBeFmmF0

Russia intervened in Ukraine before the Referendum - and as i've already said being against Russias behavior doesn't mean that you love everything that the USA did.
You are right, because I for example hate everything the USA does. And btw do you think the Ukrainian "government" would have allowed such a referendum without Russian forces keeping the situation under control?


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How a nation got created isn't saying anything about their right to defend their territorial integrety. It simply doesn't matter -

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Lol.
Doublepost detected you bad boy.


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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 03:11:18 pm
You are right, because I for example hate everything the USA does. And btw do you think the Ukrainian "government" would have allowed such a referendum without Russian forces keeping the situation under control?

No because the constitution denies them that right to hold a referendum.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 03:11:40 pm
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Is the Ukraine a NATO-member?
I don't say that the USA did not break international law aswell, but that doesn't justify Russia's actions.
It explains why Russia feels threatened.

National interests are also to have a prosperous relation with your neighbours. In a globalised worlds it means respecting international law and not abusing economical power against other states in the way Russia did it with Ukraine for example. I think it is clear, that there was no risk of a genocide, there is no proof for any risk and it's actually a quite bad lie from the russian governement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eODcBeFmmF0

Russia intervened in Ukraine before the Referendum - and as i've already said being against Russias behavior doesn't mean that you love everything that the USA did.
You are right, because I for example hate everything the USA does. And btw do you think the Ukrainian "government" would have allowed such a referendum without Russian forces keeping the situation under control?


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How a nation got created isn't saying anything about their right to defend their territorial integrety. It simply doesn't matter -

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Lol.
Doublepost detected you bad boy.


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Only because Russia feels threatened that is no legitimite reason for breaking international law. For what else do we have diplomacy??

Hating everything a country does is really a good argument regarding the value of your arguments  ::)
As i've said the Ukrainian governement is souvereign and it is their right to deny a Referendum.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 03:12:24 pm
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Is the Ukraine a NATO-member?
I don't say that the USA did not break international law aswell, but that doesn't justify Russia's actions.
It explains why Russia feels threatened.

National interests are also to have a prosperous relation with your neighbours. In a globalised worlds it means respecting international law and not abusing economical power against other states in the way Russia did it with Ukraine for example. I think it is clear, that there was no risk of a genocide, there is no proof for any risk and it's actually a quite bad lie from the russian governement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eODcBeFmmF0

Russia intervened in Ukraine before the Referendum - and as i've already said being against Russias behavior doesn't mean that you love everything that the USA did.
You are right, because I for example hate everything the USA does. And btw do you think the Ukrainian "government" would have allowed such a referendum without Russian forces keeping the situation under control?


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How a nation got created isn't saying anything about their right to defend their territorial integrety. It simply doesn't matter -

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Lol.
Doublepost detected you bad boy.


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Only because Russia feels threatened that is no legitite reason for breaking international law. For what else do we have diplomacy??

Hating everything a country does is really a good argument regarding the value of your arguments  ::)
As i've said the Ukrainian governement is souvereign and it is their right to deny a Referendum.
It's not even their right to rule Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 03:19:33 pm
Pilophas

I like how you ignored all the arguments that countered your crap and keep falling back on your UN diplomacy thing.
Like Russia we don't care.
Deal with supreme bear power because of Ukraine's shit constitution.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on December 07, 2014, 03:20:12 pm
Just go back to the days of feudalism

Much stronk holding
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 03:22:29 pm
The Ukrainian Governement got accepted by nearly every nation. During a "revolution" the situation in a country may not be as stabile as in a "normal" country.
But this instability may not be used as an argument to deny the Ukrainian population's sovereign will and to intervene with military forces. There was nothing that comes near to a genocide and the instability got created by the russian troops invading, it did not exist before that - or not in that large scale.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 03:25:56 pm
Just go back to the days of feudalism

Much stronk holding
Finally an appropriate proposal!

The Ukrainian Governement got accepted by nearly every nation. During a "revolution" the situation in a country may not be as stabile as in a "normal" country.
But this instability may not be used as an argument to deny the Ukrainian population's sovereign will and to intervene with military forces. There was nothing that comes near to a genocide and the instability got created by the russian troops invading, it did not exist before that - or not in that large scale.
I still don't know if there are Russian troops in eastern Ukraine, nobody can give me a proof. If there are any, they are doing a damn good job by defending these two republics.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 03:47:32 pm
The fact that Russia feels threatened is pretty much a self-inflicted wound. Russia apparently argues that other states should stay afraid of Russia and not do anything without their approval, and if they do, such an action threatens Russia? Or maybe Russia could just keep busy with business within Russian borders.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 03:51:03 pm
Imagine Russia establishing military bases in Canada and Mexico with nuclear weaponry.

And as I said, the illegal regime in Kiev kills ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 03:53:21 pm
Imagine Russia establishing military bases in Canada and Mexico with nuclear weaponry.

And as I said, the illegal regime in Kiev kills ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine.
Where is your proof for these "ethnic killings"?
And why the hell is the american dominance a reason to disrespect Ukraine's souvereignity??
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 03:58:30 pm
Did you watch the two videos I posted earlier? There are plenty more of them.

Oh, and I answered to Duurings post regarding to the threat against Russia and compared it to a fictional example of how the USA would feel in this case. I thought it was pretty plausible.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 04:16:16 pm
I don't get it. When the USA does it, you hate it, yet when Russia does it, you find it okay and understandable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Saxon on December 07, 2014, 04:16:40 pm
It's a nice country
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 04:23:09 pm
wtf?

I just said that the USA would feel as threatened or even more than Russia does at the moment in case that Russia had all kinds of military bases near America.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 04:28:38 pm
Yeah but you find it understandable that Russia is reacting in an inappropriate way because they feel threatened while you excoriate the USA for doing the same...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 04:47:56 pm
The US is not threatened at all.

And Russia is not acting inappropriate. I think they are even pretty defensive due to western pressure.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on December 07, 2014, 04:49:20 pm
The US is not threatened at all.

And Russia is not acting inappropriate. I think they are even pretty defensive due to western pressure.

By invading a sovereign country..............that's really defensive of them ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 04:54:05 pm
I don't see any US expansion though. The last time they annexed a bit of land was in 1903 when they formally incorporated the land around the Panama Canal.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 07, 2014, 04:55:06 pm
The US is not threatened at all.

And Russia is not acting inappropriate. I think they are even pretty defensive due to western pressure.

By invading a sovereign country..............that's really defensive of them ::)

I'm really mad that my neighbour is not defending his grass from all these insects, if he does nothing about it now, it's going to spread to me! I must act defensively and stop it!

That's how.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 04:56:16 pm
The US is not threatened at all.

And Russia is not acting inappropriate. I think they are even pretty defensive due to western pressure.

By invading a sovereign country..............that's really defensive of them ::)
No. By supporting sovereign people in their fight for freedom.

@Duuring:
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And no person on earth can tell me that NATO is not a US controlled offensive alliance.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 04:57:53 pm
You kill the 5 insects and 4 spiders in his grass, walk up to your neighbor and state that you now own his land. Explain the logic in that.

@Duuring:
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And no person on earth can tell me that NATO is not a US controlled offensive alliance.

What's your point? Countries can't decide to allow foreign bases on their territory? News flash dude. They can. They're sovereign, remember?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 05:03:27 pm
You kill the 5 insects and 4 spiders in his grass, walk up to your neighbor and state that you now own his land. Explain the logic in that.

@Duuring:
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And no person on earth can tell me that NATO is not a US controlled offensive alliance.

What's your point? Countries can't decide to allow foreign bases on their territory? News flash dude. They can. They're sovereign, remember?
That's it.
The USA may be dominating the world and they may have also invaded without legitimite reasons (Iraq), but that is in no way a reason not to be against the breaking of international law by Russia.

And tell me of the offensive wars the NATO has already fought?   ???
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 05:04:15 pm
The fact that Russia feels threatened is pretty much a self-inflicted wound. Russia apparently argues that other states should stay afraid of Russia and not do anything without their approval, and if they do, such an action threatens Russia? Or maybe Russia could just keep busy with business within Russian borders.

no no no. They said: every slavic region should do what Russia wants everybody else should be scared and stfu.


Or maybe Russia U.S could just keep busy with business within Russian U.S borders.

Corrected.

And tell me of the offensive wars the NATO has already fought?
Afghanistan 2001 and Libya 2011

But that is in no way a reason not to be against the breaking of international law by Russia.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 05:07:36 pm
I find it also amazing you have the guts to state Ukraine is 'ethically cleansing' Russian in Ukraine. Why? Because they bomb the regions controlled by armed separatists who have fought and killed thousands of Ukrainian troops, the same separatists who have no problems with putting artillery batteries conveniently behind tall civilian buildings so that IF the Ukrainians shoot back, they will probably hit those buildings at least once. And for your information, the separatists are shooting with artillery just as much. Saying that one side is solely doing all the killing is ridiculous.

The fact that there are civilians dying in the Donbass region is the sole fault of the separatists. If you decide to rise in open rebellion and state you wish to steal a region and take it to another country, I somehow don't find it very surprising that the government doesn't agree with that. They have the right to defend their territorial integrity. Had there been no rebellion, there would have been no killing - Because for as far as I recall, there are no 'ethic cleansing' in regions as Kharkiv or other eastern regions of Ukraine, and not even in the liberated parts of Luhansk and Donetsk.
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Afghanistan 2001 and Libya 2011

Afghanistan was a reaction on the 9/11 attacks. Libya wasn't a NATO campaign.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 05:16:10 pm
I find it also amazing you have the guts to state Ukraine is 'ethically cleansing' Russian in Ukraine. Why? Because they bomb the regions controlled by armed separatists who have fought and killed thousands of Ukrainian troops, the same separatists who have no problems with putting artillery batteries conveniently behind tall civilian buildings so that IF the Ukrainians shoot back, they will probably hit those buildings at least once. And for your information, the separatists are shooting with artillery just as much. Saying that one side is solely doing all the killing is ridiculous.

The fact that there are civilians dying in the Donbass region is the sole fault of the separatists. If you decide to rise in open rebellion and state you wish to steal a region and take it to another country, I somehow don't find it very surprising that the government doesn't agree with that. They have the right to defend their territorial integrity. Had there been no rebellion, there would have been no killing - Because for as far as I recall, there are no 'ethic cleansing' in regions as Kharkiv or other eastern regions of Ukraine, and not even in the liberated parts of Luhansk and Donetsk.

The regions had a referendum and won.
The pro maiden protests were smaller then the pro separatists protests.
Clues point that the majority of people in Donbass want separation from Ukraine.

Defending yourself in a city is much easier then defending yourself in the open.
Ukrainians are going to get killed in Donbass.
No Separatists going to Kiev to kill Ukrainian soldiers.

Imagine if Ukraine leaves the east to do what it wants.
Notice how there's no public forces in Donbass but there is in Crimea.
Notice how there's no war in Crimea.

Now lets admire how Putin is gambling that by letting the fighting go on, further things will fall into his favor.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 05:22:45 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyVbSGpMTBI
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 05:23:43 pm
http://youtu.be/yDIlQ3_lsKE
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 05:25:47 pm
You kill the 5 insects and 4 spiders in his grass, walk up to your neighbor and state that you now own his land. Explain the logic in that.

@Duuring:
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And no person on earth can tell me that NATO is not a US controlled offensive alliance.

What's your point? Countries can't decide to allow foreign bases on their territory? News flash dude. They can. They're sovereign, remember?
Most of these countries aren't sovereign. No country is sovereign as long as it has troops from other countries on their ground. 1966 Charles de Gaulle forced 30000 foreign NATO soldiers to leave France because "France was now striving for full sovereignity".


And tell me of the offensive wars the NATO has already fought?
Afghanistan 2001 and Libya 2011
Kosovo 1999


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk_VszbZa_s

I think we are spammin 2 much Putin propaganda atm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 05:28:15 pm
You kill the 5 insects and 4 spiders in his grass, walk up to your neighbor and state that you now own his land. Explain the logic in that.

@Duuring:
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And no person on earth can tell me that NATO is not a US controlled offensive alliance.

What's your point? Countries can't decide to allow foreign bases on their territory? News flash dude. They can. They're sovereign, remember?
Most of these countries aren't sovereign. No country is sovereign as long as it has troops from other countries on their ground. 1966 Charles de Gaulle forced 30000 foreign NATO soldiers to leave France because "France was now striving for full sovereignity".


And tell me of the offensive wars the NATO has already fought?
Afghanistan 2001 and Libya 2011
Kosovo 1999

Kosovo and other Balkan "Offensives"can be argued to be interventions and to have actually saved lives. To be fair I'm not the most knowledgeable about those conflicts. Maybe they made sure to bomb a few houses to keep a consistent reputation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 05:30:59 pm
You kill the 5 insects and 4 spiders in his grass, walk up to your neighbor and state that you now own his land. Explain the logic in that.

@Duuring:
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And no person on earth can tell me that NATO is not a US controlled offensive alliance.

What's your point? Countries can't decide to allow foreign bases on their territory? News flash dude. They can. They're sovereign, remember?
Most of these countries aren't sovereign. No country is sovereign as long as it has troops from other countries on their ground. 1966 Charles de Gaulle forced 30000 foreign NATO soldiers to leave France because "France was now striving for full sovereignity".


And tell me of the offensive wars the NATO has already fought?
Afghanistan 2001 and Libya 2011
Kosovo 1999

Kosovo and other Balkan "Offensives"can be argued to be interventions and to have actually saved lives. To be fair I'm not the most knowledgeable about those conflicts. Maybe they made sure to bomb a few houses to keep a consistent reputation.
True, me too. I knew the Serbians executed a bunch of Bosnians and NATO bombed a bunch of Serbians ...

And ofc remove kebab
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 07, 2014, 05:33:05 pm
You kill the 5 insects and 4 spiders in his grass, walk up to your neighbor and state that you now own his land. Explain the logic in that.

Oh, I never knew that the Russians were going to annex Donetsk and Luhansk, I just checked and it's called the Donetsk Republic in Russia.

Of Course there could always be a referendum.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 05:47:48 pm
You kill the 5 insects and 4 spiders in his grass, walk up to your neighbor and state that you now own his land. Explain the logic in that.

@Duuring:
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And no person on earth can tell me that NATO is not a US controlled offensive alliance.

What's your point? Countries can't decide to allow foreign bases on their territory? News flash dude. They can. They're sovereign, remember?
Most of these countries aren't sovereign. No country is sovereign as long as it has troops from other countries on their ground. 1966 Charles de Gaulle forced 30000 foreign NATO soldiers to leave France because "France was now striving for full sovereignity".


That's a ridiculous definition of sovereignty. Just because what one man said, doesn't suddenly change the scientific meaning of a concept.

You kill the 5 insects and 4 spiders in his grass, walk up to your neighbor and state that you now own his land. Explain the logic in that.

Oh, I never knew that the Russians were going to annex Donetsk and Luhansk, I just checked and it's called the Donetsk Republic in Russia.

Of Course there could always be a referendum.

I thought you talked about the Crimea? Regardless, these 'republics' have from the start stated they wish to join Russia. Not in the least because they are, unlike what they think, not self-sustainable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 05:54:28 pm
That's a ridiculous definition of sovereignty. Just because what one man said, doesn't suddenly change the scientific meaning of a concept.

The state that has no defense power of its own to protect its sovereignty against the internal and external enemies is, in fact, not a fully independent and sovereign state.
Kim Il-sung (15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 05:59:38 pm
If another nation has the possibility to supress a country withing their own borders this country is definitely not sovereign.

The last time Ukraine was sovereign was 2013, the last time Germany was sovereign was 1945. I think the French still have more control over their country, at least they are resisting the occupation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 06:06:45 pm
The last time Ukraine was sovereign was 2013

The last time Ukraine was sovereign was in 1920.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 06:07:54 pm
The last time Ukraine was sovereign was 2013

The last time Ukraine was sovereign was in 1920.
You might be right.

Edit: The German newspaper "Die Welt" recently published an article called: "Would you wage war against Russia, Mrs Merkel?"
The person who wrote this headline has either an extreme mental illness or is the Joker.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 06:14:10 pm
I honestly doubt those 120 NATO soldiers in Lithuania are going to take over the country.

Sovereign means that only the government of that state has the power to act in that country. While states are bound by treaties and organizations as the UN to restrict themselves from excessive use of that power, they can still do what they like. Germany can pass a law banning all American symbols from the country and the USA can't do shit. Though, Germany technically indeed isn't sovereign as there's still a law stating the US army can legally shoot German citizens without having to face German jurisdiction.

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The last time Ukraine was sovereign was 2013

Oh Turin, come on. You're not even trying to hide your Russian bias here. The fact that Russia has an enormous military base on the Crimea, much larger then any US base in Germany, doesn't interfere with Ukrainian sovereignty?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 06:17:06 pm
I honestly doubt those 120 NATO soldiers in Lithuania are going to take over the country.

Sovereign means that only the government of that state has the power to act in that country. While states are bound by treaties and organizations as the UN to restrict themselves from excessive use of that power, they can still do what they like. Germany can pass a law banning all American symbols from the country and the USA can't do shit. Though, Germany technically indeed isn't sovereign as there's still a law stating the US army can legally shoot German citizens without having to face German jurisdiction.

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The last time Ukraine was sovereign was 2013

Oh Turin, come on. You're not even trying to hide your Russian bias here. The fact that Russia has an enormous military base on the Crimea, much larger then any US base in Germany, doesn't interfere with Ukrainian sovereignty?
They have it because Crimea is Russian. Germany is not American.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 06:19:02 pm
Crimea, as acknowledged by three treaties signed by the USSR and Russia, is Ukrainian territory. Once again, your bias is so obvious that it hurts my eyes; You change definitions willy-nilly just to fit your needs.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 06:21:30 pm
Crimea is inhabited by Russians, they decided to join Russia according to the right of self-determination after their legitime government got overthrown.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 06:26:58 pm
It doesn't matter that Crimea is partly inhabited by Russians. Russia gave it up. Just like Germany gave up Alsass-Lorraine, Just like the Dutch gave up Belgium, the Japanese Korea, the USA Guam and the Fillipiness, the UK India, and so on and on. It really doesn't matter who the fuck lives on what shitty piece of territory - If you sign a treaty saying 'I give Region A to country Lala and give up my claims to it', it's game over.

The right to self-determination is solely meant for peoples. Russians already have their own state - Russia. The only ones who can claim a right to self-determination regarding the Crimea are the Crimean Tatars, who are notably anti-Russian and have faced several cases of oppression since the annexations. Including the forced disbandment of their own parliament.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 06:37:57 pm
Of course Germany is a souvereign state.
It has the fourth biggest economy of the world and besides that has full control over its territory, its population, judicature and has with no doubt full state authority.
One single passus about american soldiers who may be allowed to shoot german civilians (i dont know about this passus) will not change the fact that Germany is one of the most souvereign and powerfull nations of the world - so if Germany isn't souvereign - who else can say that from hisself?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on December 07, 2014, 06:42:33 pm
States should lose their sovereignity and claims to land whenever they revolt against their rightful Monarch.

#LongLiveTheQueen
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 06:53:59 pm
Of course Germany is a souvereign state.
It has the fourth biggest economy of the world and besides that has full control over its territory, its population, judicature and has with no doubt full state authority.
One single passus about american soldiers who may be allowed to shoot german civilians (i dont know about this passus) will not change the fact that Germany is one of the most souvereign and powerfull nations of the world - so if Germany isn't souvereign - who else can say that from hisself?

^-this.

That law was made in 1945 and they just forgot to take it out. It's been a point of much humor amidst my American friends.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 07:00:00 pm
Of course Germany is a souvereign state.
It has the fourth biggest economy of the world and besides that has full control over its territory, its population, judicature and has with no doubt full state authority.
One single passus about american soldiers who may be allowed to shoot german civilians (i dont know about this passus) will not change the fact that Germany is one of the most souvereign and powerfull nations of the world - so if Germany isn't souvereign - who else can say that from hisself?
Economy has nothing to do with sovereignty. Well, actually it has, but we are at the moment harming our economy by doing what our overlord says (sanctions against Russia).
The judicature has to follow laws made by foreign powers, we are getting buggered by foreign powers, our chancellor is just a puppet of foreign powers (Atlantik-Brücke, Aspen Institute ...) and gets buggered as well, our media is controlled by foreign powers (read "Gekaufte Journalisten" from Udo Ulfkotte, I'm going to do so as well).
You can see, it's not about American soldiers shooting civilians.
There won't be any German politics as long as Germany is still a vassal. Any German policy will be American policy. Our people need to understand that American interests don't mean German interests.

Most countries can call themselves more sovereign than Germany. Bangladesh for example.

Oh, and with foreign powers I mean the USA.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 07:06:23 pm
I think you are confusing souvereignity with determination.
We are determined. There's no way to be it not. But souvereignity means something completly else.
I am always quite surprised that these theories about "puppet-chancellors" and so on are getting even more popular, though they are complete bullshit...

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 07:13:52 pm
People do not understand how immensely complicated global politics are, and just use conspiracy theories as a way to explain their ignorance. Turin, did you ever consider the fact that not every country is equally powerful on global level? Countries always pick a side - the side that suits their interests the best. If Germany wouldn't be on the American side, they'd be on the Russian, and while that would obviously make you a very happy man, I'm pretty sure that there are plenty of Germans who wouldn't agree with that.

The German government is still elected by the German people without interference. What you see as 'control' is nothing but a careful route between national and international interest that German politicians take. I know that a lot of parties say they want to make Germany 'independent' from 'foreign control', but the only thing that they will do is just change the foreign power to a state they like more.
 
There are plenty of Ukrainians and Belorussians who complained about exactly the same as you do, but instead of the USA, it's Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 07:15:43 pm
I think you are confusing souvereignity with determination.
We are determined. There's no way to be it not. But souvereignty means something completly else.
I am always quite surprised that these theories about "puppet-chancellors" and so on are getting even more popular, though they are complete bullshit...


Determination is connected to sovereignity. And we have none of them.
It is quite sad, that most people are so brainwashed or they just don't care and nothing changes.
I hardly believe there will be an independet German national state in my lifetime.

Our media would call me "conspiracy theorist", "anti-Semitic", "radical right-wing" and other terms they use to make people political harmless.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 07:17:35 pm
Countries always pick a side - the side that suits their interests the best. Blah blah blah.

Stfu Switzerland.

It doesn't matter that Crimea is partly inhabited by Russians. Russia gave it up.

Soviet's gave it to the Ukraine province for administration purposes.
There's no need for this any more.

Besides the people wanted to leave Ukraine QQ <3 deal with it.


Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 07:21:02 pm
Oh yes, let's pick a single example from the 193 states this globe currently possesses.

Switzerland has an extremely favorable position with immense defensive capacities, as well as being neutral by law. That being said, she is a member of several EU treaties and you can easily fit her within the Western power-hemisphere. She's just a sleeping player.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 07:26:02 pm
@Turin:
Determination is nothing you can have... You ARE determined by the circumstances around you.
And as Duuring said, on a global level nations are not equal - they just cannot be if we are not constituted by one everything ruling institution - what will not happen the next 100years ;)

There is a difference between looking critical on a political issue and just joining the other side's opinion because we saw that the side we were first part of did something bad.
That's what you should understand Turin:
The world just doesn't functionate as easy as you would like it to do - there is not the bad side and the good side - it's only a question of how to deal with your power and the power of others.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 07:31:45 pm
Oh yes, let's pick a single example from the 193 states this globe currently possesses.

Switzerland has an extremely favorable position with immense defensive capacities, as well as being neutral by law. That being said, she is a member of several EU treaties and you can easily fit her within the Western power-hemisphere. She's just a sleeping player.

Vatican City yo.
DPRK is forced into Chinese influence by the imperialists and their sanctions obviously.
Russian influence is mostly limited to Slavic regions.
Iran and Syria are also obviously independent.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 07:32:33 pm
This debate is irrelevant because Putin is ballin all over Ukraine. Solving every problem and making you nubs QQ.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 07:32:57 pm
I think Turin sees the time that Germany was a global power meddling in other countries affairs, as the time that Germany was independent from foreign power.

The solution is simple: Become a superpower again and start meddling in the business of other, weaker countries.

Iran and Syria are also obviously independent.

Such troll, many laughs, wow.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on December 07, 2014, 07:34:50 pm
Everyone who wants a solid understanding of how dirty politics can be, read 'The Confessions of an Economic Hitman'
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 07:38:05 pm
Sorry, I meant self-determination which is kinda the same as sovereignty.

Look, there are two main factors that determine my political thinking.
First of all I'm a German patriot and secondly I hate injustice.
I think I know my position quite well and regret some of your opinions, Pilophas, due to the fact that you are allowed to vote in Germany and may define our future.

I would not like to see Germany as a global power, I would like to see Germany in a similar position as Switzerland, NOT meddling in other countries' affairs, because it is doing so at the moment, which is a shame.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crunk on December 07, 2014, 07:39:40 pm
As does Russia.


Which is a shame.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 07:43:14 pm
As does Russia.


Which is a shame.
I wish they hadn't to.

To get back on topic:
The people Donezk and Luhansk are not going to give up until they are dead or victorious. This is what Kiev needs to understand.
And even if the Ukrainian forces win this war: How should this go on? There is no way these regions can reintegrate into the rest of Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 07:45:03 pm
Switzerland can be neutral because they are too small to be dangerous aswell as they are too small to be very helpfull.
For a nation like Germany it is not possible to stay neutral because that would isolate it - even if we were neutral it would be even harder to defend our interest because then we'd have no allies...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 07:48:56 pm
Switzerland can be neutral because they are too small to be dangerous aswell as they are too small to be very helpfull.
For a nation like Germany it is not possible to stay neutral because that would isolate it - even if we were neutral it would be even harder to defend our interest because then we'd have no allies...
I understand your point. But it cannot be the solution to just pick one side. I neither want to shoot at Russians nor do I want to shoot at Ukrainians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 07:52:11 pm
Thats why the only option is to stay at the side of the rules the international community has defined.
Regardless who breaks these rules.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 07:54:15 pm
Correct. That's why I'm on the side of the revolutionaries.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 07:56:44 pm
Correct. That's why I'm on the side of the revolutionaries.
Which is a complete miss-interpretation of international law... Or at least the consequences of your position ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on December 07, 2014, 07:58:11 pm
ohhh german civil war going on here
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 07:58:37 pm
ohhh german civil war going on here
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 08:01:26 pm
Correct. That's why I'm on the side of the revolutionaries.
Which is a complete miss-interpretation of international law... Or at least the consequences of your position ;)
Luckily you are not in charge of our government ... unfortunately Merkel is.

ohhh german civil war going on here
Definitely!

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 08:03:53 pm
Those have been staged. The Hockey one obviously hasn't.

I don't get why people tend to love Putin so much while hating their own leaders. I've seen people complaining about our leaders being power hungry near-dictators who only care about their own wallets, and then those same people call Putin the best and strongest leader ever. The irony seems to be completely lost on them.

Because this forum is populated with teenagers and young adults, and seeing how you are a young adult yourself, I'd guess you tend to associate with people similar to yourself. It's the cool, edgy thing to do. It's juvanile and rebellious - natural. It's the same reason radical atheism is popular and socialism in America. It's rad and unique! Fuck the system! People grow out of it. There's a reason the Republican party - the conservative, non progressive party - is populated mostly by old people. There's a reason Hitler and Stalin and Mao admired and favored young people for their unbreakable spirit and easily shaped minds. A reason every political party has a youth organization. We're dumbbbb.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on December 07, 2014, 08:07:08 pm
Those have been staged. The Hockey one obviously hasn't.

I don't get why people tend to love Putin so much while hating their own leaders. I've seen people complaining about our leaders being power hungry near-dictators who only care about their own wallets, and then those same people call Putin the best and strongest leader ever. The irony seems to be completely lost on them.

Because this forum is populated with teenagers and young adults, and seeing how you are a young adult yourself, I'd guess you tend to associate with people similar to yourself. It's the cool, edgy thing to do. It's juvanile and rebellious - natural. It's the same reason radical atheism is popular and socialism in America. It's rad and unique! Fuck the system! People grow out of it. There's a reason the Republican party is populated mostly by old people. There's a reason Hitler and Stalin and Mao admired and favored young people for their unbreakable spirit and easily shaped minds. A reason every political party has a youth organization. We're dumbbbb.

I don't think we're 'dumb' i think its rather a question of viewing things differently and lack of experience within most areas. Along with the fact that as a youth you're constantly oppressed by the system and traditions.

You still have old people who believe in ridiculous political ideas, and young people who believe in conservative ones, so i wouldn't generalize everyone...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on December 07, 2014, 08:11:26 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 08:16:38 pm
We could....take Russia down......a few notches.............
That's exactly the kind of insanity our media is telling us.
"Russia is not that strong" "Their military is outdated" "They have less nuclear weapons than we can use, so we will win" ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on December 07, 2014, 08:17:33 pm
Those have been staged. The Hockey one obviously hasn't.

I don't get why people tend to love Putin so much while hating their own leaders. I've seen people complaining about our leaders being power hungry near-dictators who only care about their own wallets, and then those same people call Putin the best and strongest leader ever. The irony seems to be completely lost on them.

Because this forum is populated with teenagers and young adults, and seeing how you are a young adult yourself, I'd guess you tend to associate with people similar to yourself. It's the cool, edgy thing to do. It's juvanile and rebellious - natural. It's the same reason radical atheism is popular and socialism in America. It's rad and unique! Fuck the system! People grow out of it. There's a reason the Republican party is populated mostly by old people. There's a reason Hitler and Stalin and Mao admired and favored young people for their unbreakable spirit and easily shaped minds. A reason every political party has a youth organization. We're dumbbbb.

I don't think we're 'dumb' i think its rather a question of viewing things differently and lack of experience within most areas. Along with the fact that as a youth you're constantly oppressed by the system and traditions.

You still have old people who believe in ridiculous political ideas, and young people who believe in conservative ones, so i wouldn't generalize everyone...

The entire Baby Boomer generation needs to die. I've accepted this
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 08:21:36 pm
We could....take Russia down......a few notches.............
That's exactly the kind of insanity our media is telling us.
"Russia is not that strong" "Their military is outdated" "They have less nuclear weapons than we can use, so we will win" ::)
And it's true. Russia military forces are nothing compared to those the USA or the NATO do have...
Cyber-War, Rocket-Technology, "Map-Control"...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on December 07, 2014, 08:22:05 pm
We could....take Russia down......a few notches.............
That's exactly the kind of insanity our media is telling us.
"Russia is not that strong" "Their military is outdated" "They have less nuclear weapons than we can use, so we will win" ::)

Well there military is not the greatest. If you really study the Russian military you will learn that there are serious problems in the ranks, troops are demoralised, etc. I remember a story about a Russian officer that whored his unit around St.Petersburg.....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 07, 2014, 08:23:44 pm
The odds favour us, currently. In six years, that might have changed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 08:25:28 pm
We could....take Russia down......a few notches.............
That's exactly the kind of insanity our media is telling us.
"Russia is not that strong" "Their military is outdated" "They have less nuclear weapons than we can use, so we will win" ::)

All that is true though. This is determinable through basic research and an elementary knowledge of military equipment and tactics. Their doctrine is outdated. Their troops are not equipped adequately for prolonged fighting. Their leadership is corrupt and their officer corps is plagued with incompetence and nepotism. Putin is an intelligent, respectable guy, but to claim that Russia is capable of carrying out a full scale war against the west and coming out on top is ridiculous and borderline delusional.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 08:26:09 pm
Everyone who wants a solid understanding of how dirty politics can be, read 'The Confessions of an Economic Hitman'

This has been proven to be bullshit book.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 08:26:24 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 08:28:34 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Pilophas on December 07, 2014, 08:29:49 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
Exactly.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 08:30:20 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
I think when put between a rock and a hard place nobody would benefit from a war with Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 08:34:31 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
I think when put between a rock and a hard place nobody would benefit from a war with Russia.

Yeah, because around 1-2 Billions of people would die.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 08:36:37 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
I think when put between a rock and a hard place nobody would benefit from a war with Russia.

Yeah, because around 1-2 Billions of people would die.
More than that mate.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Crescent Glow on December 07, 2014, 08:37:46 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 08:38:54 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
I think when put between a rock and a hard place nobody would benefit from a war with Russia.

Yeah, because around 1-2 Billions of people would die.
More than that mate.
The western world only makes 12% of the world's population. Many people in Africa will be happy without us.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 08:39:15 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
I think when put between a rock and a hard place nobody would benefit from a war with Russia.

Yeah, because around 1-2 Billions of people would die.

No, probably a few hundred, maybe into the thousands would die before we arrived at a diplomatic agreement conceeding some land and power in the east to Russia while ensuring that they keep their meddling to themselves, out of the west. That's how war works in the time of global politics. Wars are now preventative. A war with Russia would only be engaged in if it was felt that it was necessary to prevent a much bigger one down the line. That is to say, a full scale war with Russia would never, ever happen. Both sides have far too much to lose, and nothing to gain.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 07, 2014, 08:41:09 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
I think when put between a rock and a hard place nobody would benefit from a war with Russia.

Yeah, because around 1-2 Billions of people would die.
More than that mate.
The western world only makes 12% of the world's population. Many people in Africa will be happy without us.

Ok now you're just being a Hippy.

Stop defending Russia. We don't want your kind around here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 08:43:50 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
I think when put between a rock and a hard place nobody would benefit from a war with Russia.

Yeah, because around 1-2 Billions of people would die.
More than that mate.
The western world only makes 12% of the world's population. Many people in Africa will be happy without us.

Ok now you're just being a Hippy.

Stop defending Russia. We don't want your kind around here.
How am I a Hippie?  :D

The western world caused a lot of trouble down there in the last years by supporting civil wars and bombing people.

@Nipplestockings: How do you know? Has there ever been a war between two nuclear powers? I think you underestimate the danger a lot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 08:45:06 pm
You cannot win a war against a nuclear power. Even when they only have one warhead from 1960.

That's not how nuclear deterrence works. That's not how war in the time of global politics works.
I think when put between a rock and a hard place nobody would benefit from a war with Russia.

Yeah, because around 1-2 Billions of people would die.
More than that mate.
The western world only makes 12% of the world's population. Many people in Africa will be happy without us.
Russia wouldn't be the only country launching or receiving nuclear warheads....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 08:47:57 pm
Wars between China and India. Iran-Israel conflicts and proxy wars. Oh, proxy war? You mean like the ones fought between the US and Russia throughout the cold war? Like the war in Ukraine now? Ohhh. That.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 08:51:59 pm
Wars between China and India. Iran-Israel conflicts and proxy wars. Oh, proxy war? You mean like the ones fought between the US and Russia throughout the cold war? Like the war in Ukraine now? Ohhh. That.
So there is a danger of a nuclear conflict. And there is a chance that it WONT exterminate most parts of humanity and this is a reason to stay calm?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 08:56:10 pm
Why are you so entrenched in this idea of a nuclear conflict? It's completely out of the question. Our nukes are not built to be used. They're deterrents against other nukes. They take a place in diplomacy and politics completely separate from conventional warfare.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 09:05:11 pm
Because it is a grave danger if there is just the slightest possibility of a nuclear conflict.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 09:06:48 pm
Because it is a grave danger if there is just the slightest possibility of a nuclear conflict.

Not really. There's always been a chance of a nuclear conflict. Why should it change now?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 09:14:47 pm
Because it is a grave danger if there is just the slightest possibility of a nuclear conflict.

Not really. There's always been a chance of a nuclear conflict. Why should it change now?
He wasn't implying it is changing, he is implying it always has been a danger.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 09:18:48 pm
Right. And now the likelihood of this danger to happen has increased.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 09:23:15 pm
It's isn't increasing in the slightest. Why do you insist on having this idea in your mind that nuclear war goes hand in hand with conventional conflict? If anything, as we ebb closer to war with Russia, the potential for nuclear war decreases. They simply do not go hand in hand.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 09:27:26 pm
So when the chance of a war with Russia (a nuclear power) increases, the chance for a nuclear catastrophy decreases, ok.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on December 07, 2014, 09:41:46 pm
I can see where Nipplestockings is coming from. If you were fighting a war with someone then dropping a nuke on them would be the worst idea ever. Cos then they'll drop a nuke on you and then shit will hit the fan. That's why people don't drop nukes. They're a deterrent, meant to prevent the very thing that they are designed for. It's like that kid in your class who thinks he's hard and walks around flexing his muscles but he never actually wants a fight, he just wants to make himself feel powerful.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 09:44:47 pm
I can see where Nipplestockings is coming from. If you were fighting a war with someone then dropping a nuke on them would be the worst idea ever. Cos then they'll drop a nuke on you and then shit will hit the fan. That's why people don't drop nukes. They're a deterrent, meant to prevent the very thing that they are designed for. It's like that kid in your class who thinks he's hard and walks around flexing his muscles but he never actually wants a fight, he just wants to make himself feel powerful.
If a country has nothing to lose, nuclear warheads are a viable option.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 07, 2014, 09:45:32 pm
I can see where Nipplestockings is coming from. If you were fighting a war with someone then dropping a nuke on them would be the worst idea ever. Cos then they'll drop a nuke on you and then shit will hit the fan. That's why people don't drop nukes. They're a deterrent, meant to prevent the very thing that they are designed for. It's like that kid in your class who thinks he's hard and walks around flexing his muscles but he never actually wants a fight, he just wants to make himself feel powerful.
If a country has nothing to lose, nuclear warheads are a viable option.
This.

If one country starts losing the war, nothing will hold it back.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on December 07, 2014, 09:47:45 pm
But if they were losing a war would they not want to limit the damage? If Russia lost a war against America they wouldn't Nuke the USA just for the sake of it. Cos then America would make sure that Russia would be left in such a state that it would never be able to recover again. Losing a war isn't the end of all hope.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 09:59:46 pm
But if they were losing a war would they not want to limit the damage? If Russia lost a war against America they wouldn't Nuke the USA just for the sake of it. Cos then America would make sure that Russia would be left in such a state that it would never be able to recover again. Losing a war isn't the end of all hope.
Sometimes diplomacy doesn't come to a peaceful resolution.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on December 07, 2014, 10:03:35 pm
You're right. Sometimes it does not but if any country committed acts genocide towards another country then there would be a huge consequences. Both in the eyes of the international community such as the United Nations and in the eyes of the general public.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 10:06:33 pm
Yes, this fantastical world of Russia going all out after starting to lose a war is enticing and all - who wouldn't want to live a real life Fallout game? It's simply beyond all realism. A war with Russia would not reach a point where they felt they had nothing to lose. A war with Russia most likely would not even escalate to a global conflict. It'd be over in weeks, or even days - the time it would take for one power to prove a point to the other and come to a deal. A war would be fought for a set economic or political outcome, not for extermination of the entire country. What, do you think Hitler's grand ideas for Russia will play out again with the west? No, that's absurd. The modern world doesn't work like that. Our global political situation does not and cannot allow for that sort of thing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on December 07, 2014, 10:08:17 pm
i think people are a bit caught with the idea of total war. Which hasn't happened in a 70 years or so.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 10:08:57 pm
You're right. Sometimes it does not but if any country committed acts genocide towards another country then there would be a huge consequences. Both in the eyes of the international community such as the United Nations and in the eyes of the general public.
Living organisms do amazing things if they feel threatened.

@Nipplestockings I think you're the one living in the fantasy world where long-term war is simply an impossibility.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on December 07, 2014, 10:12:36 pm
It's extremely unlikely though. Everyone is too scared
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 07, 2014, 10:13:04 pm
An impossibility? Of course not. Tomorrow some terrorist could hijack a nuke in Russia and destroy Washington, and we'd be forced to retaliate. Tomorrow aliens could land on earth and kill every single one of us with a single wave of heat radiation. Tomorrow Jesus himself could come down to earth and begin the rapture. Possible, sure. I'm open for all possibilities. Realism is more attractive to me as of now, though. I'll read comic books for the fun shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 10:22:40 pm
An impossibility? Of course not. Tomorrow some terrorist could hijack a nuke in Russia and destroy Washington, and we'd be forced to retaliate. Tomorrow aliens could land on earth and kill every single one of us with a single wave of heat radiation. Tomorrow Jesus himself could come down to earth and begin the rapture. Possible, sure. I'm open for all possibilities. Realism is more attractive to me as of now, though. I'll read comic books for the fun shit.
Hey man I'm glad you want to see the 2nd coming of Christ and all that but that has nothing to do with the argument at hand. Mind explaining why the scenario is just as unlikely as "Tomorrow aliens could land on earth and kill every single one of us with a single wave of heat radiation" or do you just wish to present your opinion as absolute truth?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on December 07, 2014, 10:25:34 pm
I think what he is trying to see that all of these things are not impossible but are improbable which is the same for a global conflict.

Fun fact: Jews don't believe that Christ was the savior that was promised to them. They are still waiting for their savior to this very day.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 10:31:05 pm
I think what he is trying to see that all of these things are not impossible but are improbable which is the same for a global conflict.

Fun fact: Jews don't believe that Christ was the savior that was promised to them. They are still waiting for their savior to this very day.
But he is not presenting any kind of information to back up his claim. He is simply claiming. If he wants me to take him seriously he is going to have to convince me, rather than referring to videogames, sci-fi and religion.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on December 07, 2014, 10:32:56 pm
I don't think that he needs evidence to back up a claim that it is unlikely that aliens will invade tomorrow....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 10:35:41 pm
I don't think that he needs evidence to back up a claim that it is unlikely that aliens will invade tomorrow....
Wow you're pretty daft mate. Where in the past 2 pages have you gathered that we're debating about the probability of an alien invasion?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on December 07, 2014, 10:40:02 pm
No need to get personal, it's only a friendly discussion.

You responded to his comment and I then explained what he meant by it. You told me that he needed evidence to back up his claim? And yet what he stated in his original comment didn't need backing up with evidence.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 10:42:35 pm
No need to get personal, it's only a friendly discussion.

You responded to his comment and I then explained what he meant by it. You told me that he needed evidence to back up his claim? And yet what he stated in his original comment didn't need backing up with evidence.
No, you claimed something completely non-sensical, off topic, out of context and irrelevant. You weren't helping anybody by assuming we were debating about the probability of an alien invasion.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on December 07, 2014, 10:44:56 pm
But I'm not. The alien invasion is only an example of something that could happen but is unlikely to. Nobody here is claiming that an alien invasion is going to happen. We're just likening the probability of it happening with the probability of a global, full scale,  nuclear conflict happening.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Death by EMP on December 07, 2014, 10:46:53 pm
But I'm not. The alien invasion is only an example of something that could happen but is unlikely to. Nobody here is claiming that an alien invasion is going to happen. We're just likening the probability of it happening with the probability of a global, full scale,  nuclear conflict happening.
You mean nobody but you

(https://i.imgur.com/aTR9xxq.png)

Context is everything

Edit: And lets say I give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you just did not present what you meant to say correctly.

Then I will just refer you to argumentum ad lapidem.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 08, 2014, 02:33:51 am
You mean nobody but you
+1

fact: Jews don't believe that Christ was the savior that was promised to them. They are still waiting for their savior to this very day.

wrong thread.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on December 09, 2014, 04:12:52 am
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/fVqAMaA.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 09, 2014, 05:01:52 am
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/fVqAMaA.jpg)
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+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 09, 2014, 11:02:13 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bbts31hRH-w
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 10, 2014, 03:51:24 am
Much jelly cuz Russian bear has immense power?

Ukraine lover
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 10, 2014, 07:49:53 am
This thread is just waaaay too pro-ukraine.
It's like we are all pretending a man named Udo Ulfkotte doesn't exist.


Glory to the Azov battalion

Spoiler
(https://histoireetsociete.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/4-sebastopol-marine-russe-cassini14.jpg)
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Meanwhile in the Donbass region of evil and hatredl (http://ria.ru/photolents/20141013/1026557400.html)

Even black Russians agree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AqE_yT1XuM
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 10, 2014, 08:36:25 am
Spoiler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AqE_yT1XuM
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http://youtu.be/yDIlQ3_lsKE
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 10, 2014, 09:32:44 am
There's a difference between the two.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 10, 2014, 11:16:19 am
There's a difference between the two.

Yeah mines the original and its cooler and more pro Putin. Aka all the important stuff.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 10, 2014, 11:23:30 am
This thread is just waaaay too pro-ukraine.
It's like we are all pretending a man named Udo Ulfkotte doesn't exist.


Glory to the Azov battalion

Spoiler
(https://histoireetsociete.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/4-sebastopol-marine-russe-cassini14.jpg)
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Meanwhile in the Donbass region of evil and hatredl (http://ria.ru/photolents/20141013/1026557400.html)

Those morons need to read up on genetics & why it's very important to have a very large diverse gene pool. If we all subscribed to this mono race bullshit, humanity would not survive. Fucking idiots. http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/gene-pool2.htm

Those morons need to eat a can full of cyanide and chase it down with bullets....follow the leader they love so much!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 01:39:18 pm
Desert Thunda, did you even watch my video? There's a very interesting part about Russian soldiers with swastikas and giving Nazi salutes.

The Azov Batallion doesn't even represent 0.01% of the Armed Forces in the Donbass. They're also nearly all locals and Russian-speaking.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 10, 2014, 02:01:35 pm
Desert Thunda, did you even watch my video? There's a very interesting part about Russian soldiers with swastikas and giving Nazi salutes.

The Azov Batallion doesn't even represent 0.01% of the Armed Forces in the Donbass. They're also nearly all locals and Russian-speaking.

I still have it in a tab open, because I don't have 30 minutes to spare to watch the video, yet.

I'm not denying that some Russian soldiers don't have those symbols (Over 50% of the worlds neo-nazis live in Russia), but to call all Ukrainian soldiers peace loving defenders of freedom and liberty is just plain ignorance.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 02:08:28 pm
Where exactly did we call all Ukrainian soldiers peace loving defenders of freedom and liberty?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Chosen1 on December 10, 2014, 02:12:40 pm
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"ukraine is of nazi"

"no, russia is nazi"

"nou"

The last 2 pages pretty much
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 02:27:18 pm
The only Nazi's I know are American or German (Or German-American), so meh.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 10, 2014, 02:49:24 pm
Desert Thunda, did you even watch my video? There's a very interesting part about Russian soldiers with swastikas and giving Nazi salutes.

The Azov Batallion doesn't even represent 0.01% of the Armed Forces in the Donbass. They're also nearly all locals and Russian-speaking.

If there are apprx 50,000 servicemen operating in the ATO and Azov has apprx 500 volunteers and 300 employees then that's between 1% and 1.6%. This doesn't include other right wing battalions such as the Right sector volunteers etc.
If the unlikely reports of 20,000 desertions/defections and deaths place the total number of servicemen at 30,000 or thereabouts then its more like 1.6 - 2.7 %

Additionally Azov battalion relies heavily on foreign recruits for training, fighting and the running of foreign recruitment programs.

http://zn.ua/UKRAINE/milicii-donbassa-nuzhno-20-tys-chelovek-dlya-zameny-predateley-i-dezertirov-149826_.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azov_Battalion
http://uairagency.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/thousands-of-soldiers-desert-from-ukrainian-army/

While Russia has its own neo nazis (some of which are fighting in Ukraine); the difference is more in terms of political opportunities and how right wing parties could potentially pose a future threat especially when some of their leaders are or have been part of the country's political makeup, particularly in security and defense. Additionally some of its members talk openly or openly threaten the government with a potential future coup. While thus far its been just talk and hot headed temperament; the war is providing an ample platform for right wing parties to arm and organize themselves, which in of itself is unwise. Yet the chaos that is makes it difficult not to utilize them since their nationalism generally means they're more motivated on the front-lines to carry out difficult tasks.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/10/azov-far-right-fighters-ukraine-neo-nazis
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/right-sector-and-interior-minister-make-up-after-publicly-trading-threats-accusations-361088.html

Given the values and the ideals we supposedly espouse in the EU it was idiotic to desperately jump on the Ukraine and bring it into the fold prior to elections and prior to members of right wing groups concluding their term. Having done so only left Europe open for criticism and suspicion from the East. It also endangered the Ukraine more needlessly then it should have.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 03:09:27 pm
Lol, you're right. I forgot to recalculate to percentage. Right, 1%. Yay.

Saying this is a Nazi versus Non-Nazi conflict, however, remains bullshit. Why is Russia more worried about 'potential' political support for what they see as Neo-Nazis while, for example, not even giving as much as a comment on the fact that Front National had 1/4th of the French EU vote, a party which honorary leader is publicly very anti-Semitic. Probably because Front National is a good friend of Putin?

Russia hasn't made a single effort trying to stop the fighting, radicalizing more and more people (into both sides) and further destabilizing Ukraine's political future. Volunteers can cross the Russian border without a problem, and rebel wounded are taken care of in Russia. How can they say they are not supporting the separatists while they make no effort in trying to stop their forces from growing?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 10, 2014, 03:54:51 pm
Lol, you're right. I forgot to recalculate to percentage. Right, 1%. Yay.


And that's not including other RW volunteer groups. RS claims to be able to field 5000 fighters which would add an extra 10% if already fielded but I doubt they have fielded that many as of yet.

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Saying this is a Nazi versus Non-Nazi conflict, however, remains bullshit.

Given that no real assertive actions have been taken to remove Nazi symbology from all participating groups in the conflict; the groups at hand have only themselves to blame.  As I've noted in the past the war has less to do with Nazism and more to do with geopolitical interests. Having said that; our flirtation with an interim government that is partially comprised of possible neo-nazis was a slap in the face to common sense.

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Why is Russia more worried about 'potential' political support for what they see as Neo-Nazis while, for example, not even giving as much as a comment on the fact that Front National had 1/4th of the French EU vote, a party which honorary leader is publicly very anti-Semitic. Probably because Front National is a good friend of Putin?

As far as I know the honorary member is at odds with his own party and his own daughter over his own idiotic remarks and while its not the first time; given that prominent members have left the party previously over said gaffes would suggest that the party, while running on an anti-immigration platform, isn't running on an openly neo-nazi one.

Russia hasn't made a single effort trying to stop the fighting, radicalizing more and more people (into both sides) and further destabilizing Ukraine's political future. Volunteers can cross the Russian border without a problem, and rebel wounded are taken care of in Russia. How can they say they are not supporting the separatists while they make no effort in trying to stop their forces from growing?

They won't stop. Russian interests in the Ukraine are likely considered a matter of national security by Putin and his regime. At least until they somehow wrench the Ukraine out from European influence or curtail European ambitions in the area. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 05:04:37 pm
Right sector isn't a neo-nazi organisation, unlike what Russian media say. It's nationalist (highly), and more importantly, their units fight on the front-line, and therefor has indeed attracted a lot of right-wing fighters, but also left-wing (such as anarchists) and non-political fighters. It's important to note the difference between the political organization and the military units. For Russians, any organization that opposes Russia or once opposed the Soviet-Union, is immediately designated as 'Nazi' or 'Fascist'. Whether they have even a fraction of the political ideology is totally irrelevant.

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Having said that; our flirtation with an interim government that is partially comprised of possible neo-nazis was a slap in the face to common sense.

No, indeed, it's much more common sense to leave a potential ally to rot because part of the opposition is made out of 'possible neo-nazis'. Let's blindly ignore the fact that these guys have been in the parliament for decades, or that they have been democratically elected, or that even the president of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine said Svoboda has clearly shifted from the far-right to the center.

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while running on an anti-immigration platform, isn't running on an openly neo-nazi one.

Neither are any political parties in Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 10, 2014, 05:51:14 pm
First off, why the fuck are you being a fascist-apologetic? and second, there's no anarchists in the Pravy Sektor. There are however those that identify as "national-anarchists", which is ofcourse an oxymoron. Its the same as the National-Socialists. Many good people fall for this and join them. They're pushing the socialist aspects of national socialism pretty hard. The old left of the Ukraine is so tightly linked to Russia that it's completely lost all legitimacy and it's letting groups like this steal their thunder.

During Maidan the right-wingers were not stupid in their approach to co-opting the struggle. Then the clashes with the cops started and Right Sector took position at the barricades at Hrushevskoho Street, controlling who was allowed to participate and who not, and soon after that they controlled most of the other barricades.

They made a checkpoint to control any and all activity that goes in and out of Maidan. Guess which street the checkpoint got placed? Yep, Hrushevskoho street.

http://ukrainianweek.com/News/101979

One thing that has made a lot of people join Right Sector is because they Co-opted the legendary anarchist, Nestor Makhno. There's a problem in Ukraine with erasing historical story of Nestor Makhno. He is rebranded as simply a ukranian national hero, a freedom fighter, and not an anarchist. He is popular among right-wingers because he led armies to fight against red army. They strip him from his beliefs to make it an easier to swallow pill, kinda like what the US does with Martin Luther King, to give an example from the top of my head.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 06:20:57 pm
I see you made up two new words. I'm starting to think that you contributed 20% of the dictionary, as whenever something comes up that can't in your very narrow view, you just make up words.

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During Maidan the right-wingers were not stupid in their approach to co-opting the struggle. Then the clashes with the cops started and Right Sector took position at the barricades at Hrushevskoho Street, controlling who was allowed to participate and who not, and soon after that they controlled most of the other barricades.

They made a checkpoint to control any and all activity that goes in and out of Maidan. Guess which street the checkpoint got placed? Yep, Hrushevskoho street.

Somehow, you never cared to mention this before. Usually you were always on about Svoboda, and now suddenly Right Sector, with its few thousand members, controlled everything?
Nobody in that article is affiliated with the Right Sector, nor with Svoboda. You don't bother to show any proof of your ridiculous statements and I'm pretty sure you'll now either leave the thread or go on a rant how we're being idiots/facists/neo-nazi-lovers for not believing you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on December 10, 2014, 07:00:03 pm
Fact: Anything not conforming to anarchist principles is considered fascist.  :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 10, 2014, 07:03:44 pm
Svoboda and Right Sector are close allies, my bad that i only mentioned the former. Watch the vice videos of the square to get an idea if you dont believe me, RS and Svoboda units were walking around in big groups armed with pistols, axes and other weapons, beating up people who didnt agree with them.

There have been attempts by anarchists and other leftists organizing, before the Maidan stuff happened. But the militant right-wingers were too established from the beginning due to Svoboda being one of the main opposition parties.

They were not allowed to organize by the right-wingers, the only way they could get in was by pretending to be apolitical. Furthermore, Ukrainian leftists should have been at the forefront of the Maidan rather than giving radio interviews about how upset they were that right-wing elements were at Maidan - or worse, calling for internal actions that would have split the movement apart. Now the fascists will be able to say they fought and died to overthrow a corrupt "democracy" while the leftist so-called radicals decided to sit it out.

http://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/ukraine-autonomous-workers-union-statements-on-euromaidan/

http://www.thenation.com/article/178013/ukrainian-nationalism-heart-euromaidan

http://www.timothyeastman.com/uncategorized/an-interview-with-mira-andrei-and-sascha-of-antifascist-action-ukraine/

Right Sector are fanboys of the UPA. UPA as you probably know was an Ukrainian insurgent army that killed and tortured 100,000 Polish and burned their villages down. Their goal was to wipe the whole area clean of all polish influence. Nothing good can come from supporting these boneheads.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 07:43:44 pm
Oh, of course, I forgot the third option: You give a lecture without replying on my questions, making statements that are not or barely relevant. I mean, awesome that we now know that you think the Ukrainian left-wing should have done more. Can we get back on how Right Sector controlled the entire Euromaidan protests?

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RS and Svoboda units were walking around in big groups armed with pistols, axes and other weapons, beating up people who didnt agree with them.

Those were self-defense units. Some had a political background, most of them didn't, and once again you make a grotesque statement that contradicts everything we've seen (and that Vice showed), without even making a single effort. By the way, most weapons used were blunt, like sticks and hammers. Easier to come by in a city.

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Right Sector are fanboys of the UPA. UPA as you probably know was an Ukrainian insurgent army that killed and tortured 100,000 Polish and burned their villages down. Their goal was to wipe the whole area clean of all polish influence. Nothing good can come from supporting these boneheads.

So? Communist parties usually love the Red Army and the list of their war crimes is considerably longer. Are all communist parties the rooth of all evil now? The UPA did bad shit, but it's not the bad shit they are remembered for. Just like no-one likes to remember the bad shit done by any group one might like. Russians don't like to acknowledge warcrimes committed by the Soviet Union, Americans don't like to acknowledge war crimes committed by them in Vietnam, and so on. Even you are guilty of this, as you pretty much refused to acknowledge the criminal actions done by the Anarchists in 1930 Spain and came up with a list of excuses why they weren't so bad.

It's not the crimes that created the admiration, it's the admiration that blurs out the crimes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 10, 2014, 07:58:39 pm
You take this way too personal.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 08:00:16 pm
You can say that as much as you like, I am still waiting on that proof.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on December 10, 2014, 08:03:40 pm
lol
nothing changes in this disscusion
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 08:14:05 pm
I should hope so.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 10, 2014, 08:27:00 pm
Enough proof for you, buddy?

http://rt.com/news/156532-odessa-ukraine-brutal-attack/

http://www.criticatac.ro/lefteast/maidan-the-right-wing-and-violence-in-protest-events-analysis/

http://www.globalresearch.ca/democracy-murdered-by-protest-ukraine-falls-to-intrigue-and-violence/5370317

http://www.sott.net/article/278402-Shades-of-911-US-backed-anti-Russian-attacks-by-Right-Sector-in-Ukraine-sees-jumpers-from-burning-building

We can wrap this up now, no one here wants another Duuring-Augy flame war. So please refrain from playing the "character assasination" card and other tricks up your sleave, i'm not falling for it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on December 10, 2014, 08:34:43 pm
http://rt.com/news/156532-odessa-ukraine-brutal-attack/
are you kidding me?can you find something more objective source than RT?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 10, 2014, 09:35:36 pm
Are you trying to say that RT is lying and that Ukrainian fascists didn't set fire to the trade union building?

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So? Communist parties usually love the Red Army and the list of their war crimes is considerably longer. Are all communist parties the rooth of all evil now? The UPA did bad shit, but it's not the bad shit they are remembered for. Just like no-one likes to remember the bad shit done by any group one might like. Russians don't like to acknowledge warcrimes committed by the Soviet Union, Americans don't like to acknowledge war crimes committed by them in Vietnam, and so on. Even you are guilty of this, as you pretty much refused to acknowledge the criminal actions done by the Anarchists in 1930 Spain and came up with a list of excuses why they weren't so bad.
The main difference between the Red Army and the UPA is that the Red Army never supported any kind of genocide or mass-scale killing of people on the sole basis of their nationality, phenotype, culture, or religion. In Spain, the Anarchists never did something like that either. The UPA, however, did this:

http://www.volhyniamassacre.eu/

There is an enormous qualitative difference between the crimes of those fascists allied to Nazi Germany, and the crimes of the Red Army or of the Anarchists, or of the United States in Vietnam.

@Augy:

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They were not allowed to organize by the right-wingers, the only way they could get in was by pretending to be apolitical. Furthermore, Ukrainian leftists should have been at the forefront of the Maidan rather than giving radio interviews about how upset they were that right-wing elements were at Maidan - or worse, calling for internal actions that would have split the movement apart. Now the fascists will be able to say they fought and died to overthrow a corrupt "democracy" while the leftist so-called radicals decided to sit it out.
Are you saying that the left wing should have helped the Ukrainian fascists (and their chocolate lover friends) to overthrow a corrupt but democratically-elected government?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 11:10:25 pm
Augy, could you even try to give a source that A. Doesn't immediately jump to conclusions and are clearly biased and B. actually talk about who controlled the Maidan? The only article that actually does talk about the actual presence of the Right Sector only talks about media presence. Their entire research is based around media presence.
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http://www.globalresearch.ca/democracy-murdered-by-protest-ukraine-falls-to-intrigue-and-violence/5370317

This article nearly exclusively uses Russia Today as their source.

I don't exactly trust an article that starts with calling the Ukrainians 'US-Backed Anti-Russian'. Articles about Odessa seem always to leave out the fact there hours of fighting in the city, until the Pro-Russians were hopelessly outnumbered and retreated. It took the Ukrainians nearly half an hour to march from the city to the building, so there was plenty of time to get the fuck out of the building. Several Ukrainians were beated to death or shot, yet these articles only mention the deaths of the fire. Baised much?

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The main difference between the Red Army and the UPA is that the Red Army never supported any kind of genocide or mass-scale killing of people on the sole basis of their nationality, phenotype, culture, or religion. In Spain, the Anarchists never did something like that either. The UPA, however, did this:

There's a qualitative difference? Are you for real? So if I kill someone based on his race, instead of his class or nationality, it's worse? It's besides the point. Killing someone is bad. I don't think Germans really cared for the fact they weren't shot because for their race.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 10, 2014, 11:37:47 pm
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There's a qualitative difference? Are you for real? So if I kill someone based on his race, instead of his class or nationality, it's worse? It's besides the point. Killing someone is bad. I don't think Germans really cared for the fact they weren't shot because for their race.
No it's not besides the point. It's the point. Killing someone is not bad in itself. It depends on the motive. Killing an innocent is not the same thing as killing a criminal. Killing someone because of his nationality is barbaric, but it's not the same thing as killing someone because of his phenotype. The latter is even more barbaric.

I notice that you use the old atavistic word "race". Why do you do that?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 10, 2014, 11:41:30 pm
So the Anarchists did not kill priests because they were Priests and the Communists did not purge intelectuals and nobility because they were intellectuals and nobility?

I'm sorry, I just don't understand where you put the line, and why you even do that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 10, 2014, 11:58:24 pm
You understand very well actually. You are saying that there is no difference between killing someone because of his class, and killing someone because of his phenotype. Between killing someone because of his nationality, and killing someone because of his phenotype. And you are doing that because you want us to believe that fascist and nazi crimes had nothing special, that they were not qualitatively different and could be compared to US war crimes in Vietnam, or Soviet war crimes on the Eastern Front. But no, a genocide is not a war crime. There is a qualitative difference.

In Spain the Anarchists didn't killed the priests because they were priests, they killed the priests because they were thought to be supporters of the fascists. That was a crime, but a totally different crime. This could be compared to the crimes of some French revolutionaries when they decided to kill members of the nobility just because they were members of the nobility. Or the crimes of the French armies in Spain some years ago.

Therefore the crimes of the Communists, the crime of the Anarchists, and the crimes of the American capitalists, will never expiate the horrible crimes of the Ukrainian fascists. And whomever support them is guilty.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 11, 2014, 12:36:49 am
Global Research is a bad website. Stop using it people.


Duuring gets wrecked again. +1


It was more fun when your avatar was Ukraine flag.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 11, 2014, 04:24:20 am
Right sector isn't a neo-nazi organisation, unlike what Russian media say.

It is still a patchwork of militant far right wing groups that share many beliefs with the Svoboda party save for its xenophobic outlook according to Dmytro Yarosh. It also has an ambiguous list of enemies under which it defines globalism, pseudo nationalism and anyone who opposes the construction of a Ukrainian national state as an enemy, which in of itself could be anyone they potentially disagree with.

Their touted love for Stepan Bandera whose organization was involved in ethnic cleansing is somewhat telling of the heroes and willingness to overlook mass killings in the favor of ideological reasoning and objectives. While Stepan was neither ideologically aligned to the Communists or the Nazis it does not mean that violence; as a tool to deal with political or ethnic problems; is exclusive to either. Additionally the entrance into the political lime-light may cause these groups to change their behavior and to try and alter their own image and political ideology for mass consumption but I highly doubt they will have the discipline and tenacity to pursue a non-violent agenda especially given their past fervor:

The Pravy Sektor manifesto, announced in early January 2014 when Ukrainian radicals staged their first attacks on the police, features a large dose of firey rhetoric: “All those who at this point would try to tame the revolutionary energy of the masses should be proclaimed traitors and punished in the most severe way. The time of peaceful singing and dancing at Maidan is over. This is waste of time. There can be no negotiations, no compromise with the ruling gang. We will carry high the fire of national revolution.” Members of the “Right Sector” write that peaceful protests of Ukrainians led to nothing and now the struggle has reached a new level. “Death to the regime of internal occupation! Freedom or death! Glory to Ukraine!” says the group in their appeal to the nation.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/right-sector.htm

The fact of the matter that the chaos in the Ukraine is spurring a mish-mash of possibly violent right wing ultra nationalists and neo nazis with vaguely defined or articulated ideologies and possible dangerously changing ones at that. These have increasingly attained influential and authoritative positions and all anyone can do is downplay the significance and the danger of the situation.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/13/ukraine-far-right-fascism-mps

While the Nazi vs non-nazi oversimplification is bullshit, so is the downplaying of the threat and consequences of these groups which you seem to be doing half the time.

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Whether they have even a fraction of the political ideology is totally irrelevant.

To a blind goose.

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No, indeed, it's much more common sense to leave a potential ally to rot because part of the opposition is made out of 'possible neo-nazis'. Let's blindly ignore the fact that these guys have been in the parliament for decades, or that they have been democratically elected, or that even the president of the United Jewish Community of Ukraine said Svoboda has clearly shifted from the far-right to the center.

Yes it does make much more sense when the allies we choose have questionable ideologies that are not compatible with our own interests and when we don't actually need any more bloody allies in the first place prior to supporting regime change in the Ukraine.

Dealing with groups who we deem moderate even though they harbor extreme ideologies is exactly what happened in Libya and Syria. Violent revolutions change the very playing field completely and can only help to further radicalize the participatory groups, several of which are demanding national revolution and want to further remove what they see as left overs of the Yanukovich era regardless of the fact that Yanukovich and his cronies had more votes than the right wingers ever had combined.  As for the president of the United Jewish Community, he lives there and is unlikely to provoke right wing groups who are openly anti-Semitic. From the Israeli perspective its a different story:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/anti-semitic-party-wins-12-of-seats-in-ukraine-parliament.premium-1.472792

In any case the EU has never seen Svoboda as moderate:

8.  Is concerned about the rising nationalistic sentiment in Ukraine, expressed in support for the Svoboda Party, which, as a result, is one of the two new parties to enter the Verkhovna Rada; recalls that racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic views go against the EU’s fundamental values and principles and therefore appeals to pro-democratic parties in the Verkhovna Rada not to associate with, endorse or form coalitions with this party;
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2012-0507+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN

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Neither are any political parties in Ukraine.

Of course not.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moonofalabama.org%2Fimages4%2Fsvoboda.jpg&hash=3aec31f8a5c92188b8ab399bc3823a626d02e336)
http://www.english.rfi.fr/france/20110427-le-pen-expels-front-national-member-nazi-salute

I will say however that you do have a point. Many far right parties often rely on support from groups/individuals who have an underlying appreciation for Germany's former Nazi past or symbols but who don't necessarily use such ideology in their own marketing for votes in order to appeal to a broader audience. Yet underneath the veil of public scrutiny they can be complete nazi sympathizers and still render high praise to democracy as a means to an end.

"If out-voting them takes longer than out-shooting them, at least the result would be guaranteed by their own constitution...Any lawful process is slow...Sooner or later we shall have a majority — and after that, Germany."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on December 11, 2014, 08:07:31 am
Just want to set things straight. Communism is equally evil as Nazism, saying that left wing extremism is less violent or evil than right wing extremism is naive.

Furthermore, Max, the USSR genocided 10 million Ukrainians in the early 1930s, purged their entire officer corps in the late 1930s, not even mentioning their atrocities in the civil war...

Since you want to compare with the Red Army, i can put forth evidence that its 'Nazi' counterpart the Wehrmacht committed a lesser amount of warcrimes.

This discussion is simply irrelevant...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 11, 2014, 08:13:24 am
Just want to set things straight. Communism is equally evil as Nazism, saying that left wing extremism is less violent or evil than right wing extremism is naive.

Furthermore, Max, the USSR genocided 10 million Ukrainians in the early 1930s, purged their entire officer corps in the late 1930s, not even mentioning their atrocities in the civil war...

Since you want to compare with the Red Army, i can put forth evidence that its 'Nazi' counterpart the Wehrmacht committed a lesser amount of warcrimes.

This discussion is simply irrelevant...

We don't really need to have a discussion about this.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 11, 2014, 09:08:27 am
Just want to set things straight. Communism is equally evil as Nazism, saying that left wing extremism is less violent or evil than right wing extremism is naive.

Furthermore, Max, the USSR genocided 10 million Ukrainians in the early 1930s, purged their entire officer corps in the late 1930s, not even mentioning their atrocities in the civil war...

Since you want to compare with the Red Army, i can put forth evidence that its 'Nazi' counterpart the Wehrmacht committed a lesser amount of warcrimes.

This discussion is simply irrelevant...

Western sabotage obviously.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 11, 2014, 09:22:18 am
Why'd you delete your post, Rejenorst?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 11, 2014, 10:11:15 am
Because I reread Duke's post and realized he was talking to Max, not me making my message superfluous.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 11, 2014, 12:30:08 pm
So the Anarchists did not kill priests because they were Priests and the Communists did not purge intelectuals and nobility because they were intellectuals and nobility?

I'm sorry, I just don't understand where you put the line, and why you even do that.

Most of the Roman Catholic hierarchy and priesthood supported the Rebels.
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Let me say this quite clearly. The repression that was being carried on in both zones. In the nationalist zone it was planned, methodical, cold.
The authori­ties didn’t trust the people and imposed their will through terror.
To do so they committed atrocities. In the Popular Front zone atrocities were also committed. That was the similarity between the two; but the difference was that in the republican zone the crimes were committed by an impassioned people, not by the authorities. The latter always tried to prevent crimes; It wasn’t so in the nationalist zone. There more people were shot, it was scientifically organized.

Frank Jellinek paraph raised the ‘definite instructions’ issued to the rebel officers by General Queipo de Llano:
The main factor to ensure victory, these instructions ran, was the destruction o f the enemy’s morale. To accomplish this, the first thing to do on occupying a town was to execute all the notabilities who could be found, or if they had fled, their families.
The executions were to be public and as impres­sive as possible. The best way to discover these persons was to ask the local priest.
Hesitation to obey these ord ers would be rigorously punished and ‘an excess of zeal is better than humanitarian mildness’.
Members of Falange Española might be enlisted as officers to see that the troops did not fail to carry out the executions and to denounce any such hesita­tions.

In Córdoba, for example, workers were rounded up on the streets and at their places of work and were shot, without any reason being given, except that they were workers.
Local political leaders loyal to the Republic were also murdered on orders of the Rebel authorities.

One veteran of the Franco army has also testified to the continuing almost daily roundups of political ‘suspects’ in the Córdoba region long after the beginning of the War, by his own unit of the regular army. He categorized many of the arrests and executions as ‘exceed­ingly arbitrary’.

The same kind of officially organized terror existed in the largely rural province of Zamorra in Old Castille, which immediately fell into the hands of the Rebels. Virtually all leaders of the parties and organizations supporting the Republic were rounded up and executed. Undoubtedly similar things occurred throughout Rebel-held Spain.

The Spanish Nationalist Rebels were fighting to preserve traditional privileges of the Army, the Church, and the landlords... The military rising of July 18 appeared to be their last chance to preserve a Spain in which their privileges would be secure... The executions in Nationalist Spain were not the work of revolutionary mobs taking advantage of the breakdown of the Republican state. They were ordered and approved by the highest military authorities.’ The same author, who made an extensive study
of the subject, concluded that there were approximately 200,000 victims of ‘wartime Nationalist paseos and political reprisals’, as compared to 20,000 ‘Republican-zone
paseos and political reprisals’.

None of these things took place under the direction or instigation of the anarchist leaders. And, although rank-and-file anarchists participated in them, they were not alone. Cesar Lorenzo quoted a Falangista student of the war in Catalonia to the effect: ‘In reality, the criminal activities were equal among all the parties and propor­tional to their membership.’

The anarchist leaders, and a large part of the rank and file of the movement, sought particularly to fight against attempts by individ­uals to exploit the situation for their personal advantage.
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Its both laughable and sad that you speak so lowly of those darned red anarchists but never acknowledge all the deaths and genocide caused by Capitalism and States. But thats what you get when you pick and choose your history and have false analysis.

are you kidding me?can you find something more objective source than RT?

Its a bit of a double edged sword if you see it like that but i understand it. Its good to be critical, but i wish people would apply that logic to western news agencies aswel.
Besides the point but theres some great people working there, one that comes to mind is Abby Martin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 11, 2014, 01:05:08 pm
@Sven

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Just want to set things straight. Communism is equally evil as Nazism, saying that left wing extremism is less violent or evil than right wing extremism is naive.

Furthermore, Max, the USSR genocided 10 million Ukrainians in the early 1930s, purged their entire officer corps in the late 1930s, not even mentioning their atrocities in the civil war...

Since you want to compare with the Red Army, i can put forth evidence that its 'Nazi' counterpart the Wehrmacht committed a lesser amount of warcrimes.

This discussion is simply irrelevant...
In Indonesia in 1965-1966 more than 500 000 communists were murdered in one of the biggest mass killings of the 20th century, with the complicity of the CIA. Can I say that American "democratic" capitalism is "equally evil as Nazism"? No, for two main reasons. The first reason is that they continued to defend some kind of civil liberties, and the second  reason is that they were not primarily motivated by racism. The difference between them and Nazi Germany is huge.

Fascism, and especially German fascism, can be condemned, not only for its deeds, but also for its ideas. Believing that there is different human "races", and that some races must rule while some other should disappear, is a criminal and barbaric idea in itself. Western "democratic" capitalism and communism, however, shared a common trust in the principles of the Enlightenment.

More than 5 million Jews or people from Jewish descent died under Nazi yoke, including more than 1 million who died at Auschwitz, because a bunch of degenerated men believed that the Jewish "race" (and other groups such as the Gypsies) had to disappear. There was nothing more barbaric than this in the whole 20th Century, not even the crimes of Leopold II of Belgium.

Ukrainian fascists and neo-nazis like to speak about the Ukrainians who died during the so-called Holodomor, because they believe that Soviet horrendous actions can excuse their own crimes. But it cannot. Historian Mark B.Tauger has proved that the Soviet government never tried to kill millions of Ukrainian for whatever reason. Quite the contrary. In his paper "The 1932 Harvest and the Famine of 1933", Tauger says:

"While the leadership did not stop exports, they did try to alleviate the famine. A 25 February 1933 Central Committee decree allotted seed loans of 320,000 tons to Ukraine and 240,000 tons to the northern Caucasus. Seed loans were also made to the Lower Volga and may have been made to other regions as well. Kul'chyt'kyy cites Ukrainian party archives showing that a total aid to Ukraine by April 1933 actually exceeded 560,000 tons, including more than 80,000 tons of food. Aid to Ukraine alone was 60 percent greater than the amount exported during the same period. Total aid to famine regions was more than double exports for the first half of 1933."

Page 88:

http://www.as.wvu.edu/history/Faculty/Tauger/Tauger,%20'The%201932%20Harvest%20and%20the%20Famine%20of%201933,%20SR%2091.pdf

Therefore, saying that the USSR "genocided 10 million Ukrainians in the early 1930s" is wrong and reprehensible because you are actually trying to minimize the very meaning of "genocide", the responsibility of the nazis for their crimes, and their intention to eliminate millions of Jews and other groups on the basis of a racist delirium.

So Sven, do you actually support the Nazis, or not? What are you?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 11, 2014, 01:27:10 pm
Its a bit of a double edged sword if you see it like that but i understand it. Its good to be critical, but i wish people would apply that logic to western news agencies aswel.
Besides the point but theres some great people working there, one that comes to mind is Abby Martin.

RT tends to omit criticism of Russia's actions or spends a lot of time defending Russian actions (as a Russian state owned channel). Its main platform is criticism of the West, which tbh is sometimes refreshing in some cases if your looking for critical viewpoints outside the mainstream. You obviously have to double check them.

One critical point they brought up for example is the BBC's use of fake/tailored footage to make the case for the use of chemical or incendiary weapons (in Syria) using the same footage.

Not RT source.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv2XS0TVHQo
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RT source:
Rt goes further by mentioning that the good doctor is the daughter of a Syrian rebel which draws parallels to the 90's (?) use of the Kuwaiti ambassador's daughter to pose as a former nurse in providing false heart wrenching evidence of Iraqi human rights abuses in hospitals to make the case for war against Iraq.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p54hHhlLjRk
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The BBC claims it edited the audio from the footage from chemical weapons to incendiary bombs to make the statements less misleading rather than from incendiary bombs to chemical weapons and that these sort of edits are the standard norm but I am not sure whether to find that reassuring or not especially given that you can see the interview has been taped twice as there is a guy in the background the second time round meaning the footage was shot twice. Ie: not a natural interview but a somewhat staged one with a member of a charity group that is supposedly closely linked with the Syrian opposition in exile making the sourcing of interviews pretty lame.



Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 11, 2014, 01:31:59 pm
MaxLam, saying the Holodomor didn't occur because of one historian is far-fetched.

I think we went past the subject. Back the UPA, the fact remains that people do not support the UPA because they committed crimes. Had the massacres never occurred, support for the UPA would have been larger, not smaller. And this is a vital element. You can say one crime is more worse then the other, but from someone else's view point it might not.

How do you explain the crimes committed by the NVKD in the Soviet border lines? None of these people were killed because of their nationality or political viewpoints?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKVD_prisoner_massacres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaibakh_massacre

What you call 'facists and neo-nazi's' are by and large nothing more then Ukrainians who, in one way or the other, support the UPA. Was the UPA itself fascist or nazi? Or is just called that because it  worked together with the Germans for a period? The Soviets had no problems with working with the Germans to conquer Poland, are they now Nazi's as well?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 11, 2014, 01:59:12 pm
The Holodomor happened, at the time the USSR was wanted in the league of nations, so the West turned a blind eye. Western reporters even went to Ukraine and reported that everything was fine (knowing they were being led on a propaganda tour).

But you're being very selective. One of the largest mass killing of humans in history was the famines of British India and Ireland.  Why aren't the British held to the same level of accountability as Stalin or Mao?  Both were government induced famines.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on December 11, 2014, 02:05:41 pm
The Holodomor happened, at the time the USSR was wanted in the league of nations, so the West turned a blind eye. Western reporters even went to Ukraine and reported that everything was fine (knowing they were being led on a propaganda tour).

But you're being very selective. One of the largest mass killing of humans in history was the famines of British India and Ireland.  Why aren't the British held to the same level of accountability as Stalin or Mao?  Both were government induced famines.

Because that was colonialism. That is different. You barely hear India about it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 11, 2014, 02:16:55 pm
Because that was colonialism. That is different. You barely hear India about it.

Hello Riddlez, Capitalism, Colonialism and Imperialism are fundamentally intertwined

Some of the first "companies" (Oost Indische Companie was the first one) ever formed were created to exploit and extract various forms of wealth from colonial territories.
I am currently reading a history of the Indian Ocean, it notes:

"By virtue of their financial success the chartered companies became archetypes for capitalist enterprise in Europe. Their influence went still further, as the exports of the East were increasingly paid for with coinage made from silver mined in the Americas. Then, in the first stirrings of Europe's industrial revolution, came an augury of the never-ending conflict between free trade and national self-interest..."

"Empires of the Monsoon." Richard Hall, 1998.

Those three go together so well because capitalists are always looking for cheap exploitable labour markets so they can "buy cheap, and sell big".
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 11, 2014, 02:23:29 pm
Please can we go back to discussing the current Ukraine crisis and not a circle jerk against Augy about anarchists and capitalism?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 11, 2014, 02:25:52 pm
I get called out, if you have anything to add thats ontopic... by all means... now you are just coming off as a butthurt person.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 11, 2014, 02:46:34 pm
I am not going to really get involved in the which one is worse argument but;

Does it really matter though what political leanings an organization had when its practices included ethnic cleansing as a means to move towards a mono-ethnic state? Alone the association for such groups/organizations raises serious questions or implications for those who tout it or its leaders as heroes and openly seek a national identity along vague ethnic or nationalistic lines with the notion of removing some evil influence from the country's leadership be it Russia, Russians, Jews or the generic enemy of the state.

At the end of the day the worst aspects of National Socialism have been well represented by the UPA's own actions.

Why should we selectively ignore or downplay one disturbing historical or current ideology because we feel its excused by another? Especially since the EU now has a stake in a country that is nearly bankrupt, destabilized, at war and still under the possible threat of an ultra nationalist uprising.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 11, 2014, 03:31:34 pm
@Duuring
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MaxLam, saying the Holodomor didn't occur because of one historian is far-fetched.
Because you have decided so? Even if one million nazis signed a petition to oppose the work of Mark Tauger, they would still be wrong because they would have nothing to disprove Tauger's claims, for his claims are based on strong archive evidences. Moreover Tauger has also worked on the famine in India, so he is quite an authority on this matter.

Tauger proves that the famine was not artificial and was due to a bad crop the previous year, and that the Soviet government tried to alleviate the famine. This is enough to say that there was no "genocide", thus no holodomor. I have yet to see a single historian who could disprove what Tauger says.

And this is the subject btw. We are discussing Ukraine, and the question of the "holodomor" is one of the main historical arguments used by the Ukrainian fascists against Russia and their own Soviet past.


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I think we went past the subject. Back the UPA, the fact remains that people do not support the UPA because they committed crimes. Had the massacres never occurred, support for the UPA would have been larger, not smaller. And this is a vital element. You can say one crime is more worse then the other, but from someone else's view point it might not.
Of course it might not. From Hitler's point of view killing Jews was a good thing. Should I endorse Hitler's point of view? Should I excuse him? No. Because that's not a "vital element" to know what was Hitler's point of view. This guy was a degenerated criminal, his thought was wrong, his deeds were wrong. And if some Ukrainians inhabitants praise the actions of a fascist organization, they must be blamed. A lot of people suffered in Ukraine under Nazi yoke. There can be no excuse for forgetting that.

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How do you explain the crimes committed by the NVKD in the Soviet border lines? None of these people were killed because of their nationality or political viewpoints?
We all know that the Red Army committed some war crimes, and such actions have greatly tainted the history of the Soviet Union and Communism in general. However there is a slight but important difference between killing someone for his political ideas, or because he is a prisoner, and killing someone because of his so-called "race", or even nationality. The Germans who lived in Moscow, and Soviet citizens from German descent, were not killed. The Soviet government had no intention to kill all Germans, or to kill people just because they were Germans. UPA's actions, however, prove that killing Poles was not something accidental for them, it was rather one of their objectives.

Actually you and Sven are only repeating what fascist philosopher Heidegger used to say. In a letter to Marcuse he wrote that there was no much difference between the crimes of the Soviet Union and the crimes of Nazi Germany, pretty much what you say there. And Marcuse wrote this outstanding answer:

You write that everything that I say about the extermination of the Jews applies just as much to the Allies, if instead of "Jews" one were to insert "East Germans." With this sentence don't you stand outside of the dimension in which a conversation between men is even possible - outside of Logos? For only outside of the dimension of logic is it possible to explain, to relativize [auszugleichen], to "comprehend" a crime by saying that others would have done the same thing. Even further: how is it possible to equate the torture, the maiming and the annihilation of millions of men with the forcible relocation of population groups who suffered none of these outrages (apart perhaps from several exceptional instances)? From a contemporary perspective, there seems already to be a complete difference in humanity and inhumanity in the difference between Nazi concentration camps and the deportations and internments of the postwar years. On the basis of your argument, if the Allies had reserved Auschwitz and Buchenwald - and everything that transpired there - for the "East Germans" and the Nazis, then the account would be in order! If however the difference between inhumanity and humanity is reduced to this erroneous calculus, then this becomes the world historical guilt of the Nazi system, which has demonstrated to the world what, after more than 2000 years of Western Dasein [Existence] , men can do to their fellow men. It looks as though the seed has fallen upon fertile ground: perhaps we are still experiencing the continuation of what began in 1933. Whether you would still consider it to be a "renewal" I am not sure.

http://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/40spubs/47MarcuseHeidegger.htm

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on December 11, 2014, 03:57:49 pm
I am going to have to agree with MaxLam on this one: Quality over quantity.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on December 11, 2014, 06:22:24 pm
Just want to set things straight. Communism is equally evil as Nazism, saying that left wing extremism is less violent or evil than right wing extremism is naive.

Not that the point behind your statement is incorrect, but Nazis aren't right wing, they're central. The left-right dichotomy is meaningless anyways but just saying. America installing dictators in South America would be the example for "right wing extremism", and those guys killed/disappeared a fuckton of people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 11, 2014, 07:27:24 pm
About the Ukraine crisis - discussing the actual conflict and its week to week happenings instead of its ideology would be fun. We're young bystanders from western countries. Pretending we know everything about the motives and politics of the conflict is pathetic. Let's just discuss the war at hand.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on December 11, 2014, 07:31:27 pm
We're young bydanders from western countries.
+1 Good sir
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on December 11, 2014, 09:11:39 pm
Are you trying to say that RT is lying and that Ukrainian fascists didn't set fire to the trade union building?
If take literally like you said - than yes, off course. They provide this material like "bloody ukrainian fascists from RS came to Odessa special for  burning down holy harmless russians", which is lie.
http://tinyurl.com/m3yqfcn - here's more objective link right from the place, where you can see armed pro-russians, including guns(the very first victims of the tragedy was shotted pro-ukrainians; colorads were pretty well ready to beat the ukrainians - they know that fans will come on match and boasted in social networks before it that 'they gonna beat the shit out of ukrops'), their cooperation with police and some more interesting things that RT will never tells you. Because RT is basically made for lying in order to russian propaganda.

So, if you start to shoot other people from guns and want to beat them, you may except they will resist, they may throw rocks and molotov's and it may turn in such a tragedy. Same with Volyn, that you and Augy mentioned, he talks about 'Ukrainian insurgent army that killed and tortured 100,000 Polish and burned their villages down. Their goal was to wipe the whole area clean of all polish influence.' But somehow he didn't mention that thousands of Ukrainians died as well in the same way during that, that same actions were made by Poles in 1944-1945 relatively to ukrainian villages, also about aggressive politic of assimilation, pacification and harassment of ukrainians that were held before in this and surrounding lands. This could easily lead to such a tragedy resist, especially in time of WWII with available third parties that were not against the conflict.
Historian Mark B.Tauger has proved that the Soviet government never tried to kill millions of Ukrainian for whatever reason.
Reasons can be easily founded, if know what happens before and after the Holodomor. Btw, author of term 'genocide' define Holodomor as it.

Ukrainian "fascists and neo-nazis" - btw it is majority of Ukrainians who define its as genocide - hardly uses its to excuse their own crimes. Ukraine never denied f.e. Volyn, made "round tables" with historians about this problem, acts of reconciliation  etc. and working to find out more about this - reasons and aftermath. While Commies, than RF never wanted to do anything except denying.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on December 11, 2014, 10:27:22 pm
About the Ukraine crisis - discussing the actual conflict and its week to week happenings instead of its ideology would be fun. We're young bystanders from western countries. Pretending we know everything about the motives and politics of the conflict is pathetic. Let's just discuss the war at hand.

But then what's the point? "today 5 people got killed", where's the discussion in that? War is about politics not about fighting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 11, 2014, 10:34:04 pm
About the Ukraine crisis - discussing the actual conflict and its week to week happenings instead of its ideology would be fun. We're young bystanders from western countries. Pretending we know everything about the motives and politics of the conflict is pathetic. Let's just discuss the war at hand.

But then what's the point? "today 5 people got killed", where's the discussion in that? War is about politics not about fighting.

Take a look at the page count of this thread. Just for a second. What is it? What have we been discussing for over 200 pages? Politics. The ideology behind the conflict. While I do enjoy politics, it's difficult to take the discussion seriously when nobody has any clue what they're talking about. We've discussed it to death already and at this point we're just beating a dead horse. Let's move forward. Talking about a war is not reporting on death counts. Troop movements, campaigns, operations, tactics, strategy, logistics. Why not discuss that? It's interesting. This ideological shit is getting us nowhere.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 11, 2014, 10:35:05 pm
If take literally like you said - than yes, off course. They provide this material like "bloody ukrainian fascists from RS came to Odessa special for  burning down holy harmless russians", which is lie.

So if these Ukrainians weren't fascists and if these Russians had been for example criminals (which they weren't) it would have been ok to burn them?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 11, 2014, 10:43:33 pm
No. Where does he say that?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 11, 2014, 10:53:11 pm
He implies it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 11, 2014, 11:03:20 pm
He implies it.

Ha.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 12, 2014, 12:21:09 am
About the Ukraine crisis - discussing the actual conflict and its week to week happenings instead of its ideology would be fun. We're young bystanders from western countries. Pretending we know everything about the motives and politics of the conflict is pathetic. Let's just discuss the war at hand.

But then what's the point? "today 5 people got killed", where's the discussion in that? War is about politics not about fighting.

Take a look at the page count of this thread. Just for a second. What is it? What have we been discussing for over 200 pages? Politics. The ideology behind the conflict. While I do enjoy politics, it's difficult to take the discussion seriously when nobody has any clue what they're talking about. We've discussed it to death already and at this point we're just beating a dead horse. Let's move forward. Talking about a war is not reporting on death counts. Troop movements, campaigns, operations, tactics, strategy, logistics. Why not discuss that? It's interesting. This ideological shit is getting us nowhere.


Troop movement, operations and tactics are closely related to the politics.
It's very easy to say people don't know what they're talking about. At this point who does? If we know more then our Media and or crap like Vice News. Now that's a real issue.

This "ideological shit" is important when we try to understand why civilians are getting shelled or for understand how and why Russian troops are operating in the region.
To say it's getting us nowhere is pretty false.

I didn't know anybody cared about things like the FSB operations in Ukraine. I will let you know about Ukrainian troops having their positions disclosed by FSB agents acting as pro Ukraine forces only to get slaughtered by rebel forces and artillery.

http://youtu.be/xyAu808Hmgc


I know it's swag as fuck.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 12, 2014, 06:56:17 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8eA4RgN4ho#t=204

Separatist forces moving towards Mariupol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on December 12, 2014, 07:10:14 pm
Bring back the Revolutionary Insurrection Army of the Ukraine

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fa%2Fa5%2FRPAU_flag.svg%2F300px-RPAU_flag.svg.png&hash=4cf4b36107896665eacd8ce8b1b9598982976f7d)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 12, 2014, 07:12:57 pm
Only to get betrayed and totally buttfucked by the Russians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on December 12, 2014, 07:13:16 pm
Turin Turambar,
No, it would not have been ok in any case, but this tragedy is a result of armed conflict, which largely was provoked and started by prorussian-side as well, with police inactions/wrong actions, with many ambiguous and strange events that led into this(what is very much beneficial for someone :) ), that should be investigated properly; and should not take this as some directed "fascist" action

Ok, back to topic:

Today's parade of Russian ArmyLPR militia in Krasnyi Luch city, which in an amazing way coincided with the day of the Russian constitution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpDTOHAu4Sg
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on December 12, 2014, 07:15:14 pm
Only to get betrayed and totally buttfucked by the Russians.
Sounds like a typical in Dutchland for me
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 12, 2014, 10:24:22 pm
Only to get betrayed and totally buttfucked by the Russians.
Sounds like a typical in Dutchland for me

Nah, we generally don't do a lot of betraying because that's bad for business.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 13, 2014, 02:39:53 am
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8eA4RgN4ho#t=204
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Separatist forces moving towards Mariupol.
omg that was awesome. My dick is hard from that video. Thanks duuring.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 14, 2014, 03:18:23 pm
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8eA4RgN4ho#t=204
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Separatist forces moving towards Mariupol.
omg that was awesome. My dick is hard from that video. Thanks duuring.
Perfect time to move with this fog.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on December 14, 2014, 03:30:07 pm
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.tsn.ua%2Fmedia%2Fimages3%2Foriginal%2FAug2014%2F384036051.jpg&hash=5a450f078ca1bc26abff8fd477c51fc2ccfac744)
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Separatist forces moving towards Kiev. Hurr durr.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 14, 2014, 03:52:13 pm
It's written on this old JS-3
They must have found it in a museum.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on December 14, 2014, 05:09:00 pm
It's written on this old JS-3
They must have found it in a museum.
A lot of an old stuff used there now
i.e. good old Maxim gun in the airport
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fecho.msk.ru%2Ffiles%2F1453466.jpg&hash=10afc140c53eeb509bc4f41e7381357e8fa4b589)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bronn of the Blackwater on December 17, 2014, 08:44:49 pm
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9ErJcJ-dUSDM5ScCSW5NQLKtX0AjGUOHyGe3aJdmTuJa0KiD5)

4/10 at best

#StrongUkraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 17, 2014, 10:49:40 pm
Spoiler
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9ErJcJ-dUSDM5ScCSW5NQLKtX0AjGUOHyGe3aJdmTuJa0KiD5)
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4/10 at best

#StrongUkraine

you're a noob
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on December 18, 2014, 03:21:37 am
Ukraine isn't stronk, but, neither is the rouble badumtsh Kim how are you going to defend Russia on that one
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 18, 2014, 07:12:48 am
Defend what?

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs.inyourpocket.com%2Fgallery%2Fitem_7137.jpg&hash=4dbf1979bfb764422ec6fdcd13aeac7828ed5e9e)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 19, 2014, 12:25:52 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ORHkB89vk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on December 19, 2014, 12:36:52 am
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ORHkB89vk#t=7902
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Love this man. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on December 19, 2014, 01:42:20 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ORHkB89vk
if only i spoke communist
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Menelaos on December 19, 2014, 02:41:26 am
The translator kicks in around a minute.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 20, 2014, 01:59:20 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frussianfootballnews.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F03%2F146216722.jpg&hash=5c409a770d23bd3224db60f29f2f67ffc040e796)

You cannot deny the power of Rossia.
Great video of Putin. Very much thx.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on December 20, 2014, 02:12:04 am
I can lul russia can stfu


(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frs2img.memecdn.com%2Ffreedom_o_1234839.jpg&hash=f28a1f0a3b5393ec89d697f89afcdbb9b57d6a3b)




Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 20, 2014, 03:14:12 am
I can lul russia can stfu


Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frs2img.memecdn.com%2Ffreedom_o_1234839.jpg&hash=f28a1f0a3b5393ec89d697f89afcdbb9b57d6a3b)
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You can be fat merican
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on December 20, 2014, 03:32:51 am
I can lul russia can stfu


Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frs2img.memecdn.com%2Ffreedom_o_1234839.jpg&hash=f28a1f0a3b5393ec89d697f89afcdbb9b57d6a3b)
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You can be fat merican

and you can be a shit poor russian  ;D

am I doing it right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 20, 2014, 08:31:02 am
lies economy has grown under Putin and he assures in 2 years the world will need more energy. You cannot stop us only delay us.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on December 20, 2014, 09:16:42 am
lies economy has grown under Putin and he assures in 2 years the world will need more energy. You cannot stop us only delay us.
lol, what? didn't you heard about the latest depreciation of the ruble?
http://mfd.ru/currency/?currency=USD&currencyCompare=&from=01.11.2013&till=
Ruble became the weakest currency in the world, they lost like 48% of value since start of the year, it is even more than our hryvnia for now(we on a second place) ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 20, 2014, 10:00:07 am
lies economy has grown under Putin and he assures in 2 years the world will need more energy. You cannot stop us only delay us.
lol, what? didn't you heard about the latest depreciation of the ruble?
http://mfd.ru/currency/?currency=USD&currencyCompare=&from=01.11.2013&till=
Ruble became the weakest currency in the world, they lost like 48% of value since start of the year, it is even more than our hryvnia for now(we on a second place) ::)

lol what? didn't you read my comment?

Putin said the economy would take a hit for a maximum period of 2 years.
Even if it takes longer that doesn't mean that the economy under putin had not grown since yetsin government.

(https://i.imgur.com/hfPQc.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 20, 2014, 12:45:18 pm
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t31.0-8/10869372_742448829179049_2886573438054498479_o.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 20, 2014, 01:13:24 pm
lol classic
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 24, 2014, 09:45:49 am
http://youtu.be/TkLLP15lfDc?t

guy at 5m24s is he lacking his thumb or something? Such a boss firing with a mitten.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 24, 2014, 09:53:28 am
At least it looks like they don't lack ammunition.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 24, 2014, 07:25:15 pm
Yes, weird how it keeps magically appearing in their Santa trucks, right? I'm so glad the Christmas sprit is so strong there that everyone gets what they want on their lists. Old sergei just wants a new optic for his SVD. Poor old man's been using his gun for years and hasn't been rewarded with an upgrade. Little Ivan hasn't lubed his AKM charging handle for months! He just needs some grease from kind uncle Putin and he'll be good to go. All they wish for is a Christmas miracle. Just go to sleep on Christmas eve and all your wishes will be fulfilled in the morning! Za Putina.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dekkers on December 24, 2014, 08:14:14 pm
So how's Ukraine doin

It dissapeared from the news here where I live
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 25, 2014, 07:52:10 am
Yes, weird how it keeps magically appearing in their Santa trucks, right? I'm so glad the Christmas sprit is so strong there that everyone gets what they want on their lists. Old sergei just wants a new optic for his SVD. Poor old man's been using his gun for years and hasn't been rewarded with an upgrade. Little Ivan hasn't lubed his AKM charging handle for months! He just needs some grease from kind uncle Putin and he'll be good to go. All they wish for is a Christmas miracle. Just go to sleep on Christmas eve and all your wishes will be fulfilled in the morning! Za Putina.

See putin gives what you need. Hence Rossia is best.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 25, 2014, 03:00:17 pm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2882208/PETER-HITCHENS-Forget-evil-Putin-bloodthirsty-warmongers.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 25, 2014, 03:12:21 pm
Hahahaha the Daily mail.

Russia is becoming less and less free every year. There's not a single research outcome that shows Russia becoming in any way more free or democratic, while at the same time the countries that have joined EU score better and better as time passes. Media is more free, corruption is less frequent, the economy grows, et cetera. The only exception is Hungary, which, unsurprisingly, is seemingly changing to a pro-Russian course.

Seriously, is there any nation that became more corrupt and less free since joining the EU, and at the same time, is there any nation in alliance with Russia that's becoming more free?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 25, 2014, 06:45:31 pm
Who is more free? The Greek people?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 25, 2014, 06:52:05 pm
Seriously, is there any nation that became more corrupt and less free since joining the EU, and at the same time, is there any nation in alliance with Russia that's becoming more free?
Bulgaria had to cancel their pipeline project with Russia through the black sea.

Instead there will probably be another project between Russia and Turkey.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on December 25, 2014, 07:48:26 pm
Who is more free? The Greek people?
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FCHVvWfV0WnJ6M%2Fgiphy.gif&hash=a1dc61758a5e824cdd391cc01f64389ed0fbf5a3)
Depends on how you define "freedom" bae
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 25, 2014, 08:12:05 pm
I highly recommend to watch the whole video.

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt-PumMVYiA
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 25, 2014, 08:27:55 pm
Who is more free? The Greek people?

Lol, are you really insinuating that Greece's economic demise was the fault of any country but their own? Grease pls pay debtns
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 25, 2014, 08:52:22 pm
Who is more free? The Greek people?

Lol, are you really insinuating that Greece's economic demise was the fault of any country but their own? Grease pls pay debtns
I was talking about freedom, and I doubt that the Greek people can be considered free as long as its policies are dictated by the Troika. I also doubt that Greece was the only country responsible for the crisis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 25, 2014, 09:03:23 pm
Greeks are lazy, fat and hairy. That's just about all there is to the Greek eurozone crisis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 25, 2014, 09:22:15 pm
Seriously, is there any nation that became more corrupt and less free since joining the EU, and at the same time, is there any nation in alliance with Russia that's becoming more free?
Bulgaria had to cancel their pipeline project with Russia through the black sea.

Instead there will probably be another project between Russia and Turkey.

How exactly makes that Bulgaria more corrupt and less free? Besides, is it the EU's fault Russia is being a dick?

Greece and her massive fraud concerning the economic and monetary state of the country is solely responsible for the Euro-crisis. Countries like Slovakia and Latvia joined without a hitch - Greece screwed everybody over.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 25, 2014, 09:24:43 pm
Yeah, but it's EUs fault that Bulgaria needs to behave like a dick.

But this mainly harms Bulgaria, not Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 25, 2014, 09:29:11 pm
And once again, I ask you why you think Bulgaria prefers joining the EU and following EU policies instead of joining Russia?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 25, 2014, 09:34:03 pm
Russia is a federation of mostly East Slavic ethnicies. I don't think Bulgaria can just join them.

And I actually don't know why Bulgaria joined the EU.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 25, 2014, 09:40:44 pm
You should look into it. You might find the reason is more straightforward and sensible than you think.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 25, 2014, 09:47:37 pm
I meant their power bloc. I know people like to pretend power blocs don't exist, but they have always existed and will always exist.

The EU happens to be a power block in which treaties are signed by both parties in freedom and where all members have to be democratic. Turkey can't join the EU because Ergodan is turning into a dictator who oppresses his people. Likewise, Hungary has been criticized many times now for slowly following that path.

It's not that the EU puts pressure on countries so they don't leave the 'EU sphere'. They put pressure on governments to keep democracy and Rule of Law unchanged, and for some strange reason governments that slowly turn their countries away from democracy always end up working with Russia. It almost makes you think Russia itself isn't a democracy. The EU is a very different power-bloc though, as there's no great 'central' power that overpowers all other members. It has a parliament that makes laws, it has elections that elect said parliament. While the EU itself is far from a perfect democracy (which isn't weird considering it isn't a sovereign state), it's still more democratic then the entire Russian Federation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 25, 2014, 11:19:44 pm
The EU happens to be a power bloke

+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 25, 2014, 11:22:03 pm
The EU happens to be a power bloke

+1

Just go with it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 26, 2014, 01:09:28 am
Quote from: Duuring
The EU is a very different power-bloc though, as there's no great 'central' power that overpowers all other members. It has a parliament that makes laws, it has elections that elect said parliament.
The EU is built on a core-periphery model with Germany at the core, followed closely by France, and countries like Greece at the periphery. If Ukraine were to enter the EU, that would be one more country at the periphery. I would be glad to have Ukrainian slaves though. And if they manage to enter NATO in maybe 10 years, we would have more cannon fodder too.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 26, 2014, 01:12:59 am
It's not built on that. It might be so that trough economic strength and large population, bigger countries like Germany, the UK and France have more to say (due to having economical power and larger representation in the parliament) but the system was not designed for that. You'll find that any system, be it organized or just inter-state relationships, has this pattern.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 26, 2014, 01:24:22 am
I don't want to know who designed the system, I prefer to forget who did that for they were not clean people. It's more important to understand how the system works nowadays, and the economic crisis in Greece is only a consequence of this system. For years Germany has maintained low wages, thus it allowed them to boost their exports which in returned weakened  exports from the periphery of the EU, especially Greece, and increased public debt.

And I'm not speaking about the political organization which isn't democratic imo.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 26, 2014, 01:45:18 am
You don't want to involve the system in the discussion because you don't like it?

What other countries are part of the periphery of the EU? The Baltic countries did exceptionally well since joining the EU, just like Finland, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania. Greece's economy has never been about export anyway, and has mostly centered around tourism and shipping.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 26, 2014, 02:10:53 am
Greece is a thousand year old noob.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 26, 2014, 03:37:18 am
Quote from: Duuring
You don't want to involve the system in the discussion because you don't like it?
No I was saying that it's not relevant to discuss the ideas behind the creation of the EU, not because it stinks, and it does, but because the EU has evolved since then and thus there is a difference between the "design" and what it became.

Quote
What other countries are part of the periphery of the EU? The Baltic countries did exceptionally well since joining the EU, just like Finland, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania. Greece's economy has never been about export anyway, and has mostly centered around tourism and shipping.
PIIGS.
According to World Bank data, in 2013 exports of goods and services in Greece represented 29.12% of the GDP, less than Germany (50.67%) but more than France (27.20). Before the crisis it was between 20 and 25, a little bit behind France, but one might wonder if the part of exports wouldn't have been higher if Germany hadn't practiced wage dumping to boost its exports.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 26, 2014, 11:44:24 am
Or Greece could not have spend ludicrous amounts of money.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 26, 2014, 11:48:55 am
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwhbq.images.worldnow.com%2Fimages%2F23075267_BG1.jpg&hash=ceb2a32d927d1eed6519424e19339f6c227b58bf)
Power hungry Duuring "feels good to be the mod" and wants to become a politician.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 26, 2014, 12:26:47 pm
Quote from: Duuring
Or Greece could not have spend ludicrous amounts of money.
Actually if you want to make money you need to spend money. This is the basis of capitalism. So unless Greece spent money for useless stuff, there is no reason to blame Greece for spending money. We know that the country was and remain somewhat corrupt, but that's not enough to provoke a crisis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 26, 2014, 01:27:21 pm
Quote from: Duuring
Or Greece could not have spend ludicrous amounts of money.
Actually if you want to make money you need to spend money. This is the basis of capitalism. So unless Greece spent money for useless stuff, there is no reason to blame Greece for spending money. We know that the country was and remain somewhat corrupt, but that's not enough to provoke a crisis.

Are you serious?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 26, 2014, 02:10:21 pm
Of course he's serious, Duuring. That's why he's so funny.

Anyway:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30603244

There goes that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 26, 2014, 02:33:11 pm
Quote from: Duuring
Are you serious?
Of course. Only simple-minded people actually believe that the Eurozone crisis happened because of Greek public expanditures.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 26, 2014, 02:57:32 pm
You just claimed the EU is a plot to make Germany stronger while weakening Greece, and you are calling me simple-minded?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 26, 2014, 03:34:14 pm
Oh I don't know what you believe, but if you actually believe that the Eurozone crisis was mostly due to a problem with Greek expanditures, you are indeed simple-minded. As for the "plot", if there is a "plot" it means that the EU was built with this idea in mind. Yet you were the one who cared about the "design" behind the system. For my part I expressly dismissed the relevance of discussing European ideological deliriums, which also implies that any idea of a "plot" must be dismissed in this discussion. The only thing that actually matters is the system on which the EU is built, and it's a fact that Germany represents the "core" of the European Union while Greece is at the "periphery", and that German wage dumping contributed quite a lot to the Eurozone Crisis and the increase of Greek public debt. That's no plot, that's called hard facts. I can give figures to support this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 26, 2014, 03:34:57 pm
So unless Greece spent money for useless stuff.

Pretty sure Greece had tremendous pensions and people not paying taxes.
The average Greek was concerned about his typical bullshit politics and making sure he would get paid in time.

A lot like Italy where Monti's government introduced austerity measures. Which called for increased taxes, pension reform and measures to fight tax evasion (huge problem in italy), no one pays taxes).

This was extremely unpopular with your average Italian.
Because they prefer the bullshit fairy tales and and short term mediocrity instead of long term stability.
Hence the solution grows more unpleasant and more drastic as time goes by.

I think the people of those countries are somewhat responsible for their current situation.

And about the responsibility of Germany for the situation in Greece.
I really hope the same happens to Ukraine if they get into EU.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on December 26, 2014, 03:37:35 pm
People not paying taxes is a totally different problem for it's not a public expanditure. However, indeed, it contributes to the increase of public debt.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 26, 2014, 03:38:04 pm
And isn't that exactly what we were discussing?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 26, 2014, 10:04:29 pm
Damn you EU! Now you've expanded into our Ukraine discussions D: I must annex thread before it becomes a base for NATO discussions!

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 27, 2014, 12:07:20 am
People not paying taxes is a totally different problem for it's not a public expanditure. However, indeed, it contributes to the increase of public debt.

Don't recall claiming that public expenditure was the only reason for Greece's public debt.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 27, 2014, 03:55:18 am
So, not sure if this has been confirmed by any credible sources yet, but according to some novorussian twitter posts and a few other feeds, today the Ukrainian military tried to crush NAF positions at Donetsk airport and Gorlovka with a tank offensive. Just right now NAF reported that Ukraine Army lost around 16 tanks... In one day.

Ceasefire talks were called off, is it habbening? Escalation when.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 27, 2014, 08:34:35 am
I hope that's true.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 27, 2014, 01:11:10 pm
Yeah. Not sure if this is related to the supposed offensive, but yesterday the Ukrainian army twitter reported that they lost three men when an untrained tank driver drove his tank into a raised fortification above a hill, and the tank crashed through, killing two out of the three crewmen, and injuring the driver. Then a group of rebel fighters dragged him out and beat him to death. Crazy shit if that's true, especially if it happened as part of the offensive. Man, the Ukrainian military is really starting to lose the upper hand here. Get your shit together Poroshenko.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 27, 2014, 01:27:29 pm
COMMON PRO ROSSIANS YOU CAN DO ET
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on December 27, 2014, 10:20:45 pm
but according to some novorussian twitter posts
lol
so it's a lie :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 27, 2014, 11:09:13 pm
All I know is that pro-Russian pages on Facebook absolutely love posting pictures of armed separatists with the description "Donetsk Airport" next to it, even though Donetsk airport is still in the hands of the Ukrainian army.

Speaking of which, apparently the separatists mounted another attack at the airport about 2 hours ago. Haven't seen any side claiming victory yet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 28, 2014, 05:48:22 pm
What Putin is doing is exactly what the West did in Yugoslavia, that doesnt condone his actions but just mull that over.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 28, 2014, 06:15:13 pm
Explain the parallels, Augy. I'm curious here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 28, 2014, 06:20:38 pm
Explain the parallels, Augy. I'm curious here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 28, 2014, 09:39:39 pm
All I know is that pro-Russian pages on Facebook absolutely love posting pictures of armed separatists with the description "Donetsk Airport" next to it, even though Donetsk airport is still in the hands of the Ukrainian army.

Speaking of which, apparently the separatists mounted another attack at the airport about 2 hours ago. Haven't seen any side claiming victory yet.

Anything so far?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on December 28, 2014, 10:15:24 pm
Explain the parallels, Augy. I'm curious here.

Putin's aggression now is very similar to America / German aggression against Serbia in 1999 and the seperation of Kosovo.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on December 28, 2014, 10:42:28 pm
Explain the parallels, Augy. I'm curious here.

Putin's aggression now is very similar to America / German aggression against Serbia in 1999 and the seperation of Kosovo.

Nice one Augy. You said Yugoslavia originally, now its Serbia...

And on top of that you add a very vague link which is aggression, which is incredibly similar in all forms so that you can link any aggression to another form of aggression. If i said that Putins aggression is similar to Hitler or to Napoleon i wouldn't be wrong either. Doesn't mean they are the same...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 29, 2014, 12:16:39 am
All I know is that pro-Russian pages on Facebook absolutely love posting pictures of armed separatists with the description "Donetsk Airport" next to it, even though Donetsk airport is still in the hands of the Ukrainian army.

Speaking of which, apparently the separatists mounted another attack at the airport about 2 hours ago. Haven't seen any side claiming victory yet.

Anything so far?

Considering the fact the separatists haven't claimed victory yet, we can safely assume Ukrainian forces still hold the airport.

Kosovo had been trying to achieve independence actively since 1981. Then there was a war between 1996 and 1998, in which the Serbian army committed warcrimes against the civilian population. Then there was nearly a year of continuous negotiations after which NATO forces bombarded civilian and military targets until Serbia agreed to retreat their forces. Kosovo finally declared independence in 2008, and has democratic government with Rule of Law under the auspice of a NATO peacekeeping force, which Kosovo has asked for.

Crimea never had a wish to secede, never had an army, and never had a war. Russia forces waltzed in and took the country from Ukraine into Russia within a few weeks. Saying the situation is 'comparable' is laughable, even by something simple as looking at the time frame in which it happened - It took Kosovo no less then 27 years from the first outbreak until her declaration of Independence. In the Crimea, the entire period between the first show of unrest and her declaration of independence is no less then 22 days. Just for the record, that's a difference of 26 years, 11 months and 9 days.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on December 29, 2014, 12:32:54 am
that's a difference of 26 years, 11 months and 9 days.

pro mathz sk1Klz right there based duuring   :o

But, of course, any foreign intervention is bound to be the product of the bourgeios and the capitalist oppressors infringing upon the liberty of the proletariat in order to gain access to new markets for exports so that they can fatten their bank accounts. While the average worker is being exploited with their fascist ideologies which are binding him down and preventing him from... (idk- revolting?).
So y'all be wrong.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 29, 2014, 12:37:24 am
Oh, it's probably wrong. I suck at math. Let's just round it off to 27 years.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on December 29, 2014, 12:40:27 am
Oh, it's probably wrong. I suck at math. Let's just round it off to 27 years.
It's correct lolz   8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

sw3ggy mathz
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 29, 2014, 12:55:46 am
Oh, it's probably wrong. I suck at math. Let's just round it off to 27 years.
It's correct lolz   8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 29, 2014, 03:33:51 am
Crimea never had a wish to secede.

The desire for separation is consistent with the United Nations Development Programme, which in Crimea conducted series of polls about possible referendum on joining Russia with a sample size of 1200.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs17.postimg.org%2Fyklnabiq7%2FUNDPReferendum.png&hash=73802afc5bbb32d9fcee1a0781e356063dc9d146)


Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 29, 2014, 03:36:14 am
Crimea never had a wish to secede.

The desire for separation is consistent with the United Nations Development Programme, which in Crimea conducted series of polls about possible referendum on joining Russia with a sample size of 1200.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs17.postimg.org%2Fyklnabiq7%2FUNDPReferendum.png&hash=73802afc5bbb32d9fcee1a0781e356063dc9d146)



It is quite funny that Duuring says this because exactly the same table was posted 100 sites ago.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 29, 2014, 05:56:21 am
Apart from which Crimea voted a President (prior to his exile) who ran on a platform for annexation to Russia back in the 90s at a time when Russia under Yeltsin wanted nothing to do with an annexation.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 29, 2014, 06:31:11 am
Apart from which Crimea voted a President (prior to his exile) who ran on a platform for annexation to Russia back in the 90s at a time when Russia under Yeltsin wanted nothing to do with an annexation.

+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 29, 2014, 11:20:07 pm
Apart from which Crimea voted a President (prior to his exile) who ran on a platform for annexation to Russia back in the 90s at a time when Russia under Yeltsin wanted nothing to do with an annexation.

A president who was ousted from power within a year by the parliament.

And I'm sure that if we would put Kosovo into a vote in the 1950s we would have the same result. The point is that there was nothing, apart from polling, that showed there was a wish to secede. The only party to run with a re-integration with Russia-plan got like 2-4% of the vote. If the wish to secede was so strong, then why didn't they bother to show it?

Kosovo (and their civilians) were also under direct assault, and quite a lot of people actually died. NATO intervened and stabilized the situation, but the region wasn't annexed by the USA as far as I know. Kosovo has since then began negotiations with Serbia, and has actually recognized minority rights (of Serb-inhabitated parts of Kosovo). Her current Freedom rating (Freedom House) is currently 4.5 (1 being best, 7 being worst), which without a doubt isn't very good, but it's still better then South Ossetia (6.5) and Russia (5.5). Most importantly, it has improved since 2010 wheres Russia has gone down the slope since 1999. Truly, I'd just love to know how exactly the Kosovo-situation is comparable to Crimea and Eastern Ukraine?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 30, 2014, 12:39:56 am
Yeah, there is really nothing that showed that the people wished to secede. Neither the huge demonstrations or the people partying on the streets. These people really loved the new government in Kiev and you can actually see their burning hate against Russia in their eyes:

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 30, 2014, 12:48:32 am
Oh, no, you see, that's áfter the entire affair of the ousting of Yakunovich and an intense propaganda campaign by Russian media. I'm talking of a show of support for secession before all that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 30, 2014, 01:08:24 am
You don't need more or less than a poll for a secession under international law.

I think they did not have an actual occasion for a referendum before 2014. But they saw the danger coming from Kiev and acted.

Btw, how can Russia launch a propaganda campaign in Ukraine?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on December 30, 2014, 01:10:35 am
Oh, no, you see, that's áfter the entire affair of the ousting of Yakunovich and an intense propaganda campaign by Russian media. I'm talking of a show of support for secession before all that.

There were counter demonstrations even during the protests by the Pro-EU.

Quote from: http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/08/counter-rally-in-kyiv-as-pro-yanukovych-supporters-rally-outside-parliament/

Reports suggest up to 15,000 supporters of Ukraine’s President Yanukovych have gathered in front of the country’s parliament in Kyiv.

The rally is thought to be an attempt to counter the huge pro-Europe demonstration in Independence Square.

Strict security measures are said to be in place, with demonstrators apparently protected by two tiers of police office. Special identification cards are reportedly needed to join the rally.

Yanukovych’s strongest support comes from the widely pro-Russia south and east of Ukraine.

“The aim of our demonstration is to support Yanukovych and for him to remain president,” says one supporter from eastern Ukraine. “He gave us a normal life.”

Also a Yanukovych supporter, Elena Obelets from Kiev told euronews that she thinks political talks could put an end to the protests:

“We came here to support our president through these hard times when our society is divided,” she explained. “We are asking our opponents to use political solutions to move people off the streets.”

Although Yanukovych did not sign a recent partnership deal with the EU, his supporters claim they are pro-Europe and have adopted the rally slogan “building Europe in Ukraine.”

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 30, 2014, 02:00:51 am
That's not even on the Crimea and it's not really a show of a wish to secede either.

Though, regarding that protest, there was actually a speaker at my university last year, from Eastern Ukraine, whose mother was forced to walk in a anti-Maidan rally (she was a teacher or some sort of public servant).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 30, 2014, 02:17:24 am
There were people not forced but paid to go to the Maidan protests.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 30, 2014, 02:22:02 am
Regardless of the population's wish to secede, it is not the right of Russia to invade the country and liberate Crimea in breach of international law and completely independent of Kieven authority, with no excuse at all other than that "da people want to be us". If the region of Holstein conducted a poll and found that the majority of its citizens wanted to be apart of Denmark and not Germany, would it be right for Danish armies to roll in and annex the territory? No, it would be an act of war. It's entirely undemocratic and unlawful to forcefully liberate a region based on loosely gathered polling data which doesn't actually hold any official ground.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 30, 2014, 02:26:38 am
I think it would be more legal if the German government was overthrown and some guys with the Nazi salute would want to treat the people of Holstein as second class humans.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on December 30, 2014, 02:36:37 am
Are you trying to say the people of Crimea were treated as second class citizens? Lol. And that the degree of their mistreatment provided grounds for a full scale breach of international law and border security? That's weird. How could you come to that conclusion?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on December 30, 2014, 03:06:03 am
They weren't treated like that but it was demanded.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 30, 2014, 09:22:52 am
A president who was ousted from power within a year by the parliament.

Yes by the Ukrainian parliament, not the Crimean one. If we're talking about what Crimea wanted then what the Ukraine did as a result of said elections is irrelevant in making the point. 

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And I'm sure that if we would put Kosovo into a vote in the 1950s we would have the same result. The point is that there was nothing, apart from polling, that showed there was a wish to secede.


Except a presidential election in the 90s... Yes we could say that support for Russian integration then is irrelevant in the now but you said that Crimea NEVER wanted annexation to Russia which opens up any old timeline.


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The only party to run with a re-integration with Russia-plan got like 2-4% of the vote. If the wish to secede was so strong, then why didn't they bother to show it?

Yuriy Meshkov got 72% of the second round of voting and ran on a platform of possible annexation to Russia.

Because Mr Meshkov was the first - and so far only - president of Crimea.
He was elected in 1994, by a landslide, on a platform of reuniting the Ukrainian peninsula with Russia.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26681653

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Kosovo (and their civilians) were also under direct assault, and quite a lot of people actually died. NATO intervened and stabilized the situation, but the region wasn't annexed by the USA as far as I know. Kosovo has since then began negotiations with Serbia, and has actually recognized minority rights (of Serb-inhabitated parts of Kosovo). Her current Freedom rating (Freedom House) is currently 4.5 (1 being best, 7 being worst), which without a doubt isn't very good, but it's still better then South Ossetia (6.5) and Russia (5.5). Most importantly, it has improved since 2010 wheres Russia has gone down the slope since 1999. Truly, I'd just love to know how exactly the Kosovo-situation is comparable to Crimea and Eastern Ukraine?

The other side of the story:

The United States secretly supported the ethnic Albanian extremists now behind insurgencies in Macedonia and southern Serbia.

The CIA encouraged former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters to launch a rebellion in southern Serbia in an effort to undermine the then Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, according to senior European officers who served with the international peace-keeping force in Kosovo (K-For), as well as leading Macedonian and US sources.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/mar/11/edvulliamy.peterbeaumont

Of course our media went into action and broadcasted amazing tales of mass genocide and concentration camps and NAZI comparisons some of which turned out to be completely bogus but like all wars they tend to begin with a lie in order to generate domestic and international consensus for war which then ends up leading to the very humanitarian catastrophe we tried to prevent.

Documentary by Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln:
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4kz8CSYmA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4kz8CSYmA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeRXLw4nUhI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeRXLw4nUhI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kuhfyd6bJs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kuhfyd6bJs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR_xlhnSJEw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR_xlhnSJEw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvS5sXlkMys (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvS5sXlkMys)
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If this quote from Henry Kissinger is true then it actually explains a lot in regards to Russia's turn around and distrust of NATO:

The Rambouillet draft agreement text, requiring stationing of NATO troops throughout Yugoslavia, was a provocation. It served as a pretext for the launching of a bombing campaign. The Rambouillet document was such that no Serb could accept it
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/682877.stm

As far as genocide is concerned:
A United Nations court has ruled that Serbian troops did not carry out genocide against ethnic Albanians during Slobodan Milosevic's campaign of aggression in Kosovo from 1998 to 1999.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1530781.stm

Which might explain why we ended up getting a circus instead of an actual trial of Milosevic:

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FusfOqCtqc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB1g7Uzgw-Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmfoNuS_3og
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5AmumT_7Os
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHqaIDBpVZc
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The above is just snippets of an alternative view and I can't say I've researched enough to actually adopt it as my own but ironically I am starting to see similarities between this view of Kosovo and the similar actions taken by Russia in regards to the Ukraine. If any of the above is true then I'd say the Russians have been learning to steal our techniques.

I also found this ironically sad:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/24/hashim-thaci-kosovo-organised-crime

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on December 30, 2014, 02:34:18 pm
Regardless of the population's wish to secede, it is not the right of Russia to invade the country and liberate Crimea in breach of international law and completely independent of Kieven authority, with no excuse at all other than that "da people want to be us". If the region of Holstein conducted a poll and found that the majority of its citizens wanted to be apart of Denmark and not Germany, would it be right for Danish armies to roll in and annex the territory? No, it would be an act of war. It's entirely undemocratic and unlawful to forcefully liberate a region based on loosely gathered polling data which doesn't actually hold any official ground.

blah blah blah. /fuck to give.
Ukraine isn't even a real country and even with the rubble losing value due to the energy market it's still more boss then stupid Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on December 30, 2014, 02:50:45 pm
Reje, the first open signs of Kosovo wishing to become independent (or at least autonomous) are from 1981 and the war happened in 1994, while those claims of CIA intervention are from 2001 and concern riots in Macedonia and Serbia, and not Kosovo. The only thing said about the Kosovo war is '[the situation] is very similar to what happened when KLA was launched in 1995-96'.

Saying 'things are similar!' is obviously pretty easy as we've seen here. Still waiting for that Augy post.

They weren't treated like that but it was demanded.

What was demanded? Action to stop them from being treated as 2nd class citizens even though they weren't treated as 2nd class citizens?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on December 30, 2014, 11:36:02 pm
Ah ok. I see what you mean. In any case the article mentioned Southern-Serbia which is where Kosovo is (between Serbia and Macedonia), while not necessarily in Kosovo territory I am pointing out ties between the CIA and the KLA which is the Kosovo liberation army which was a known terrorist group back when it started. Allied/NATO fingerprints on regime change policies in that area stretch back all the way to operation valuable fiend and while 'separatist' sentiments may have formed organically without help in the area I am not sure how their expressed desire has manifested itself differently from that of Crimean expressed desires?


Kosovo is still just a minority (Ethnic-Albanians) attempting to succeed a landmass from a majority (Serb). One could argue that within that particular land-mass has more of one ethnicity than the other but that is exactly the case in Crimea as well. As for expressing interest in being independent, I don't see how Crimea's willingness to establish its own parliament and elect its own president doesn't demonstrate at least a desire for greater autonomy in terms of determining its own future be it annexation with Russia or other.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 01, 2015, 11:31:55 pm
Feels relevant: http://krytyka.com/en/community/blogs/open-letter-oliver-stone
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 02, 2015, 02:22:40 am
Stephen Velychenko makes a valid point but given that the focus thus far (here in the mainstream media) has been to overly rely on what evil Putin/Russia has done to destabilize the Ukraine, in order to present a simplistic 2d world view of the situation that is nigh propagandist;  I doubt it can hurt to underscore the other side of the coin in order to provide a counter weight argument especially since we've just destabilized several countries abroad with near or actual disastrous results in the last decade alone.

Having said that I don't place much value on Oliver Stone's views or any other film director or Hollywood actor and I am certain the film will be plagued with either inaccuracies or controversy but I guess I'll post his comments for now and hope for the best:
https://www.facebook.com/TheOliverStone/posts/901387646552202





Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 02, 2015, 02:41:02 am
'Until he suddenly wasn't'. Is this guy for real?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 02, 2015, 02:47:54 am
Definitely a bad choice of words given that he had lost legitimacy in the eyes of the West a fair time prior to 22nd but I guess he is referring to the sudden physical transition of the regime change (with Yanukovich fleeing the country) and notes that he will get into details at a later point/in the documentary.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 03, 2015, 05:09:59 am
Regardless of the population's wish to secede, it is not the right of Russia to invade the country and liberate Crimea in breach of international law and completely independent of Kieven authority, with no excuse at all other than that "da people want to be us". If the region of Holstein conducted a poll and found that the majority of its citizens wanted to be apart of Denmark and not Germany, would it be right for Danish armies to roll in and annex the territory? No, it would be an act of war. It's entirely undemocratic and unlawful to forcefully liberate a region based on loosely gathered polling data which doesn't actually hold any official ground.

blah blah blah. /fuck to give.
Ukraine isn't even a real country and even with the rubble losing value due to the energy market it's still more boss then stupid Ukraine.

It's not like Ukrainian is an ethnicity,language, and culture. It's not like they've been under the heel of Russian imperialism for decades. I really think you need to brush up on your history. If you would actually read a history book and not RT articles then maybe you'd have a more intelligent argument.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 03, 2015, 07:49:05 am
RT makes no secret of where it gets its funding from;

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1SUQ1qtdb0
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At the same time it presents a Russian perspective to a western audience as this perspective is underrepresented in the current mainstream. They have at times produced some decent journalism in regards to critical views of western policies but like all media pieces you should never rely on a single source and should be wary of non-impartiality with all broadcasters based on where their funding comes from/goes or who is running the broadcasting network and what relationship they have to government agencies, countries or political candidates. (eg: Rupert Murdoch) and his propaganda channel (Fox News).

The BBC, CNN etc are sometimes financed in part by government entities but have been a lot less open about it:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9055183/BBC-admits-receiving-millions-in-grants-from-EU-and-councils.html
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/04/cnn-business-state-sponsored-news





Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 03, 2015, 09:27:58 am
There is more important stuff going on in Russia than this Ukraine thing:

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on January 03, 2015, 10:06:52 am
There is more important stuff going on in Russia than this Ukraine thing:

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falexander.holbreich.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F06%2Fnicholaus1.jpg&hash=e314671a23e4ed540e851e89b5ec10c8a8258f64)
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It's time for 1912 borders
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on January 03, 2015, 10:10:01 am
There is more important stuff going on in Russia than this Ukraine thing:

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falexander.holbreich.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F06%2Fnicholaus1.jpg&hash=e314671a23e4ed540e851e89b5ec10c8a8258f64)
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It's time for 1912 borders

Wait who?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on January 03, 2015, 10:35:05 am
There is more important stuff going on in Russia than this Ukraine thing:

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Falexander.holbreich.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F06%2Fnicholaus1.jpg&hash=e314671a23e4ed540e851e89b5ec10c8a8258f64)
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It's time for 1912 borders

Wait who?

The Czar
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 03, 2015, 12:12:50 pm
Actually uncanny how the two faces mesh :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 04, 2015, 01:58:03 am
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1508022_446306275517251_2830191890869588279_n.jpg?oh=287272b8a2212b328937c04833415931&oe=54FA2275&__gda__=1429484270_b0745adae8e40c297d7f00c505b389d5)

Isn't that one of those anarchist flags?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on January 04, 2015, 02:59:32 am
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1508022_446306275517251_2830191890869588279_n.jpg?oh=287272b8a2212b328937c04833415931&oe=54FA2275&__gda__=1429484270_b0745adae8e40c297d7f00c505b389d5)

Isn't that one of those anarchist flags?
Pretty sure its the flag of the Black army from the Russian Civil War
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 04, 2015, 07:15:52 am
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/1508022_446306275517251_2830191890869588279_n.jpg?oh=287272b8a2212b328937c04833415931&oe=54FA2275&__gda__=1429484270_b0745adae8e40c297d7f00c505b389d5)

Isn't that one of those anarchist flags?
Pretty sure its the flag of the Black army from the Russian Civil War

Yeah it looks like the Ukrainian anarchist flag, but I can't read it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on January 04, 2015, 12:50:41 pm
Lmao who is this d00d, the flag looks very similar but the text seems to be different.

OG Flag,
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 04, 2015, 01:20:21 pm
He is the new Cossack leader (Well, one of them). The old one (By the nickname of 'Batman') got shot by other separatists (or the Russian secret service according to some). This guy is called Shakirzyanov and apparently he claimed that the Luhansk People's Republic doesn't really exist and is illegitimate anyway. There has been at least one recorded shoot-out between Separatists and Cossacks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on January 04, 2015, 01:43:01 pm
I thought cossacks were ukranian...  :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 04, 2015, 02:51:48 pm
It's a confusing story. There are several different 'hosts' of cossacks, and Ukraine usually claims the heritage of the Cossack Hetmanate, which consisted of the Zaporizhian Host - Which technically was abolished somewhere in the 18th century, but really just kinda split up. Many Ukrainian volunteer battalions have Cossack names and logos, and some men even adopt the typical Cossack hairstyle. The anthem has a line that describes Ukraine being a Cossack nation.

The cossacks that fight on the Pro-Russian side are largely Don Cossacks. While once they considered themselves Ukrainian (We're talking 1920s here), the destruction of their own republic, oppression, WW2 and the confusing post-Soviet period have led to Don Cossacks considering themselves Russian. Their warrior/we-ain't-taking-shit-from-anyone/motherland-above-everything-culture has become pretty popular. Ukrainians might claim Don Cossacks are not true Cossacks because they have become Russian, and Don Cossacks will probably claim Ukrainian are traitors to the Russian motherland.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dekkers on January 04, 2015, 03:14:34 pm
Why do you even know all of this Duuring... pls
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on January 04, 2015, 03:18:05 pm
He's a CIA operative, don't you know that?

Duuring iz of facism
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 04, 2015, 03:28:23 pm
I've always had an interest in Cossacks due to their role in the liberation of my country in the Napoleonic wars. I guess I just got a bit carried away?

Duuring iz of facism

Hmmmmhmm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dekkers on January 04, 2015, 03:32:26 pm
I've always had an interest in Cossacks due to their role in the liberation of my country in the Napoleonic wars. I guess I just got a bit carried away?

Duuring iz of facism

Hmmmmhmm.

Just a 'lil bit
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on January 04, 2015, 04:11:47 pm
I've always had an interest in Cossacks due to their role in the liberation of my country in the Napoleonic wars. I guess I just got a bit carried away?

Duuring iz of facism

Hmmmmhmm.

Just a 'lil bit

submit to ur cossack overlords
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 04, 2015, 04:27:37 pm
They are Don cossacks because they are from near the Don river. Which is why a lot of them are pro Russian separatists fighting in Donbass
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on January 04, 2015, 04:36:48 pm
So.... Don
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 05, 2015, 03:42:45 am
No... Don
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Also Jan 1st was Stepan Bandera's Bday.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnUdc2fD9pg
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 05, 2015, 05:06:37 pm
[Russian media footage intensifies]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 05, 2015, 06:15:21 pm
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Isn't that one of those anarchist flags?
Motto on the flag are the last entries of The Niceno–Constantinopolitan Creed:
Ча́ю воскресе́ния ме́ртвых. [Looking for the resurrection of the dead;]
И жи́зни бу́дущаго ве́ка. Ами́нь. [And the life of the world to come. Amen]

This have nothing to do with anarchists.
 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 05, 2015, 07:30:21 pm
Thanks!

We can't Russian so we really didn't know :p
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on January 05, 2015, 07:50:10 pm
If they wanted to be christian why did they rebel against their rightful Tzar and Saint?

Which is it Obama?!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 05, 2015, 09:51:22 pm
If they wanted to be christian why did they rebel against their rightful Tzar and Saint?

Which is it Obama?!

???
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on January 09, 2015, 05:12:06 pm
http://news.sky.com/story/1316610/seagal-plays-at-gig-for-pro-russian-separatists
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 09, 2015, 06:43:08 pm
omg +1000
Seagal is awesome now he is chuck norris awesome.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on January 12, 2015, 03:10:45 pm
Yanukovich is now on the international wanted list.


y tho
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 12, 2015, 06:18:22 pm
Poroshenko attended at the unity march against terrorism and extremism in Paris. I'm wondering why they did not invite the Taliban, ISIS and the al-Nusra Front as well.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 12, 2015, 06:46:02 pm
Poroshenko is a democratically elected president and Commander-In-Chief of the Ukrainian forces, who has made efforts to not only fight corruption but also to stop the war in Eastern Ukraine in a peaceful way, leading to a number of politicians and senior military officers criticizing him. Frankly, your post only shows how little you understand of the situation.

The Russian presence might be considered rather ironic considering protesters with #JeSuisCharlie-signs were arrested in Russia. You can say what you want - that did not happen in Ukraine. While Ukraine is trying to democratize, Russia is heading the other way at full speed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 12, 2015, 08:59:36 pm
... not.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 12, 2015, 09:15:08 pm
Good one.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 13, 2015, 07:50:18 am
Poroshenko attended at the unity march against terrorism and extremism in Paris. I'm wondering why they did not invite the Taliban, ISIS and the al-Nusra Front as well.

I am not sure how you've concluded that Poroshenko is somehow linked to terrorism or how he should be regarded as the equivalent of the aforementioned organizations.   

Poroshenko is a democratically elected president and Commander-In-Chief of the Ukrainian forces, who has made efforts to not only fight corruption but also to stop the war in Eastern Ukraine in a peaceful way, leading to a number of politicians and senior military officers criticizing him. Frankly, your post only shows how little you understand of the situation.

He's had credible accusations of corruption leveled against him in the past according to the US embassy cables but either way I am not sure how this is linked to Turin trying to link him to terrorist groups/terrorism. Governments across the globe have at one point or another supported/financed/supplied or encouraged terror groups abroad or domestically while maintaining democratic institutions or processes. Either way I don't see any link.

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The Russian presence might be considered rather ironic considering protesters with #JeSuisCharlie-signs were arrested in Russia. You can say what you want - that did not happen in Ukraine. While Ukraine is trying to democratize, Russia is heading the other way at full speed.

In Russia you have notify the authorities that you are planning to organize a protest. The two individuals who where protesting and subsequently arrested; at least one of them continually gets himself arrested protesting in the same square with any old placard even at one time holding up an invisible one just to tempt the the authorities to arrest him for flaunting Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 13, 2015, 07:53:17 am
This is terrorism:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItWaRqtMu6A
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And this is terrorism as well:
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That's why I compared them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 13, 2015, 08:01:12 am
Its difficult to prove the intention of a war crime since the admin HQ building was under separatist control (albeit possibly undefended) and civilians around the area were killed in the process but in regards to the 'type of crime' this would be filed under; it would be under war crime or a human rights violation rather than terrorism.

I am a bit iffy on the actual breach of law but it might be Hague Convention article 25:
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hague04.asp

or better:

Draft Rules of Aerial Warfare, The Hague, February 1923

ARTICLE XXII

Aerial bombardment for the purpose of terrorizing the civilian population, of destroying or damaging private property not of military character, or of injuring non-combatants is prohibited.

http://www.dannen.com/decision/int-law.html

For the most part these types of casualties would be considered accidents of war where the intention is to engage military targets.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 13, 2015, 08:09:56 am
This is terrorism:
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And this is terrorism as well:
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That's why I compared them.

So, what you are saying is that Poroshenko personally planned the strikes and gave the orders to target civilian populations with the intention of terrorizing them? Do you really think the president plans missile strike operations? And you think it was on purpose, with no chance of it being an accident?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 13, 2015, 08:34:59 am
The Ukrainian armed forces did this several times using unguided rockets, type BM-21 Grad.

"Grad" means volley. You don't use rocket launchers covering an area of 190.000 m² against a city full of civilians. It is the same with cluster bombs.


I don't know if Poroshenko ordered them to do this but we should consider he is an extremly corrupt politician who owns several anti-Russian news magazines. His wealth contains 1.6 billion dollars btw.

Oh, and listen to this:
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Remember: These are his own people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 13, 2015, 09:18:34 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 13, 2015, 05:01:16 pm
The Separatists use the exact same weapons and have placed them within civilian housing blocks several times, which is basically asking for civilians to get hit. Meanwhile they have just as often been guilty of hitting civilian targets.

I don't know if Poroshenko ordered them to do this but we should consider he is an extremly corrupt politician who owns several anti-Russian news magazines. His wealth contains 1.6 billion dollars btw.

So you're accusing someone of terrorism because he owns news magazines and is rich? Can we stick by accusing people of terrorism because they perform terrorist deeds?

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Remember: These are his own people.

Saying they will sit in basements hardly is the same as saying he will actively try to kill them. He is saying that the people in the Donetsk and Luhanks Oblasts will stop supporting the separatists as the costs of war become ever higher, which they will, as neither side will give up.

Your entire claim is based around suspicion and other irrelevant business.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 13, 2015, 05:05:42 pm
Show me a video or a picture of rebels hitting civilian targets.

And I don't accuse him of terrorism because he is rich but because he kills his own people. 4000 of them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 13, 2015, 05:12:05 pm
Funny you should mention that. Somewhere between six and ten civilians were hit by a separatist rocket today.

http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-at-least-six-ukraine-civilians-killed-when-rocket-hits-bus-2015-1?IR=T

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 13, 2015, 06:12:41 pm
Here is the video (18+)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUrE2IL5BWo
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Turin Turambar, you asked for it - here you go
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 13, 2015, 06:26:11 pm
I did a bit of research about this incident.

The Ukrainian government says it were the rebels and the rebels say it was the government.
And the media tells us the government is right. But it doesn't tell us why.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 13, 2015, 06:29:42 pm
Because the bus drove in Buhas, which is under Ukrainian control? Watch the damn video and you'll see the bus is located next to a Ukrainian Checkpoint.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 13, 2015, 06:35:00 pm
I watched the video.

Quote from: ReliefWeb
"I very much doubt that we could have hit anything as far away as Volnovakha from our positions," Donetsk separatist co-leader Andrei Purgin told AFP by telephone.

"You can see on the map that it is very far away from our nearest roadblock."

Donetsk deputy separatist forces' commander Eduard Basurin also denied rebel involvement.

"No one fired at anything," he told Russia's RIA Novosti state news agency.

The insurgents and Kiev frequently blame each other for stray rocket and artillery fire that kills and wounds civilians on an almost daily basis.



I will maybe have a look at the map later.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 13, 2015, 06:38:36 pm
Of course Ukraine did it. They fired a rocket at a bus from miiiiiles away, realized it hit the bus, entered Separatist territory, somehow managed to drag away a half-destroyed bus away without the Separatists noticing anything or the Ukrainians losing a man and then made put the video in scene just to have a another piece of bad news about the Separatists that nobody but them really cares about anyway.

It's clear as day.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 13, 2015, 06:40:35 pm
because
1. Bus were shelled near UA-controled block-post near Ua-controled city of Volnovaha
2. Right before the incident russian media and social-media has proudly reported that they have been destroyed UA block-post near Volnovaha
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3. "I very much doubt that we could have hit anything as far away as Volnovakha from our positions," Donetsk separatist co-leader Andrei Purgin told AFP by telephone." - he's lying, because the closes sep-controlled city Dokuchaevsk is quite near it(see Duuring's map)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 13, 2015, 06:49:13 pm
I don't know how they handle it in the Netherlands and Ukraine but where I live anyone is innocent until his fault is proven.

I for example highly doubt that MH17 got shot down by the rebels which would leave only the conclusion that it was the government. But I don't accuse them because I only know it probably weren't the Novorossiyans.

I don't have every information about the happenings near Volnovaha and that's why every assumption about it is as good as any other.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 13, 2015, 06:50:25 pm
All this looks exactly like the MH-117 incident beginning - first russian scum proudly reported how they shot down AN-26 "for flying in our sky(c)", and when it turned out that it was civilian Boeing - "it wasn't us!it was fasci-nazi Poroshenko itself" and starts to clean all their reports and tweets, feverishly creating their own muddled versions.
Nothing new.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 13, 2015, 06:57:06 pm
I could explain you why everything you obviously believe about MH17 is wrong, but currently I don't have the nerves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 13, 2015, 07:09:38 pm
What you could explain me? That i didn't see all this tweets and posts, first how did they got  the BUK missile, how did they shot down UA-planes before, and how did they shot "AN-26" on that day? Or get provide me some version with photoshoped SU-25?Indeed, better not.
Of course Ukraine did it. They fired a rocket at a bus from miiiiiles away, realized it hit the bus, entered Separatist territory, somehow managed to drag away a half-destroyed bus away without the Separatists noticing anything or the Ukrainians losing a man and then made put the video in scene just to have a another piece of bad news about the Separatists that nobody but them really cares about anyway.

It's clear as day.
Their main version probably is that bus was shot by drunk UA soldiers at blockpost
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 13, 2015, 07:12:18 pm
Turin, when there are two parties in a conflict and you say that one side did not perform the crime, that means you automatically say the other side did. This isn't a court of crime where the choice is between one person and the rest of the world.

You make wild, baseless claims about Poroshenko being personally guilty of every single death in the conflict, yet when faced with a small incident you suddenly say you want proof. Turin, you don't want proof - You don't care. You don't want to follow the conflict, you want to believe in the fairytale of the great noble Russian people fighting against the evil Nazi-Imperialists backed by the Americans.

What's wrong with MH17? Well, the fact that every single piece of evidence has pointed at the separatists while Russia has already shown she will not accept any outcome except for the one she wrote. Russia is not a leader nor a member of any international research team, yet somehow there were a dozen 'experts' on every Russian TV channel the day after the plane was brought down, saying how it was either a Ukrainian trick or a CIA plot. The idea that the Separatists might have hit MH-17 by mistake, which is probably what happened if you ask me, wasn't even mentioned.

Russia demands we look at all sides of the story while it keeps showing only one side of the conflict to her own population. Dictators are always hypocrite.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 13, 2015, 07:29:00 pm
I would really enjoy answering to your crude ideas about MH17, but to be fair I could instead also do some computer games or play piano. I could spend some time with friends or my family because it would have exactly the same impact on your brain-washed trains of thought: None.

In the end I really hope there will be a peace that respects the right for self-determination.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 13, 2015, 08:04:55 pm
If you can show me actual proof from a reasonably neutral source, I'll have no trouble listening to you. Or will you also use Carlos, the imaginary Spanish employée of the airport of Kiev, quoted in nearly every Russian newssite?

The right to self-determination is based around ethic people with their own culture forming their own state. Not a bunch of Russians screaming about a non-existent neo-nazi junta under the watchful leadership of well-known Russian ultranationalists saying they want to join another nation that is already the biggest on earth. Which, I'll remind you, has shown no respect for the self-determination of Dagestan, Chechenia or even it's own people by wide election fraud.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 13, 2015, 08:20:49 pm
So the right for self-determination works fine for everyone except for Russians because their country is already big enough?

Under these circumstances the USA should give parts of their territory to Mexico, because they don't have as much land as the Americans.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 13, 2015, 08:33:01 pm
In the end I really hope there will be a peace that respects the right for self-determination.
When Russia respects Ukraine's right for self-determination as a sovereign European state, possible future member of EU and NATO -  it will be ;)
However, doubt it will ever do this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: SherlockCat on January 13, 2015, 09:25:40 pm
So the right for self-determination works fine for everyone except for Russians because their country is already big enough?

Under these circumstances the USA should give parts of their territory to Mexico, because they don't have as much land as the Americans.
Have you forgotten that this all started when Russia annexed the Crimea? This whole thing has fuck all to do with self-determination. It's just an excuse for a power hungry, ego centric wanker to get more power than he needs, or for that matter deserves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 13, 2015, 09:39:42 pm
No, this all started when a democratically elected president got overthrew by a mob.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 13, 2015, 09:46:56 pm
Not really. He fled even before parliament voted him out of power. Read this article from the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/world/europe/ukraine-leader-was-defeated-even-before-he-was-ousted.html?_r=0
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on January 13, 2015, 09:49:26 pm
No, this all started when a democratically elected president got overthrew by a mob.

Actually he was overthrown by his government because he didn't do his job properly. I think you'll find an article in most democratic nations where there is a law allowing such actions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 13, 2015, 10:26:14 pm
Not France. Sorry. Not in the USA either. And I doubt that it was legal in Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 13, 2015, 10:50:02 pm
Nice try. It's constitutionally possible to kick out the president of Ukraine. It's also possible in the USA - It's called impeachment there. There's aren't two country in this world with the exact same rules concerning the formation and (forced) dissolution of the government, so saying 'It's not possible in France, thus not in Ukraine!' is totally meaningless.

French parliament is incredibly weak versus the President, but that's just because De Gaulle really wanted to be dictator.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 13, 2015, 11:20:32 pm
Some further evidence.

http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-live-day-330-donetsk-airport-control-tower-collapses/#6199
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 13, 2015, 11:34:18 pm
Not France. Sorry. Not in the USA either. And I doubt that it was legal in Ukraine.

Who is Nixon and Clinton, amirite
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on January 14, 2015, 12:01:50 am
They where French right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 14, 2015, 12:05:15 am
Impeachment is a legal procedure which involves the House Judiciary Committee, then the House itself, and if the president is impeached, there is a trial and the Senate votes. Therefore:

"he was overthrown by his government": Not in the United States. The Government has no power to overthrow the President.


"Impeachment" also exists in France. It's called destitution. At the beginning of the 5th Republic it was possible in case of "high treason", and extended in 2007 to "breach of duty obviously incompatible with the exercice of his office." The National Assembly and the Senate will vote separately, and if a 2/3 majority is reached in each room, then the Parliament (Senate + National Assembly) will form the Haute Cour and decide with a 2/3 majority to depose the President. There is no trial.

Thus in both countries it's possible to depose the President but there is a legal procedure which makes it unlikely. The US House, or the Senate, or the French Assemblée Nationale, or the Sénat, are unable to "kick out the president" without the intervention of one of the other democratic institutions. This is the basis of the separation of powers. Moreover, the US trial, or the French 2/3 majority, and the time it would take, would make it very hard politically.

There was nothing like that in Ukraine. Yanukovych never committed any kind of treason, unlike those who tried to overthrow him. So there was no legal basis to overthrow him. Moreover, the procedure itself was illegal:

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"However, it is not clear that the hasty February 22 vote upholds constitutional guidelines, which call for a review of the case by Ukraine's Constitutional Court and a three-fourths majority vote by the Verkhovna Rada -- i.e., 338 lawmakers.
 
Pro-Yanukovych lawmakers may also argue that under the 1996 constitution, it should have been the current acting prime minister, Serhiy Arbuzov, who assumed power after Yanukovych's removal."

http://www.rferl.org/content/was-yanukovychs-ouster-constitutional/25274346.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 14, 2015, 12:08:20 am
First you deny the existance, then the reason and then its legitimity. What's next?

What are you trying to say? The Ukranian parliament isn't a democratic legal power?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 14, 2015, 12:43:24 am
I said that the removal of Yanukovych wasn't legal. I also said that there is no "law allowing such actions" in civilized democratic countries. And I proved it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 14, 2015, 08:30:44 am
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a7_1421167456
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on January 14, 2015, 08:44:37 am
I said that the removal of Yanukovych wasn't legal. I also said that there is no "law allowing such actions" in civilized democratic countries. And I proved it.

you're a very special boy  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 14, 2015, 09:04:27 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi16.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb35%2Fdjcamus%2Fretardedsuperman.jpg&hash=84df782579a5d47258dd2315008145b11b2a4b97)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 14, 2015, 02:32:09 pm
You talk about the procedures in the countries to remove head-of-states and then claim you proved they don't exist.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 14, 2015, 03:41:19 pm
No, I answerd to Sven who said: "Actually he was overthrown by his government because he didn't do his job properly. I think you'll find an article in most democratic nations where there is a law allowing such actions."

I said that there is no law in civilized democratic nations allowing what happened in Ukraine. I also said that there was no law in Ukraine itself allowing what happened.

Moreover if such events happen in France, the President will use "emergency powers" allowed by article 16, which will give him all authority during at least 30 days. Quite enough to crush a rabid mob. Article 16 was used in 1961 during the Algiers putsch.

Unfortunately there was no article 16 in the Ukrainian constitution as far as I know. Yanukovych was weak, no democratic government would have tolerated the amount of violence we saw in Kiev.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 14, 2015, 04:01:31 pm
I posted the legislative text in this thread when it happened. A committee would have had to investigate about the accusations against the president.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 14, 2015, 04:07:22 pm
What happened is that the president fled the country along with half his cabinet while the country was in crisis, and thus he was ousted. The procedure exists, and thus lawful. Whether the procedure was done exactly according to the law, thát we can argue about. However, Yanukovich had already gone into exile in Russia and he never pressed his claim.

More important is that the creation of the First Yatsenyuk government was within lines of the Agreement between Yanukovich and the opposition - That the current caretaker government had to be replaced with a newly created government within ten days. The caretaker government was sent home and a new government created in the 27th with 371 votes in favour (including 98, 1 against, 48 not voting and 33 not present. This is entirely independent from the office of President and entirely in line with the constitution. Regardless of whether Yanukovich had been ousted or just not present, he was no longer fulfilling his office as president and thus had to be (temporarily) replaced. Arbuzov had also fled the country, and thus with no president, prime minister or acting prime-minister, the job fell on the Speaker of the House - Yatsenyuk.

The Party of Regions, which had lost nearly half its MP due to mass desertion, publicly stated they longer supported Yanukovich, and voted in favour of the Yatsenyuk cabined with 94 in favour, 1 against, 8 not voting and 20 absent. So even if you firmly believe if the 21st February events weren't legal, rest assure that the procedure would have carried if done a week later.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on January 14, 2015, 04:22:02 pm
No, I answerd to Sven who said: "Actually he was overthrown by his government because he didn't do his job properly. I think you'll find an article in most democratic nations where there is a law allowing such actions."

I said that there is no law in civilized democratic nations allowing what happened in Ukraine. I also said that there was no law in Ukraine itself allowing what happened.

should i interpret this as a cry for help?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 14, 2015, 04:24:11 pm
Quote from: Duuring
The procedure exists, and thus lawful. Whether the procedure was done exactly according to the law, thát we can argue about.
If it's not done according to the law, it's not lawful. And moreover there was no majority of 3/4 in the Parliament, so even a week later the Parliament couldn't have legally removed Yanukovyich. Yanu fled to Russia when he felt that he was close to be unlawfully deposed. This, in itself, shouldn't have happened in a democratic country. Moreover it's not because a government is forced to flee that this government has abdicated its authority.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 14, 2015, 04:42:10 pm
If there were armed paramilitarys who wanted to kill me I would leave the land as well. It's better for the healthiness.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 14, 2015, 05:06:23 pm
Quote from: Duuring
The procedure exists, and thus lawful. Whether the procedure was done exactly according to the law, thát we can argue about.
If it's not done according to the law, it's not lawful. And moreover there was no majority of 3/4 in the Parliament, so even a week later the Parliament couldn't have legally removed Yanukovyich. Yanu fled to Russia when he felt that he was close to be unlawfully deposed. This, in itself, shouldn't have happened in a democratic country. Moreover it's not because a government is forced to flee that this government has abdicated its authority.

What I mean that there is a legal procedure to oust the president. And why couldn't they have removed him a week later? Even his own party was done with him and had asked him to resign from the presidency, something he even agreed on in some conversation, but then refused on others. Yanukovich fled to Russia AFTER he was ousted, but because he didn't tell anyone who stayed where he was. He could have stayed in Kharkiv or in Donetsk, but he didn't. He left the nation and started crying about a 'fascist coup', performed, according to him, by the very same people he had signed an agreement with and promised early elections just days before. What a dickhead, working with fascists.

We should also not forget that nobody voted against the resolution, all other MP's were either not present, not voting or abstained, and that Yanukovich was ousted after he had fled Kiev (but before entering Russia). The Parliament building were still protected by Riot Police. Can you tell me why he suddenly decide to flee, after signed an agreement with the opposition? Saying '

If there were armed paramilitarys who wanted to kill me I would leave the land as well. It's better for the healthiness.

Is obviously ignoring the fact that there had been fierce protests and riots for more then four months already and that the heaviest weaponry owned by the rioters were revolvers and rifles. If he was in danger, he could have just gone 20 miles north to his estate and wait for tensions to cool down, protected by bodyguards, helicopters, APC's, tanks, and AK-47's. Obviously, he was in grave danger - or maybe he had just lost support of basically every MP and regional governors in the country.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 15, 2015, 02:35:09 am
EDIT:  My bad the Rada was guarded. I must have been thinking about the Presidential residence.

The impeachment procedure wasn't followed to the letter due to the protracted time required for such proceedings. Additionally 'constitutional' grounds where not given for the impeachment since the removal of a President could only be done due to; resignation, impeachment, death, and an inability to continue due to health reasons. 3 of those didn't happen and impeachment requires the following under article 111;

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Article 111

The President of Ukraine may be removed from office by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the procedure of impeachment, in the event that he or she commits state treason or other crime. The issue of the removal of the President of Ukraine from office by the procedure of impeachment is initiated by the majority of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

To conduct the investigation, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine establishes a special temporary investigatory commission whose composition includes a special procurator and special investigators.

The conclusions and proposals of the temporary investigatory commission are considered at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

For cause, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, by no less than two-thirds of its constitutional composition, adopts a decision on the accusation of the President of Ukraine.

The decision on the removal of the President of Ukraine from office by the procedure of impeachment is adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by no less than three-quarters of its constitutional composition, after the review of the case by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the receipt of its opinion on the observance of the constitutional procedure of investigation and consideration of the case of impeachment, and the receipt of the opinion of the Supreme Court of Ukraine to the effect that the acts, of which the President of Ukraine is accused, contain elements of state treason or other crime.
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Also I am unsure if the selection of a new chairman was constitutional. I would be interested to know who was absent for the voting and whether it was a major chunk of the Party of Regions.

The Euromaidan argues something along the lines that the constitution can only be changed by the people and since the uprising is considered a manifestation of the will of the people the constitution can be changed/altered especially given the loophole of the President's absence.

In regards to the party of regions distancing itself from Yanukovych; it is only natural for the party to blame its leaders rather than assume an equal measure of blame so its party members can still remain relevant in political affairs and domestic life and to avoid some of the serious heat which was being thrown at them. Within hours after the truce both sides blamed the other of betraying the truce. Additionally when it came to the truce Right Sector did not agree to it full stop which likely caused further escalation in the streets.
http://web.archive.org/web/20140221070249/http://www.theinsider.ua/politics/530544dc3bd1e/#

Yanukovych may have needed to go but I dare say that a democracy generally negates the need for violent armed uprising while the events of February have a lot of the markings of being defined as a Coup d'état. There is obviously no real international mechanism that prohibits or condones this.

In the end a revolution or coup is legitimized by its own success, which is usually cemented with recognition by other states. Thus all is fair in love and war.
 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on January 15, 2015, 07:05:29 am
I lost interest in Ukraine over time.
Putin can do whatever he wants, jk but rip.](https://i.imgur.com/lqv65Bm.gif)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 15, 2015, 07:07:50 am
Hipsters always ride the wave and move to a new one when it dies down.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 15, 2015, 08:21:39 am
So using that image ^_^
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on January 15, 2015, 01:50:45 pm
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EDIT:  My bad the Rada was guarded. I must have been thinking about the Presidential residence.

The impeachment procedure wasn't followed to the letter due to the protracted time required for such proceedings. Additionally 'constitutional' grounds where not given for the impeachment since the removal of a President could only be done due to; resignation, impeachment, death, and an inability to continue due to health reasons. 3 of those didn't happen and impeachment requires the following under article 111;

Spoiler

Article 111

The President of Ukraine may be removed from office by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the procedure of impeachment, in the event that he or she commits state treason or other crime. The issue of the removal of the President of Ukraine from office by the procedure of impeachment is initiated by the majority of the constitutional composition of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

To conduct the investigation, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine establishes a special temporary investigatory commission whose composition includes a special procurator and special investigators.

The conclusions and proposals of the temporary investigatory commission are considered at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

For cause, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, by no less than two-thirds of its constitutional composition, adopts a decision on the accusation of the President of Ukraine.

The decision on the removal of the President of Ukraine from office by the procedure of impeachment is adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by no less than three-quarters of its constitutional composition, after the review of the case by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the receipt of its opinion on the observance of the constitutional procedure of investigation and consideration of the case of impeachment, and the receipt of the opinion of the Supreme Court of Ukraine to the effect that the acts, of which the President of Ukraine is accused, contain elements of state treason or other crime.
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Also I am unsure if the selection of a new chairman was constitutional. I would be interested to know who was absent for the voting and whether it was a major chunk of the Party of Regions.

The Euromaidan argues something along the lines that the constitution can only be changed by the people and since the uprising is considered a manifestation of the will of the people the constitution can be changed/altered especially given the loophole of the President's absence.

In regards to the party of regions distancing itself from Yanukovych; it is only natural for the party to blame its leaders rather than assume an equal measure of blame so its party members can still remain relevant in political affairs and domestic life and to avoid some of the serious heat which was being thrown at them. Within hours after the truce both sides blamed the other of betraying the truce. Additionally when it came to the truce Right Sector did not agree to it full stop which likely caused further escalation in the streets.
http://web.archive.org/web/20140221070249/http://www.theinsider.ua/politics/530544dc3bd1e/#

Yanukovych may have needed to go but I dare say that a democracy generally negates the need for violent armed uprising while the events of February have a lot of the markings of being defined as a Coup d'état. There is obviously no real international mechanism that prohibits or condones this.

In the end a revolution or coup is legitimized by its own success, which is usually cemented with recognition by other states. Thus all is fair in love and war.
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This is of course true, but there's another issue here as well, which hasn't been address (recently at least).
The protests in the Arab Spring weren't legal at all, yet the West happily backed them. Personally I don't have a problem with them either. There comes a point where the legal process behind electing/removing politicians isn't really relevant any more. Politicians can and do change laws to keep themselves in power and make it almost impossible to get themselves ousted. What does one do in that situation? Simply allow them to keep abusing power or take action?

Consider, hypothetically, two protests, for exactly the same cause and both 100% peaceful. Both are complaints about some aspect of government. Now, in one country, that's perfectly legal, and in another, it's not. Is it right to condemn one set of protests and not another?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 15, 2015, 03:37:07 pm
Seems inevitable that one is condemned/ignored and others supported depending on the interests of big players. Alone in the Arab spring we turned a blind eye to Bahrain's troubles and Saudi Arabia's intervention in Bahrain (both being allies).

For my own part I am somewhat cynical that we can support a revolution in one country and then get upset when another country supports a separate revolution or counter-revolution in the same country.

Revolutions do not always require a peaceful majority but a well organized violent minority can at times suffice which makes elections in a country which was democratic to start with preferable to supporting armed rebellion.

Most of the Arab countries are or where dictatorships or had extremely limited democratic options.


Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 15, 2015, 04:46:49 pm
A revolution were the entire parliament is exactly the same as before the 'revolution' is hardly one.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on January 15, 2015, 05:41:45 pm
Most of the Arab countries are or where dictatorships or had extremely limited democratic options.

We prefer the Jordanian model of Democracy, Abdullah's legacy to us.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 15, 2015, 06:07:12 pm
Most of the Arab countries are or where dictatorships or had extremely limited democratic options.

We prefer the Jordanian model of Democracy, Abdullah's legacy to us.
Live long and prosper.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on January 15, 2015, 06:15:59 pm
Most of the Arab countries are or where dictatorships or had extremely limited democratic options.

We prefer the Jordanian model of Democracy, Abdullah's legacy to us.
Live long and prosper.
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(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plaidavenger.com%2Fimages%2Fuploads%2FKing_Abdullah_on_Star_Trek.jpg&hash=16f802fa61cfff4e99d82b6908d93d29612106c8)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 15, 2015, 07:23:49 pm
Appears some videos from Volnovakha
Shelling near the block-post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDhHqeqdqLw
Explosion from dashcam (started from ~1:10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gpHTq0MYzU
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 15, 2015, 07:28:29 pm
The missile that came down at the bus was probably the one that went furthest. Sad, really. Nothing hit anything except that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 15, 2015, 09:28:56 pm
Faces of the "russian" world
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"Givi", "Abhaz", "Mongol", "Motorolla"
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7V1ScOIgAATeMl.jpg:large)
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Btw, same camo as ISIS uses
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(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.inquisitr.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F01%2FAbu-Saad-al-D%C4%81ghist%C4%81ni.jpg&hash=e69a0b82e8fbb83b78af7fb03bce6f370fe1fd50)
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looks like both got it in same russian shop
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 15, 2015, 09:57:35 pm
That isn't Russian camo. That's actually just a green windbreaker that I could buy at any outdoors store lol. I wouldn't be surprised if that guy just owned that jacket and wore it because he thought it would make him look cooler and more like a soldier.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 15, 2015, 11:59:38 pm
A revolution were the entire parliament is exactly the same as before the 'revolution' is hardly one.

That's because the 'revolution' in Ukraine is more characteristic of a coup. However; more than 25% of the parliament was missing or in hiding and the political makeup was inevitably changed and the media seems content to classify it as a revolution.

Faces of the "russian" world
Spoiler
"Givi", "Abhaz", "Mongol", "Motorolla"
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B7V1ScOIgAATeMl.jpg:large)
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Btw, same camo as ISIS uses
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.inquisitr.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F01%2FAbu-Saad-al-D%C4%81ghist%C4%81ni.jpg&hash=e69a0b82e8fbb83b78af7fb03bce6f370fe1fd50)
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looks like both got it in same russian shop

Syria is one of Russia's largest weapons export markets. Its inevitable that a ton of Russian equipment and clothing would float around there. + what Nipple said.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 16, 2015, 12:44:50 am
In the vote of the approval of Yatsenyuk government, only 33 were not present, or 13% of the entire Rada. Even if they were all present and had all voted against, it still would have carried.

Besides, the 'political makeup' can be changed because MP's have the right to switch parties or form their own - Theirs seats are their own. Of course, this happened in great numbers, and in thart regard we can call it a revolution because it means 'rapid political change', but yet again calling this a 'coup' is ignoring the democratic and legal lines the entire 'coup' followed regarding the creation of the government.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 16, 2015, 02:45:55 am
In the vote of the approval of Yatsenyuk government, only 33 were not present, or 13% of the entire Rada. Even if they were all present and had all voted against, it still would have carried.

I am talking about the overthrow of the head of state on Feb 21/22. Your talking about the approval of the coalition interim government on Feb 27 which collapsed in July. Government parties being united in attempting to resume normalization and stability in filling a vacuum after a tumultuous event is not unheard of and does not necessarily denote widespread acceptance of political outcomes.

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Besides, the 'political makeup' can be changed because MP's have the right to switch parties or form their own - Theirs seats are their own. Of course, this happened in great numbers, and in thart regard we can call it a revolution because it means 'rapid political change', but yet again calling this a 'coup' is ignoring the democratic and legal lines the entire 'coup' followed regarding the creation of the government.

Why didn't you just say off the bat that it can be regarded as a revolution rather than say it can't?

I have already pointed out that the legal lines of the constitution where not followed. In fact the constitutional amendments where repealed. I am not arguing that this is unacceptable but that the success of a political action dictates what is considered to be right. In regards to democratic lines; Democracy is not really exercised with the thought of a violently incensed and armed mob looming over you and growing increasingly tired and impatient.


Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 16, 2015, 06:01:41 pm
That isn't Russian camo. That's actually just a green windbreaker that I could buy at any outdoors store lol.
It's Gorka-3, so it is a russian uniform, however it could be bought in stores indeed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 16, 2015, 11:21:31 pm
If the result dictates whether the action was acceptable or not, then I don't see why we wouldn't call this an acceptable move. There have been presidential and government elections that have been considered legit by various organizations and countries including the Russian Federation, and with an election result where the only party running on an anti-Maidan platform received under 9% of the seats, how can we say that the developments of the Maidan do not carry the approval of the majority of the people of Ukraine?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 17, 2015, 05:02:00 am
The main reason that parties such as myself might be reluctant to acknowledge its acceptability/success lies with the fact that its impossible to measure success while the country is being torn apart, the economy is spiraling and its difficult to see how united the Ukrainians where on the subject of the EU association agreement in the first place.

I have a feeling that the protests which toppled Ukraine's leader started as a small protest with a few hundred people that soon turned into outrage and a flurry of various grievances such as police brutality, freedom of speech infringement, corruption etc which is what I think was the uniting glue of the protests:

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I have been attending protests since day one: 21 November 2012. It started with a peaceful protest of a couple hundred people. I painted a poster - “Europe Starts With You” - and stood alone near the independence monument. Then young people started to come up and talk, and, with many of those I met on those November days, we are still meeting regularly at the protests.

The day the Ukrainian government decided to stop the agreement with the EU, I almost cried in disbelief. The government had finally shown its true face. We were so naive and optimistic that we actually believed they wouldn’t. Then the situation suddenly changed. It was not about Europe anymore, but about stopping the violence against peaceful protesters, ensuring justice and demanding the resignation of the criminal government and its president.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/04/ukraine-crisis-protesters-kiev-euromaidan-independence-square
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However I suspect that groups which later joined the protests and were more organized and seemed to be making political deals/alliances in the background seemed to be better able to influence the tone or direction of the actual outcomes.

Yat's himself never made any pretenses about whether or not the decisions of his government would be extremely unpopular in light of the Ukraine's circumstances and the need to avoid the Ukraine from defaulting by complying with IMF and EU demands in terms of austerity measures for the sake of bail out funds.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-31/ukrainian-president-backs-kamikake-yatsenyuk-as-premier.html
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-13/ukraine-s-yatsenyuk-sees-commitment-to-change-helping-imf-loan.html

Additionally there was never any doubt that there was disagreement with closer ties to the EU from the East and Crimea:

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There is little doubt that Viktor Yanukovych's rule is corrupt. It stands for the interests of the richest few in Ukraine's highly unequal society and is responsible for the brutal suppression of opposition. The majority of protesting Ukrainians hope for a just, fair and democratic society, even if naively connecting this hope to an idealised "Europe".

Yet Euromaidan, Ukraine's pro-EU protest movement, has still not become a point of conflict between the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian society as a whole. According to the polls, support for Euromaidan is heavily concentrated in the western and central regions, while Ukrainians living in the east and the south of the country overwhelmingly disapprove. After mass violent clashes with the police started on Sunday, in which a leading role was played by a far-right network of groups called Right Sector, there is no doubt that people in the eastern and southern regions would condemn the protests even more. This is unfortunate because the agenda of the protest has shifted from a desire to be associated with Europe to the struggle against the police state after parliament ripped up the constitution and rushed through laws restricting, among others, the freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of speech.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/22/ukraine-protests-europe-far-right-violence
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Sure enough protests about austerity have apparently taken place already and while no way near on the scale of the Euromaidan protests; I have the nagging suspicion that we may have somewhat overplayed the desire for the EU integration rather than EU values for the sake of our own interests when it comes to looking at the country as a whole (ie: prior to loosing a chunk of its territory).
http://uatoday.tv/news/ukrainians-protest-against-2015-budget-proposal-outside-parliament-building-400074.html

For me its far to early to tell whether success is measurable. Once the situation stabilizes and the Ukraine begins to prosper while its citizens show resilience to austerity I think we'll be able to turn around and say yep 'success!'.

As for the 9% election vote for parties running against Maidan I assume your referring to the presidential election in hindsight of the Crimea and the East having been lost?

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 20, 2015, 12:13:39 pm
So apparently a few days ago fascist Yatsenyuk spoke about the "Soviet invasion of Ukraine and Germany" (during WWII) on a German TV channel.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on January 20, 2015, 12:17:54 pm
These Ukranians seem like Austrians, just a bunch of German wannabes.  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 20, 2015, 12:54:11 pm
Fascist Yatsenyuk? I see you are using the Russian definition now.

"Fascist (Noun) - Someone who is considered an enemy of holy and peace-loving Russia".
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 20, 2015, 12:55:16 pm
Fascist Yatsenyuk? I see you are using the Russian definition now.

"Fascist (Noun) - Someone who is considered an enemy of holy and peace-loving Russia".

Plenty of Fascists in Russia as well, but the Russian media turns a blind eye to them most of them time.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 20, 2015, 01:08:27 pm
Or gives them high-ranking positions as 'advisers' to members of the Duma.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on January 20, 2015, 10:28:46 pm
Fascist Yatsenyuk? I see you are using the Russian definition now.

"Fascist (Noun) - Someone who is considered an enemy of holy and peace-loving Russia".

Plenty of Fascists in Russia as well, but the Russian media turns a blind eye to them most of them time.

Russian fascists are known as politicians

So apparently a few days ago fascist Yatsenyuk spoke about the "Soviet invasion of Ukraine and Germany" (during WWII) on a German TV channel.

What is so wrong about this act? The Soviets did invade Ukraine (or rather the General government) and Germany.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 20, 2015, 11:36:30 pm
Bolsheviks controlled Ukraine and defended Kiev from Poles who had just defeated Western Ukraine.
As a territory of the Soviet Union it fell to the Germans in WW2 and then the Soviets took it back and then went on to crush Germany.

It was Germany that declared war and invaded the USSR.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 20, 2015, 11:37:55 pm
1. Nazi Germany invaded the USSR, not the contrary.
2. Ukraine was part of the USSR. Therefore the USSR couldn't invade Ukraine.
Anyone who disagrees with this is a fascist.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 20, 2015, 11:38:41 pm
awww yeah
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on January 21, 2015, 03:21:26 am
Rampant communism must be stopped in the US...Socialist Republic of America incoming if we don't kill more brown people... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-AixouHbvIic%2FUqkaePmjTTI%2FAAAAAAAAC3I%2F3cSXgD796LE%2Fs1600%2F1456135_10153632267795515_515423970_n.jpg&hash=7340000144f2472ee220838f7f82d42d0f510278)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 21, 2015, 03:39:38 am
"Russian people smash Lenin statue in Kiev Russia" +1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 21, 2015, 12:29:49 pm
http://youtu.be/pd7qO6VhxJw

Old footage but pretty interesting. Dat artillery.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 21, 2015, 10:00:23 pm
1. Nazi Germany invaded the USSR, not the contrary.
2. Ukraine was part of the USSR. Therefore the USSR couldn't invade Ukraine.
Anyone who disagrees with this is a fascist.
1. He was refers to 1945 and later probably, about Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany
2. Why not? The very first USSR  invasion of Ukraine, which was Ukraine National Republic back then, was in 1917-1922. Speaking of WWII, USSR invaded Western Ukraine, that was part of the Polish state, in 17 September 1939 by crossing the Zbruch river.

Although I agree that he probably do not think good before saying something like this, i can't see how this can makes anyone fascist. And seeing how you and other RT/xPR "fans" so easy claims everything pro-Ukrainian as "fascizm/nazism", i doubt you know what this is at all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 21, 2015, 10:31:20 pm
Ukraine was invaded by the USSR in the early 1920s. Then by Nazi-Germany, and then technically again by the USSR.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 21, 2015, 10:59:48 pm
Poland was owned by Germany at that point.
Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. Ukraine Isn't a real country and wasn't a real country in the 20's Russia was just taking it's shit back.

Rampant communism must be stopped in the US...Socialist Republic of America incoming if we don't kill more brown people... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-AixouHbvIic%2FUqkaePmjTTI%2FAAAAAAAAC3I%2F3cSXgD796LE%2Fs1600%2F1456135_10153632267795515_515423970_n.jpg&hash=7340000144f2472ee220838f7f82d42d0f510278)
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You're fucking stupid.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 21, 2015, 11:00:29 pm
Poland was also invaded by the Soviet Union in 1939.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 21, 2015, 11:02:10 pm
Why not?
Can't let Germs have all the stuff.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ser Thomas on January 21, 2015, 11:32:28 pm
Why not?
Can't let Germs have all the stuff.
redkorea is a communist
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 21, 2015, 11:58:56 pm
Juchebag*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 22, 2015, 12:33:33 am
Rampant communism must be stopped in the US...Socialist Republic of America incoming if we don't kill more brown people... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-AixouHbvIic%2FUqkaePmjTTI%2FAAAAAAAAC3I%2F3cSXgD796LE%2Fs1600%2F1456135_10153632267795515_515423970_n.jpg&hash=7340000144f2472ee220838f7f82d42d0f510278)
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You're fucking stupid.

lol what. Would you like me to link to you every single one of your hundreds of posts which joke around in the exact same dumb way? Did you finally come around and decide to start being a normal person or something?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 22, 2015, 12:38:02 am
After 233 sites, I still love this thread.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 22, 2015, 12:47:18 am
It always strikes me to see how strong Soviet romanticism is in Russia today. All the statues, parades, red star awards, and talk of times of yore... I always expect to see a situation similar to Germany's un-Nazification process, but since the USSR was ended relatively peacefully and on the accord of its own people (obviously with western aid too), it never really had any need for something that radical. The people who would like to see Russia return to its glory days of the 20th century probably number far more than the average person would think. Really odd to think that in a sense the Cold War never really ended. There have only been two presidents and 20 or so years since the end of the Soviet Union. Not much could have changed at all - especially beyond what's visible from our western eyes. I'd reckon a wholesale return to Soviet style communism is unlikely, but not altogether impossible.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 22, 2015, 01:04:37 am
I'd prefer the System of the Soviets or the National-Socialists over ours. That actually doesn't mean much. It's like saying to prefer dog shit over rat shit.

inb4 capitalists start crying
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 22, 2015, 01:10:54 am
Historically speaking, no, that's not true at all. More people have benefited from a capitalist system than from a communist or fascist system. Of course, this isn't saying much because the number of people who've suffered under capitalism is innumerable, but that's certainly not to say that the other two were better. I think at this point in history we can safely conclude that despite its flaws, capitalism yields more fruit than its alternatives. Obviously a better system would be preferable, but from what the world has been through, neither communism nor fascism is capable of functioning as a successful alternative.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on January 22, 2015, 01:12:10 am
Poland was owned by Germany at that point.
Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. Ukraine Isn't a real country and wasn't a real country in the 20's Russia was just taking it's shit back.

Rampant communism must be stopped in the US...Socialist Republic of America incoming if we don't kill more brown people... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-AixouHbvIic%2FUqkaePmjTTI%2FAAAAAAAAC3I%2F3cSXgD796LE%2Fs1600%2F1456135_10153632267795515_515423970_n.jpg&hash=7340000144f2472ee220838f7f82d42d0f510278)
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You're fucking stupid.
I'll take satire for 500, Trebeck
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 22, 2015, 01:16:01 am
Historically speaking, no, that's not true at all. More people have benefited from a capitalist system than from a communist or fascist system. Of course, this isn't saying much because the number of people who've suffered under capitalism is innumerable, but that's certainly not to say that the other two were better. I think at this point in history we can safely conclude that despite its flaws, capitalism yields more fruit than its alternatives. Obviously a better system would be preferable, but from what the world has been through, neither communism nor fascism is capable of functioning as a successful alternative.

I watched a BBC documentary recently about volunteer dig groups that are still pulling Soviet soldiers out of mass graves from WW2 and I mean thousands of bodies still with helmets and grenades in belts etc. In the 60s the Soviet Union ordered trees to be planted over famous battlefield areas because I think there was just to much debris.

This is a 2 minute excerpt of that documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gBqWMQXhoo

It struck me that the scale of the war and its after effects must have had deep, near religious significance for many Russians.
The problem with Russia today is that it has never had a successful or prosperous democracy and when it actually has had a democracy it was a humiliating and chaotic period.

I believe what the Russians wants is respect rather than empire 2.0, as a world power, and not to be bossed around by other powers or marginalized at the decision making table. I believe that there were numerous opportunities to partner up with Russia but that the Russians aren't solely to blame for the foreign policy disasters that we see now.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/63008/dimitri-k-simes/losing-russia

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 22, 2015, 01:23:13 am
Historically speaking, no, that's not true at all. More people have benefited from a capitalist system than from a communist or fascist system. Of course, this isn't saying much because the number of people who've suffered under capitalism is innumerable, but that's certainly not to say that the other two were better. I think at this point in history we can safely conclude that despite its flaws, capitalism yields more fruit than its alternatives. Obviously a better system would be preferable, but from what the world has been through, neither communism nor fascism is capable of functioning as a successful alternative.
That would mean capitalism is the lesser evil and I would never chose that.

But I wasn't referring to the economic system anyway. I think the USA for example work quite well and the people more or less agree with what their government does (only the people living inside its borders ofc).


@Rejenorst: Indeed, the Russians still have some brains inside their heads.
Unlike the Germans who got fully Americanised (I actually don't want to blame the Americans here because it is totally the fault of the stupid Germans who adopt all that crap)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 22, 2015, 01:30:39 am
You sure are opinionated for a person who hasn't even attended university yet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 22, 2015, 01:36:06 am
You sure are opinionated for a person who hasn't even attended university yet.
I am going to university at the moment. Nonetheless this does not have anything to do with the political education of a person.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 22, 2015, 01:38:53 am
You sure are opinionated for a person who hasn't even attended university yet.
I am going to university at the moment. Nonetheless this does not have anything to do with the political education of a person.

I'd say political education does matter to some extent. But university can brainwash people because of the highly political professors and such.

>inb4 discussion about proper education on politics. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 22, 2015, 01:49:53 am
This is probably correct. There was a case when a German professor tried to push certain students into the "right" direction and he invited them to different lectures and stuff only to recruit them for the BND (German Federal Intelligence Service).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 22, 2015, 01:49:55 am
Political education is not what I'm talking about here. Understanding historical themes and their significance on the world today is incredibly important, and it's clear that you don't really have a solid grasp on them, Turin. Now, that's not to say that I'm especially educated either, but I'm not the one making broad-stroke claims with little to no historical or academic backing.

Quote
That would mean capitalism is the lesser evil and I would never chose that.

But I wasn't referring to the economic system anyway. I think the USA for example work quite well and the people more or less agree with what their government does (only the people living inside its borders ofc).


@Rejenorst: Indeed, the Russians still have some brains inside their heads.
Unlike the Germans who got fully Americanised (I actually don't want to blame the Americans here because it is totally the fault of the stupid Germans who adopt all that crap)

If you did any sort of reading at all, you might find this to be a problematic and inaccurate worldview. This doesn't actually make any sense when taking into consideration the factors that led us to this point in the world we live in. This is just edgy. Edgy edgy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 22, 2015, 01:56:42 am
I like to be polemic because I am not trying to convince anyone here.

And I don't know which of my points you are criticising. It would be very kind of you to be more precise.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on January 22, 2015, 02:06:08 am
I like to be polemic because I am not trying to convince anyone here.
Best excuse 4 weak argumentz.
kek/kek
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 22, 2015, 02:11:46 am
I like to be polemic because I am not trying to convince anyone here.
Best excuse 4 weak argumentz.
kek/kek
I did not bring out any arguments at all, mate.

Whatever, I'll go to bed now, it is late, good night.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 22, 2015, 02:26:00 am
lol what. Would you like me to link to you every single one of your hundreds of posts which joke around in the exact same dumb way?

Yes.

Did you finally come around and decide to start being a normal person or something?

No.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 22, 2015, 02:27:26 am
lol what. Would you like me to link to you every single one of your hundreds of posts which joke around in the exact same dumb way?

Yes.

Did you finally come around and decide to start being a normal person or something?

No.

And this is why no one can have a serious argument with you!   ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 22, 2015, 02:45:07 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.mirror.co.uk%2Fincoming%2Farticle2985333.ece%2Falternates%2Fs615%2FKim-Jong-Un.jpg&hash=04c17f0e39713b02a2f65e8fbc0a544055cc9e23)


Spoiler
http://youtu.be/OL5BZtdumcw
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And this is why no one can have a serious argument with you!   ;D

I'm hooked on a feeling
I'm high on believing
That you're in love with me!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 22, 2015, 03:23:53 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1.mirror.co.uk%2Fincoming%2Farticle2985333.ece%2Falternates%2Fs615%2FKim-Jong-Un.jpg&hash=04c17f0e39713b02a2f65e8fbc0a544055cc9e23)


Spoiler
http://youtu.be/OL5BZtdumcw
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And this is why no one can have a serious argument with you!   ;D

I'm hooked on a feeling
I'm high on believing
That you're in love with me!

luv u 2  :-*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 24, 2015, 04:13:55 pm
Separatists have declared they are going on the offensive. They're bombarding Mariupol, and have already killed 27 people and wounded nearly 100. Such nice people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 24, 2015, 06:38:05 pm
They also took control of the airport.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 24, 2015, 07:19:53 pm
Fuck yeah, the Duurings of this world are going to lose this shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 24, 2015, 07:31:06 pm
Haha, when Kiev launched an offensive, nothing happened. Now the rebels are doing the same and NATO cries for "peace".

And Poroshenko is still talking about the gazillions of Russian soldiers attacking Ukraine with at least 10.000 death stars.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on January 24, 2015, 07:38:53 pm
The government forces were pretty nice when they bombarded the Pro-Russians right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 24, 2015, 07:50:28 pm
Fuck yeah, the Duurings of this world are going to lose this shit.

That happened a few days ago. Get to my level scrub.

The government forces were pretty nice when they bombarded the Pro-Russians right?

The government forces are the legal and legitimate armed wing of the Ukrainian government. It means they have the right to use violence. My point is, however, that this blows away (pun intended) the myth of some sort of good/bad-story. The separatists are not just using force against civilians, they're also doing so using nondiscriminatory weapons like the Grad and while not being the legal force in the area. I'm sure Mariupol can't wait to be 'liberated'.

I'm not saying the separatists are considerably 'worse' or 'more evil' then the Ukrainians. My point is that they do the exact same things as Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 24, 2015, 08:16:34 pm
Even the duurings accept their fate and the ill-fated destiny that accompanies opposing true politicians like Putin. Something the Duurings will never be as good at.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 24, 2015, 08:41:19 pm
Did I became a noun? I'm flattered.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 24, 2015, 09:41:34 pm

Quote from: Duuring
The government forces are the legal and legitimate armed wing of the Ukrainian government.
But the government is not legal nor legitimate. Not anymore than Separatist leaders.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 24, 2015, 09:57:23 pm
The current government that was voted into power in a general election a few months ago, that was recognized as free, is considered the legal and legitimate power of the Ukrainian state by every nation in the world. Including Russia. The government was voted in trough legal terms (elections), so it's legal. In fact, they even left open the constituency seats of the occupied districts. That's how good they're following the rules.

Every nation in the world excluding Russia and its vassal states (and Afghanistan) also recognize Ukraine's sovereignty over the Crimea, and every nation in the world, including Russia but excluding South Ossetia and Abkhazia, recognizes Ukraine's ultimate sovereignty over the Luhansk and Donetsk oblast. It may have escaped your notice, but the official Russian point of view is still that there should be a ceasefire and preferably some sort of decentralization within Ukraine.

So it stands 194 nations saying Ukraine and the current government is the legitimate power in all of Ukraine, versus two unrecognized countries saying the separatists hold sovereignty over the Donbass region. Legitimacy comes from how many other people say it is, and thus how many people treat you as the sovereign of the state, so the government is also legitimate.

So your statement 'But the government is not legal nor legitimate' really has no valid ground. At all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on January 24, 2015, 10:46:47 pm
They are coming for you, Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4NRbJQz3o
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 24, 2015, 11:10:46 pm
They are coming for you, Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ4NRbJQz3o

Well that was interesting
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 24, 2015, 11:12:39 pm
Quote from: duuring
So it stands 194 nations saying Ukraine and the current government is the legitimate power in all of Ukraine, versus two unrecognized countries saying the separatists hold sovereignty over the Donbass region.
Why should I care? How does that make them right? They can't decide what's legal or legitimate, because this isn't their business. Crimea had the right to join Russia. The majority of the inhabitants spoke Russian, they were part of Russia not so long ago, so there was no reason to refuse them their right to self-determination and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.

On the contrary, there was a lot of reasons to doubt that the majority of the Ukrainian population supported Maidan. Moreover, the overthrow of the Ukrainian president was illegal. Those are facts, no country can dispute that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 24, 2015, 11:14:19 pm
It was a revolution. Do you believe are revolutions are illegitimate?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 24, 2015, 11:19:27 pm
Quote from: duuring
So it stands 194 nations saying Ukraine and the current government is the legitimate power in all of Ukraine, versus two unrecognized countries saying the separatists hold sovereignty over the Donbass region.
Why should I care? How does that make them right? They can't decide what's legal or legitimate, because this isn't their business. Crimea had the right to join Russia. The majority of the inhabitants spoke Russian, they were part of Russia not so long ago, so there was no reason to refuse them their right to self-determination and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.

On the contrary, there was a lot of reasons to doubt that the majority of the Ukrainian population supported Maidan. Moreover, the overthrow of the Ukrainian president was illegal. Those are facts, no country can dispute that.

You speak of self-determination for the Russians, but not for the Ukrainians?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 24, 2015, 11:39:27 pm
Quote
and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.

Suuuuure.

http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/01/24/ex-terrorist-leader-referendum-in-crimea-was-a-farce/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 24, 2015, 11:50:10 pm
It was a revolution. Do you believe are revolutions are illegitimate?

In 1789-1794 the French made a revolution. They overthrew the monarchy and established a Republic. The structure, and even the culture of the society, changed a lot. The bourgeoisie, helped by the sans-culottes, replaced the aristocracy. That's what I call a revolution.

Now if you want to know whether I consider that overthrowing a legitimately elected president to replace him with a chocolate king is a revolution or not, the answer is: no.

I have 3 other words for you:


"National revolution" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9volution_nationale#Ideology)
Coup d'Etat.
Révolution de palais.


Quote from: duuring
So it stands 194 nations saying Ukraine and the current government is the legitimate power in all of Ukraine, versus two unrecognized countries saying the separatists hold sovereignty over the Donbass region.
Why should I care? How does that make them right? They can't decide what's legal or legitimate, because this isn't their business. Crimea had the right to join Russia. The majority of the inhabitants spoke Russian, they were part of Russia not so long ago, so there was no reason to refuse them their right to self-determination and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.

On the contrary, there was a lot of reasons to doubt that the majority of the Ukrainian population supported Maidan. Moreover, the overthrow of the Ukrainian president was illegal. Those are facts, no country can dispute that.

You speak of self-determination for the Russians, but not for the Ukrainians?
The Russians? Is that how you call the inhabitants of Crimea and Donbass? I support self-determination for everyone, including for Western Ukraine, as long as they respect other populations and countries.
But should I speak of self-determination for those who commemorate publicly SS divisions, especially SS division Das Reich which slaughtered my ancestors at Oradour-sur-Glanes? No. I would rather talk about war. And if Russia wages this war for me, should I say something against Russia? No.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 25, 2015, 12:00:25 am
It was a revolution. Do you believe are revolutions are illegitimate?

In 1789-1794 the French made a revolution. They overthrew the monarchy and established a Republic. The structure, and even the culture of the society, changed a lot. The bourgeoisie, helped by the sans-culottes, replaced the aristocracy. That's what I call a revolution.

Now if you want to know whether I consider that overthrowing a legitimately elected president to replace him with a chocolate king is a revolution or not, the answer is: no.

I have 3 other words for you:


"National revolution" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9volution_nationale#Ideology)
Coup d'Etat.
Révolution de palais.


Quote from: duuring
So it stands 194 nations saying Ukraine and the current government is the legitimate power in all of Ukraine, versus two unrecognized countries saying the separatists hold sovereignty over the Donbass region.
Why should I care? How does that make them right? They can't decide what's legal or legitimate, because this isn't their business. Crimea had the right to join Russia. The majority of the inhabitants spoke Russian, they were part of Russia not so long ago, so there was no reason to refuse them their right to self-determination and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.

On the contrary, there was a lot of reasons to doubt that the majority of the Ukrainian population supported Maidan. Moreover, the overthrow of the Ukrainian president was illegal. Those are facts, no country can dispute that.

You speak of self-determination for the Russians, but not for the Ukrainians?
The Russians? Is that how you call the inhabitants of Crimea and Donbass? I support self-determination for everyone, including for Western Ukraine, as long as they respect other populations and countries.
But should I speak of self-determination for those who commemorate publicly SS divisions, especially SS division Das Reich which slaughtered my ancestors at Oradour-sur-Glanes? No. I would rather talk about war. And if Russia wages this war for me, should I say something against Russia? No.

You are grouping all Ukrainians together. Most of the Euromaidan protestors were not Nazis. The Azov battalion and some sects of Right Sector are the ones you should hate, not the average Ukrainian. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 25, 2015, 12:07:31 am
What does your "average ukrainian" do against those guys? Nothing. So why shouldn't I hate him too?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 25, 2015, 01:04:49 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHNvsD8mgPU
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 25, 2015, 03:23:38 am
It was a revolution. Do you believe are revolutions are illegitimate?
No, especially not the one in Crimea and Donbass. I don't think the Poroshenko and Yanukovich government is a good thing for the Ukrainians but if they "want" them, I don't really care.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on January 25, 2015, 12:09:41 pm
But the government is not legal nor legitimate. Not anymore than Separatist leaders.
It is.
Current government and president have been elected according to the laws, internal and international. Regarding legitimacy there could be questions only to "overthrovning" Yanu. To make this clear:
1. Yanu self-withdrewed from the execution of his constitutional powers in an unconstitutional manner and was declarated as one that does not execute his duties.
2. Above statements was declared by Resolution #419, and  resolutions required simple majority of deputies.
3. There were enough lawyers and other people in VR who understand the law enough to avoid misunderstandings when creating such resolutions
4. If Yanu such right, and this is so simple that even you prooved that he is still legitimate, why he didn't make a lawsuit to any court for recognition of his legitimacy?He'll easily win that, if he so right, isn't he?
In 1789-1794 the French made a revolution. They overthrew the monarchy and established a Republic. The structure, and even the culture of the society, changed a lot. The bourgeoisie, helped by the sans-culottes, replaced the aristocracy. That's what I call a revolution.
Now if you want to know whether I consider that overthrowing a legitimately elected president to replace him with a chocolate king is a revolution or not, the answer is: no.
Our isn't over yet, it still in progress.
and
In 1830 French made another revolution, in few days overthrow legitimate king and replace to another. Do you consider it as a revolution?
But should I speak of self-determination for those who commemorate publicly SS divisions, especially SS division Das Reich which slaughtered my ancestors at Oradour-sur-Glanes?
We have nothing to do with SS division Das Reich and Oradour-sur-Glanes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on January 25, 2015, 05:28:11 pm
Crimea had the right to join Russia. The majority of the inhabitants spoke Russian, they were part of Russia not so long ago, so there was no reason to refuse them their right to self-determination and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.
So, Germany taking Sudetenland in 1938 was right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 25, 2015, 05:44:48 pm
Crimea had the right to join Russia. The majority of the inhabitants spoke Russian, they were part of Russia not so long ago, so there was no reason to refuse them their right to self-determination and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.
So, Germany taking Sudetenland in 1938 was right?
It was according to the right of self-determination like Crimea today (not so much this Czechoslovakia thing later).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 25, 2015, 08:08:50 pm
Crimea had the right to join Russia. The majority of the inhabitants spoke Russian, they were part of Russia not so long ago, so there was no reason to refuse them their right to self-determination and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.
So, Germany taking Sudetenland in 1938 was right?
Germany had the right to take Saarland.

Quote from: Suede
1. Yanu self-withdrewed from the execution of his constitutional powers in an unconstitutional manner and was declarated as one that does not execute his duties.
2. Above statements was declared by Resolution #419, and  resolutions required simple majority of deputies.
3. There were enough lawyers and other people in VR who understand the law enough to avoid misunderstandings when creating such resolutions
4. If Yanu such right, and this is so simple that even you prooved that he is still legitimate, why he didn't make a lawsuit to any court for recognition of his legitimacy?He'll easily win that, if he so right, isn't he?
1. Yanu never withdrew. He even claimed that he was still President.
2. According to the Constitution, only a majority of 3/4 could have removed Yanu. There was no such majority. And moreover the procedure wasn't followed.
3. Me not understand.
4. Which court?

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In 1830 French made another revolution, in few days overthrow legitimate king and replace to another. Do you consider it as a revolution?
Of course not, that was a failed revolution followed by a révolution de palais. The people revolted after Jean Maximilien Lamarque's death and demanded a republic, not a monarchy. No king can be legitimate in France since the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen which states: "The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. No body nor individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the nation."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on January 26, 2015, 05:02:46 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 26, 2015, 06:35:09 am
Crimea had the right to join Russia. The majority of the inhabitants spoke Russian, they were part of Russia not so long ago, so there was no reason to refuse them their right to self-determination and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.
So, Germany taking Sudetenland in 1938 was right?

Czechoslovakia was created in 1918 after WW1. The borders where drawn over what had once belonged to the Austrian-Hungarian Empire in an attempt to define the boundaries of a pre-existing cultural group. In doing so, the boundaries where drawn beyond what was traditionally inhabited by Bohemians or Czechs since Germanic cultural groups had inhabited the borders since medieval times. When shifting borders it is somewhat inevitable that there will be large numbers of differing ethnic groups remaining, especially if the ethnic group your liberating have been a part of a larger empire for hundreds of years. This makes conflict/expulsions/persecution and cries for help an eventual possibility.

If we assume that the world's recognition of one's actions is what separates right from wrong then the Munich agreement in this case would cater for this particular point; even it was an act of appeasement.


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and no reason to doubt that the overwhelming majority was indeed willing to join Russia.

Suuuuure.

http://euromaidanpress.com/2015/01/24/ex-terrorist-leader-referendum-in-crimea-was-a-farce/

I have no reason to doubt his comments. It was already well known that the authorities and army didn't support annexation to Russia. In regards to politicians; if they always acted in accordance with the wishes of the people then in theory the Maidan would probably not have happened but on another note I wouldn't want to risk my well being either.

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Ironically... the more chaos, austerity and war there is in the Ukraine the less likely returning to the Ukraine becomes an appealing option to the inhabitants of Crimea (or at least the Russian centric ones).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on January 26, 2015, 12:35:22 pm
The government forces were pretty nice when they bombarded the Pro-Russians right?

The government forces are the legal and legitimate armed wing of the Ukrainian government. It means they have the right to use violence. My point is, however, that this blows away (pun intended) the myth of some sort of good/bad-story. The separatists are not just using force against civilians, they're also doing so using nondiscriminatory weapons like the Grad and while not being the legal force in the area. I'm sure Mariupol can't wait to be 'liberated'.

I'm not saying the separatists are considerably 'worse' or 'more evil' then the Ukrainians. My point is that they do the exact same things as Ukraine.

Just like the Syrian Arab Army, but they get classified as "EVIL BABY KILLERS DICTATOR TOOL" and everyone goes ape shit when a civilian dies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 26, 2015, 04:25:25 pm
Maybe in the middle east. I can assure you we stopped caring about the Syrian Civil war here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 26, 2015, 04:55:53 pm
Maybe in the middle east. I can assure you we stopped caring about the Syrian Civil war here.

Same here. Only ever brought up as a springboard to attack Obama nowadays. For all the media cares Iraq is the entire middle east at this point.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on January 26, 2015, 08:02:08 pm
Maybe in the middle east. I can assure you we stopped caring about the Syrian Civil war here.

Same here. Only ever brought up as a springboard to attack Obama nowadays. For all the media cares Iraq is the entire middle east at this point.

Finally, someone said it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on January 26, 2015, 10:00:39 pm
The government forces were pretty nice when they bombarded the Pro-Russians right?

The government forces are the legal and legitimate armed wing of the Ukrainian government. It means they have the right to use violence. My point is, however, that this blows away (pun intended) the myth of some sort of good/bad-story. The separatists are not just using force against civilians, they're also doing so using nondiscriminatory weapons like the Grad and while not being the legal force in the area. I'm sure Mariupol can't wait to be 'liberated'.

I'm not saying the separatists are considerably 'worse' or 'more evil' then the Ukrainians. My point is that they do the exact same things as Ukraine.

Just like the Syrian Arab Army, but they get classified as "EVIL BABY KILLERS DICTATOR TOOL" and everyone goes ape shit when a civilian dies.
Praise Assad, the legal president of Syria, and a major figure in the fight against terrorism!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 27, 2015, 12:06:53 am
Praise Assad, the legal president of Syria, and a major figure in the fight against terrorism!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on January 27, 2015, 03:22:23 am
The government forces were pretty nice when they bombarded the Pro-Russians right?

The government forces are the legal and legitimate armed wing of the Ukrainian government. It means they have the right to use violence. My point is, however, that this blows away (pun intended) the myth of some sort of good/bad-story. The separatists are not just using force against civilians, they're also doing so using nondiscriminatory weapons like the Grad and while not being the legal force in the area. I'm sure Mariupol can't wait to be 'liberated'.

I'm not saying the separatists are considerably 'worse' or 'more evil' then the Ukrainians. My point is that they do the exact same things as Ukraine.

Just like the Syrian Arab Army, but they get classified as "EVIL BABY KILLERS DICTATOR TOOL" and everyone goes ape shit when a civilian dies.

Maybe in the middle east. I can assure you we stopped caring about the Syrian Civil war here.

Sooner or later you'll stop caring about the Ukraine as well the same way we stop caring about most wars once they stagnate, are won or forgotten by the media.

I think what Thunda was alluring to is that the right to use violence is decided by the mighty and not the righty. The US supports, arms and trains whoever it damn well pleases just like Russia does often with little care for the humanitarian or legal ramifications.

Geo political interests are the main driver and whatever standards we set around the world will be followed by other powers who need to compete for finite resources or strategic imperatives.

Additionally we keep looking to Poroshenko's election win as a deciding factor for the entire Ukraine in its past state and not its present state.

Sadly the election came to late in an environment of insecurity to be concluded as being a decisive representation of the will of the people across the entire spectrum. This is not to say it isn't legitimate but its legitimacy seems to stem more from Western voters than the East and South. Even the Russians need to deal with that part of the Ukraine so they have no reason to denounce the legitimacy of the elections. They have what they want: Crimea.

While the election claims a 60% turnout, that is 60% of registered voters of which there where several million less in this election due to the current situation. Usually the number of registered voters has been close to the country's VAP in the past. Additionally the turnout of voters in the West increased significantly while voter turnout of voters in the south and east decreased significantly compared to past elections.   

The VAP (voting age population) has usually been close to the number of registered voters in past elections with an average VAP turnout of 70 - 71% since 1994. This time round it was 49%. The number of votes actually cast was down by apprx 33% in this election compared to the average of the last four elections.

If 75% of the votes went to actual clearly pro European candidates then that would be roughly 37.1% of the total VAP for 2014 which is very close to figures I've seen in regards to past poll samples of pro-EU and pro-ECU.

Furthermore the main clearly pro Russian candidates withdrew (and where physically attacked). 

I am not saying this to undermine the election. Elections are usually marred by low turnouts across the world but in a situation of insecurity and fear its unlikely that a one round vote is likely to be repeated.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/02/ukraines-2014-presidential-election-result-is-unlikely-to-be-repeated/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on January 27, 2015, 10:26:47 am
Hasn't media already stopped reporting on the Ukraine crisis ?

I barely find any news about it anymore.

Maybe in the middle east. I can assure you we stopped caring about the Syrian Civil war here.

Kind off, not really I mean ISIS is part of it and everyone is going ape shit over ISIS as we probably should.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 27, 2015, 10:55:24 am
There is still reporting on Ukraine in American media. It's mainly focused on big events like renewed offenses and ceasefires and stuff, but there is still the occasional report or story about regional politics and all that junk.

Now, I'm sad VICE stopped their reporting on the conflict. Was my favorite series of theirs :(

I guess they had other priorities in mind for Simon that called his attention away from Ukraine. Oh well.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 27, 2015, 10:58:00 am
There is much better uploaders on youtube about Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 27, 2015, 11:29:44 am
Not really. There's some good footage, but most of it is garbage. None of it is subtitled in English. 99% of them offer no explanation at all as to what the footage is covering, or even where or who they are.

The VICE reports actually had substance and informational value. They weren't always unbiased or the greatest journalism, but they were pretty informative and well done, which goes a hell of a lot farther than raw combat footage with nothing else whatsoever.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 27, 2015, 02:07:30 pm
Reading remains better then youtube though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 27, 2015, 02:39:42 pm
Well yes, of course. Seeing and hearing what's happening is important too,though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 27, 2015, 03:07:49 pm
Reading an article that explains the pure footage is perfect.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on January 27, 2015, 04:11:59 pm
We inspired Vice to make more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3PiKhe41c
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 27, 2015, 04:54:09 pm
The Separatists actually hit that hospital an hour ago with artillery.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on January 27, 2015, 04:55:18 pm
Helping wounded people is now facism, it must be destroyed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 27, 2015, 04:57:30 pm
I love how all the locals are realizing that Ukraine isn't 'the bad side' in the conflict as both sides are bombing them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on January 27, 2015, 05:01:39 pm
Nice work Vice News http://youtu.be/ZB3PiKhe41c

- Democratie principles are not created by tanks and artillery.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 27, 2015, 11:22:24 pm
Wow thx vicey. The title was a little misleading though. I was expecting them to actually get trapped under artillery fire in the video :\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 27, 2015, 11:27:21 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/cWncoS4.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on January 27, 2015, 11:28:50 pm
Wow thx vicey. The title was a little misleading though. I was expecting them to actually get trapped under artillery fire in the video :\
Simon is calling in mortar shots for separatists
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on January 28, 2015, 12:53:02 am
Wow thx vicey. The title was a little misleading though. I was expecting them to actually get trapped under artillery fire in the video :\
Meh if they did they wouldn't be making the video  :-*
rip reporter
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on January 28, 2015, 06:32:46 am
Apparently the ever vigilant air traffic control tower at the Donetsk airport was destroyed in the final DPR artillery barrage against the surrounded Ukrainian forces last week. RIP ;_;
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on January 28, 2015, 08:04:30 am
Apparently the ever vigilant air traffic control tower at the Donetsk airport was destroyed in the final DPR artillery barrage against the surrounded Ukrainian forces last week. RIP ;_;
Situation is tough in ukraine right now, there is an uneasy feeling in the capital(Kiev). No-one knows what's gonna happen next :/ And the shit weather isn't helping it either.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 30, 2015, 06:25:06 pm
Huehue, Ukrainians are fleeing into EU countries and Russia since Poroshenko started the mobilisation because they don't wanna fight.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on January 30, 2015, 06:40:52 pm
That has happened in every country that has installed the draft during wartime. Nothing special, really.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 30, 2015, 06:50:33 pm
Poroshenko will close the borders now. I'm wondering why he didn't do so earlier.

But I'm happy that at least some were able to make it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on January 30, 2015, 07:05:41 pm
More like popochenko

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs24.postimg.org%2Fttl1bnvqt%2FPopochenko.png&hash=e5fd3cf7821e0781252e43271eadacdb9cd72387)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on January 30, 2015, 07:10:50 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmfaiUveCI8

He stole this poor guys vital energy using his black magic when he passed by.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on January 30, 2015, 07:48:43 pm
He should have given him a chocolate.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on January 31, 2015, 12:47:42 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0-PrLzf5ps

Calm down people, Vice News released a new video for you to watch.

Glory to Ukraine

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on January 31, 2015, 01:22:27 am
Based Ukraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 04, 2015, 07:00:37 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9IyHk_vA0s
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 04, 2015, 09:24:40 pm
Trying to Flee Debaltseve: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 90): http://youtu.be/D9IyHk_vA0s
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 04, 2015, 09:25:45 pm
m8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 04, 2015, 10:51:57 pm
m8

 me tinks he be blind
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 04, 2015, 11:21:38 pm
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/night-wolves-join-pro-russian-side-in-southern-ukraine/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Wolves

http://youtu.be/Dimx_hn-Wi0

http://youtu.be/uPlqYqNWKhk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 05, 2015, 02:05:13 am
https://i.imgur.com/95nPU85.gifv


You hear that FSE community of Ukraine? Go finish what you started
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ser Thomas on February 05, 2015, 02:15:11 am
https://i.imgur.com/95nPU85.gifv


You hear that FSE community of Ukraine? Go finish what you started
can you get anymore keyboard warrior at all
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 05, 2015, 03:32:00 am
EdwardC disappoints again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 05, 2015, 09:32:16 pm
Defending the Ruined Village of Pisky: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 91): http://youtu.be/-LzEx03UQFI and Thomas please
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 05, 2015, 09:59:42 pm
Great Führer Poroshenko must be proud of your awesome work.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on February 05, 2015, 10:04:13 pm
https://i.imgur.com/95nPU85.gifv


You hear that FSE community of Ukraine? Go finish what you started
can you get anymore keyboard warrior at all

His FSE post help fuel the tanks and reload the guns. Oh wait no they don't they're just bytes on the internet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 05, 2015, 11:59:51 pm
Ukrainia Nubs get wrecked.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on February 06, 2015, 12:33:48 am
Just saw this on the news after a while.. guess things are getting heated up again  :o
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 06, 2015, 01:10:20 am
https://i.imgur.com/95nPU85.gifv


You hear that FSE community of Ukraine? Go finish what you started
can you get anymore keyboard warrior at all

His FSE post help fuel the tanks and reload the guns. Oh wait no they don't they're just bytes on the internet.
I don't see you doing those things,  dick.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on February 06, 2015, 09:13:00 am
Defending the Ruined Village of Pisky: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 91): http://youtu.be/-LzEx03UQFI and Thomas please

Ya man I'm sure the residents of Khryashchevatoe would be grateful for the Ukrainian Army saving them from the evil men from the east.

hurr kill civis is good durr dey chose 2 be taken by rebelz
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 06, 2015, 10:10:57 am
Those reports look totally biased on the surface, but actually they only show raw truth. You discover that the Ukrainian army is junk and that Ukraine probably spent more money in drugs than in their hospitals. And yet, they are proud of it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 06, 2015, 12:14:42 pm
The reports are biased only in that lately they've been following the Ukrainian army pretty much exclusively. It didn't used to be this way and I imagine now it's necessary for safety reasons.

I do suppose VICE is a tad bit western biased, but they're also very liberal, which generally sides them against state entities in conflict scenarios. They do show some pro-russia sympathy occassionally, but only in passing.

While traveling with the Ukrainian army they do manage to highlight ideological and political problems within the ranks, as well as organizational and supply problems, and often corruption within the officer corps. They do a good job for the most part.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 06, 2015, 06:24:54 pm
Those reports look totally biased on the surface, but actually they only show raw truth. You discover that the Ukrainian army is junk and that Ukraine probably spent more money in drugs than in their hospitals. And yet, they are proud of it.

Who needs hospitals when you can overdose on morphine or pop a mali.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on February 06, 2015, 10:49:47 pm
https://i.imgur.com/95nPU85.gifv


You hear that FSE community of Ukraine? Go finish what you started
can you get anymore keyboard warrior at all

His FSE post help fuel the tanks and reload the guns. Oh wait no they don't they're just bytes on the internet.
I don't see you doing those things,  dick.

I also don't try supporting a foreign conflict from behind my keyboard?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 12:16:32 am
chill out, like this guy
(https://scontent-b-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10610598_1045299055497169_8222374101325206624_n.jpg?oh=b8fe9e37b1c7d83249ca3a87efcdfc3f&oe=555E1A72)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 07, 2015, 06:26:13 am
https://i.imgur.com/95nPU85.gifv


You hear that FSE community of Ukraine? Go finish what you started
can you get anymore keyboard warrior at all

His FSE post help fuel the tanks and reload the guns. Oh wait no they don't they're just bytes on the internet.
I don't see you doing those things,  dick.

I also don't try supporting a foreign conflict from behind my keyboard?

I'm American and Russia's doing shit again.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on February 07, 2015, 06:39:58 am
https://i.imgur.com/95nPU85.gifv


You hear that FSE community of Ukraine? Go finish what you started
can you get anymore keyboard warrior at all

His FSE post help fuel the tanks and reload the guns. Oh wait no they don't they're just bytes on the internet.
I don't see you doing those things,  dick.

I also don't try supporting a foreign conflict from behind my keyboard?

I'm American and Russia's doing shit again.

So what? Russia is just acting like the US when Cuba became a Communist state. muh patriotism
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 07, 2015, 11:29:10 am
https://i.imgur.com/95nPU85.gifv


You hear that FSE community of Ukraine? Go finish what you started
can you get anymore keyboard warrior at all

His FSE post help fuel the tanks and reload the guns. Oh wait no they don't they're just bytes on the internet.
I don't see you doing those things,  dick.

I also don't try supporting a foreign conflict from behind my keyboard?

I'm American and Russia's doing shit again.

So what? Russia is just acting like the US when Cuba became a Communist state. muh patriotism

Not exactly. The US openly invaded Cuba while I still have no evidence for regular Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 11:35:58 am
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 07, 2015, 11:45:51 am
Fail.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 07, 2015, 12:10:51 pm
Fail.

well done m8

happens to the best of us
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 12:41:41 pm
Was that an open invasion? You see, to me it has striking similarities with Russians crossing the Russian-Ukrainian border, unchecked by Russian border guards while carrying small arms and heavy weaponry, while later driving vehicles that used to be in Russian service, and under cover of Russian artillery placed suspiciously close to the Ukrainian border.

Striking.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 07, 2015, 01:31:32 pm
Which vehicles from Russian service do you mean?

And since when are nations not allowed to put their artillery wherever they want inside their country? The Russians are answering the increase of NATO soldiers in eastern Europe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 07, 2015, 02:26:24 pm
Ukraine is part of Russia, eh? Well if it's that simple then I suppose you must be right. Fuck ukraine stealing Russia's land! How dare they, those imperialist bastards.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 07, 2015, 02:35:27 pm
Show me the Russian artillery in Ukraine. And please not only artillery from Russian production.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 07, 2015, 03:13:20 pm
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile/business/article/5-heavy-weapons-in-ukraine-s-rebel-war-that-may-have-come-from-russia/515557.html

There is no definite proof. Nobody claims there is definite proof, but the evidence does tend to point in favor of Russia arming the rebels. Do you sincerely not believe Russia is sending economic, material and military aid into eastern Ukraine? It's entirely logical and strategic for them to do so. I understand that you do not support western claims of Russian intervention without concrete proof to show for it, but to claim that you do not personally see it as likely that they are transporting goods and weapons into Ukraine is a little far fetched, don't you think?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 07, 2015, 03:16:14 pm
Nobody claims there is definite proof
Some people in this thread do so and that's pretty annoying.

I don't know if Russia is arming the rebels, but I would understand it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 03:46:23 pm
See, this is why nobody bothers to enter discussion with you. You scream there's no proof, yet when we provide, you trivialize it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 07, 2015, 03:49:19 pm
I don't see what problem you have with Russia arming the rebels, anyway. Don't you want them to win? Why even deny it? This is a common practice among all developed nations - if a superpower can afford to fund its own national interests, then there's really nothing stopping it.

Russia's denial of its part in the conflict is only done because it knows the international community would not stand for it. It isn't illegal (well, to the extent that everyone does it anyway), and clearly every nation attacking Russia's actions has no firm moral ground to stand on. Why, then must be continue to deny their position? Because then the west, regardless of their own far from blameless recent history, will have grounds to pursue further action against Russia. It is in Russia's best interests to deny the claims of their activity in the region, but they're not expecting anyone to actually believe it. The point is that while there is no definite proof, they can still deny it and nobody can do anything about it because... well there's no proof.

There should really be no question over whether or not Russia is arming the rebels, or even whether they have their own troop on the ground in Ukraine. While we could argue over that all day, I think it's a misinterpretation of Russia's actions to assume that they actually want us to believe they have no part in the conflict. The real argument we should be having is over who actually has the right to intervene in Ukraine. Well, considering Yanukovych was toppled undemocratically and without proper process of law, I'd say the largely ethinic Russian rebels in the donbass have a valid cause in their uprising. Considering Russia has direct economic and political interest in controlling the donbass, I'd say they have rough grounds for intervening. Considering Poroshenko is now the accepted legal head of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people who elected him do have the right to fight for the donbass, which is still technically part of Ukraine regardless of its ethnic makeup and its unofficial state affiliation. In the same strain, the west has every right to intervene to protect its interests in Ukraine.

The west demonizing Putin for his actions is hypocritical, but to be expected and really nothing out of the ordinary. Putin pointing out the fact that the west is hypocritical does not justify his own part in the conflict, as two wrongs don't make a right. In short, the situation is a massive clusterfuck and all in all it comes down almost entirely to politics and national opportunism. To say that one foreign country has more right to the internal conflict in Ukraine is ridiculous, because there is no 'right' and 'wrong' in politics.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 04:00:31 pm
The problem with Russia arming the rebels is that without their support, there'd be no conflict, no destruction and no dead.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 07, 2015, 04:18:06 pm
See, this is why nobody bothers to enter discussion with you. You scream there's no proof, yet when we provide, you trivialize it.
There is no proof but there are indications. I hope we agree on this.

I don't think it would be the smartest move from Russia to support the rebels but if they think it is necessary to assure a victory for Novorossia I would support that.


And I don't scream. You can't scream on an internet forum.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 04:23:59 pm
Driving vehicles not used by Ukraine and using weapons not used by Ukraine is an 'indication' to you?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on February 07, 2015, 04:36:15 pm
We all know Kyrgyzstan is behind the arming of rebels
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 07, 2015, 05:03:47 pm
Interesting information here regarding the weapons, armaments, training and tactics of both sides of the conflict.

http://armamentresearch.com/Uploads/Research%20Report%20No.%203%20-%20Raising%20Red%20Flags.pdf
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 07, 2015, 05:57:51 pm
How many terabytes are that?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on February 07, 2015, 06:01:19 pm
Doesn't load, wot dis
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 07, 2015, 06:05:39 pm
Get better internet, plebs. It's 15 MB.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 06:07:06 pm
It took like 10 seconds to load for me.

#Dutch
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 07, 2015, 06:31:48 pm
There is no doubt that Russia is arming the rebels, just as the West is arming Kiev.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 07:09:29 pm
Which, unlike Russia, the west does so by openly and in accordance to law.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 07, 2015, 07:10:47 pm
Which, unlike Russia, the west does so by openly and in accordance to law.

Because on foreign affairs issues, the West are a bunch of saints, I'm sure.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 07:28:21 pm
No, it isn't. But what does that have to do with anything?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on February 07, 2015, 07:32:48 pm
Which, unlike Russia, the west does so by openly and in accordance to law.

There are laws? Is it against the Geneva Convention to support a side in a civil war? Genuine question.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 08:00:29 pm
The Ukrainian military is the military arm of the Ukrainian State. Just like people can sell guns to the US army when they're fighting a war, people can sell the Ukrainian army guns during a war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 07, 2015, 08:46:28 pm
Next stop, Latvia. Russia must also Freedom them from NATO.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 08:50:20 pm
Choo choo. Get aboard, comrades. The Svoboda Rossiya-train is warming up. Uraaaaaa.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 07, 2015, 09:13:29 pm
fuck svoboda
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 07, 2015, 09:58:43 pm
Svoboda means freedom.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 07, 2015, 11:06:44 pm
fuck svoboda

autism strikes back
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 07, 2015, 11:28:02 pm
fuck svoboda

autism strikes back
You don't often post something in this thread but when you do you are most of the time insulting other people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 07, 2015, 11:34:48 pm
They are implying I don't know what it means.

lolwin
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 08, 2015, 03:27:43 am
https://i.imgur.com/gallery/bTWE0Q6
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 08, 2015, 04:10:04 am
https://i.imgur.com/gallery/bTWE0Q6
War makes any woman look a hundred times more beautiful
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 08, 2015, 10:55:01 am
The Ukrainian military is the military arm of the Ukrainian State. Just like people can sell guns to the US army when they're fighting a war, people can sell the Ukrainian army guns during a war.

Arms transfers to countries with human rights violations in the past 3 years is generally prohibited and considered a violation of international principle if not law afaik. Not to mention any countries that fail in providing accountability for human rights abuses.  Both sides have been accused of war crimes by human rights groups. Additionally a fueling or prolonging of the conflict through arms sales is likely also seen as a violation of international/regional codes/law.

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/cfsp/sanctions/codeofconduct.pdf
http://www.globalissues.org/article/80/a-code-of-conduct-for-arms-sales
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001128/112830eo.pdf
http://www.dw.de/amnesty-international-reports-war-crimes-in-eastern-ukraine/a-18008178
http://www.newsweek.com/evidence-war-crimes-committed-ukrainian-nationalist-volunteers-grows-269604

Law really doesn't even enter into it since both the West and Russia have a history of supplying weapons in contravention to international law period.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 08, 2015, 11:37:09 am
If only the Ruski's would follow any rules.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 08, 2015, 11:40:34 am
Usually according to International law you don't recognize a government if this government doesn't have effective control over its territory, which wasn't the case in the Ukrainian situation. Moreover if you follow the Tobar doctrine you should refrain from recognizing a government that came to power through unconstitutional means and which doesn't have the support of the people: the parties "shall not recognize any other Government which may come into power in any of the five Republics [in South America] as a consequence of a coup d'etat, or of a revolution against the recognized Government, so long as the freely elected representatives of the people thereof have not constitutionally reorganized the country." Yet the Ukrainian government was recognized nonetheless, and now you have a civil war. Its legitimacy is clearly weak. Thus I would say that sending weapons to the separatists is hardly worse than sending weapons to the Ukrainian  government.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on February 08, 2015, 11:41:47 am
If only the Ruski's would follow any rules.
This is exactly the sort of shit that happens when you go from serfdom to attempted socialism in the space of 50 years.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 08, 2015, 11:46:41 am
Seriously, MaxLam, stop being an idiot. Saying 'the president was ousted wrongfully' is one thing, but that doesn't mean the new parliament and the new president have been elected trough unconstitutional means. Parliament is elected independently from the president anyway.

It's also unconstitutional to steal money from the state to make your own palace, but I don't hear you about that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 08, 2015, 11:52:30 am
If only the Ruski's would follow any rules.

Why would they when other nations only follow them when its convenient? Russia follows rules when its convenient like anyone else.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 08, 2015, 12:11:03 pm
Seriously, MaxLam, stop being an idiot. Saying 'the president was ousted wrongfully' is one thing, but that doesn't mean the new parliament and the new president have been elected trough unconstitutional means. Parliament is elected independently from the president anyway.

It's also unconstitutional to steal money from the state to make your own palace, but I don't hear you about that.
The problem right now isn't about the election of the president, but about constitutional order in general. You can't say that they have "constitutionally reorganized the country" since important separatist regions still refuse to aknowledge the new order. The discussions between the countries involved in this crisis are mostly about this constitutional reorganization.

About Yanu's palace, it's illegal, not unconstitutional. The constitution protects the principles of the Nation and the organization of the State. I'm sure that the Chocolate King didn't built his fortune just by selling chocolate in the streets. After all, Ukraine was still a socialist country 25 years ago.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 08, 2015, 03:34:28 pm
Seriously, MaxLam, stop being an idiot. Saying 'the president was ousted wrongfully' is one thing, but that doesn't mean the new parliament and the new president have been elected trough unconstitutional means. Parliament is elected independently from the president anyway.

It's also unconstitutional to steal money from the state to make your own palace, but I don't hear you about that.
The problem right now isn't about the election of the president, but about constitutional order in general. You can't say that they have "constitutionally reorganized the country" since important separatist regions still refuse to aknowledge the new order. The discussions between the countries involved in this crisis are mostly about this constitutional reorganization.

About Yanu's palace, it's illegal, not unconstitutional. The constitution protects the principles of the Nation and the organization of the State. I'm sure that the Chocolate King didn't built his fortune just by selling chocolate in the streets. After all, Ukraine was still a socialist country 25 years ago.

Oh, so what Petro-guy did when he was a business man suddenly makes the actions of yanukowitsch better. Aight mate. How do you know that he didn't make his money just off of selling chocolate? if you're going to make a claim support it because right now you look pretty dumb.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 08, 2015, 05:14:41 pm
Lol, in discussions with MaxLam it is always returning to some "unconstitutionality" of current authority in Ukraine.
so let's return to this
1. Yanu never withdrew. He even claimed that he was still President.
2. According to the Constitution, only a majority of 3/4 could have removed Yanu. There was no such majority. And moreover the procedure wasn't followed.
3. Me not understand.
4. Which court?
1. He said a lot of stupid things, because he is a pretty dumb itself, so what? There are facts and actions(or lack of them), that shows the real situation that happen. Come on, he started to prepare for leaving since 19.02 when valuable things and the part of important documents were taken away from his palace along with his woman, which means that he did not hope or plan to return. He made an videoappeal that he is legally President and he remains in Ukraine, but gone right after that. Then did not stay in loyal to him Donbass or Crimea, where all was moreover quietly, and do not even try to do something from there - he fled from there to Russia, from where do not even bother to made an attempts to return or at least perform his duties. What is it, if not a runaway?
2. Thing is, that that resolution does not removed Yanu - at that moment it was already given that he already disappeared and do not performs his duties as a President at that moment - self-withdrewed in a unconstitutional way, because our constitution isn't perfect, there is not provided,  that president can just runaway from his duties. So by that resolution Rada does not removed anything, but, based on the circumstances of extreme urgency, decided to "ensured that the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in an unconstitutional manner withdrew from the exercise of constitutional powers and is one that does not fulfill its obligations." - so confirmed the fact that held, and non-constitutional majority is enough for resolution.
And because this is happen - appoints new elections etc.
3. I meant, that in parliament were people who understand law, both internal and international. You can be sure that they prepare this as much according to law as it can be, to avoid accusation in unconstitutionality like yours.
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Ukraine for example, or some international, like International Court of Justice
Thing is that he does not even tried.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 08, 2015, 05:37:47 pm
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1. He said a lot of stupid things, because he is a pretty dumb itself, so what? There are facts and actions(or lack of them), that shows the real situation that happen. Come on, he started to prepare for leaving since 19.02 when valuable things and the part of important documents were taken away from his palace along with his woman, which means that he did not hope or plan to return. He made an videoappeal that he is legally President and he remains in Ukraine, but gone right after that. Then did not stay in loyal to him Donbass or Crimea, where all was moreover quietly, and do not even try to do something from there - he fled from there to Russia, from where do not even bother to made an attempts to return or at least perform his duties. What is it, if not a runaway?
This doesn't make any sense. If Yanu thought that he couldn't remain President, he would have resigned. But he didn't. Yanu probably believed that he could obtain some help from Russia, or even become a President in exile. But Russia obivously considered that Yanu was politically dead and refused to support him.

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2. Thing is, that that resolution does not removed Yanu - at that moment it was already given that he already disappeared and do not performs his duties as a President at that moment - self-withdrewed in a unconstitutional way, because our constitution isn't perfect, there is not provided,  that president can just runaway from his duties.
That's stupid. Sometimes running away can be the duty of a president. The Polish government ran away too when the country was invaded by Nazi Germany. Anyway, there was nothing in the constitution which said that the Parliament could remove the President if, according to their own foolish opinion, the President wasnt "performing his duties" anymore. Article 111 of the constitution allowed to impeach the president in case of "state treason or other crime." Running away is certainly not a state treason. However, ploting to overthrow the legitimate president is a state treason.

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4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Ukraine for example, or some international, like International Court of Justice
Thing is that he does not even tried.
Because that's totally out of the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 08, 2015, 06:08:34 pm
Poland was declared war upon and military invaded. That's hardly the same as running from your post as president.

The parties who removed him from power had tried to make deal after deal with Yanukovich in order to get elections. If they were 'plotting', they did so the day they ousted him, and even his own party joined in.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 08, 2015, 07:48:26 pm
Not sure how reliable this is: http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2015/02/german-intelligence-ukraine-death-toll.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/world/europe/more-than-a-million-ukrainians-have-been-displaced-un-says.html?_r=0
Spoiler
Of the Ukrainians entering Russia, more than half a million had crossed its western border, taking advantage of a nine-month, visa-free stay allowance; around 260,000 had applied for some form of refugee status.
[close]

The government forces won't admit losing more then 1 500 soldiers but admits to losing at-least 20 000 soldiers. While claiming to have 50 000 servicemen. Those are significant numbers.

The separatists claim to have killed 31 000 Ukrainian Soldiers while Ukraine claims to have "only" lost 1 500 soldiers. At the same time it is reported that the hospitals in Ukraine are filled with wounded soldiers and we aren't talking about any Pro Russians in hospitals.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 08, 2015, 07:58:19 pm
I very much doubt that. I follow a few pages of volunteer battalions that were in the thick of the fighting, yet their KIA was never extremely high - a few a week if fighting got intense.

Don't know about civilians, of course.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 08, 2015, 08:02:46 pm
Because that's totally out of the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
And what about Constitutional Court of Ukraine?He could applied there and prove that he still is legitimate if he is so right.
If Yanu thought that he couldn't remain President, he would have resigned. But he didn't.
Yes, instead of made it as it should've been done, he just leave all, leave his duties which assigned to him by the Constitution, and runaway.
That's stupid. Sometimes running away can be the duty of a president. The Polish government ran away too when the country was invaded by Nazi Germany.
It can't be compared, different things
Anyway, there was nothing in the constitution which said that the Parliament could remove the President if, according to their own foolish opinion, the President wasnt "performing his duties" anymore. Article 111 of the constitution allowed to impeach the president in case of "state treason or other crime." Running away is certainly not a state treason. However, ploting to overthrow the legitimate president is a state treason.
And again - Parliament does not remove Yanu, they just made resolution which confirmed, that President self-removed and cannot perform his duties, and made further decision because of it.
To make it more clear.
1. Yanu runaways and withdrewed from his duties of President of Ukraine by himself in the way that is not specified in the Constitution(in other hand, there also not specified that if he runaways, he still remains President)- take is as fact1.
2. Parliament gather together and check - President is somewhere no one knows for sure where, does not do what he should do -  fact1 confirmed, so they made an appropriate decision in a Resolution
3. fact1 about Yanu self-removing wasn't appealed by him or anyone other in Constitutional Court of Ukraine or any other, and wasn't officially declared as one that does not held, he also didn't tries to return to perform of his duties.
4. So if it is held, then Resolution with decision to ensure him self-removed do not have anything against the law.

Indeed he is politically dead(maybe real as well), PP is recognized even by Russia, i see no point to bother on this topic again and again.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 08, 2015, 08:15:51 pm
The separatists claim to have killed 31 000 Ukrainian Soldiers while Ukraine claims to have "only" lost 1 500 soldiers.
If they would have killed 31k Ukrainian Soldiers, PP would not have been a president, but would sit somewhere in Rostov along with Yanu in very best case.
There is for sure more then 1500 KIA, also like 1500 MIA, but not so much as they declared.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 08, 2015, 08:51:39 pm
Not sure how reliable this is: http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.ca/2015/02/german-intelligence-ukraine-death-toll.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/03/world/europe/more-than-a-million-ukrainians-have-been-displaced-un-says.html?_r=0
Spoiler
Of the Ukrainians entering Russia, more than half a million had crossed its western border, taking advantage of a nine-month, visa-free stay allowance; around 260,000 had applied for some form of refugee status.
[close]

The government forces won't admit losing more then 1 500 soldiers but admits to losing at-least 20 000 soldiers. While claiming to have 50 000 servicemen. Those are significant numbers.

The separatists claim to have killed 31 000 Ukrainian Soldiers while Ukraine claims to have "only" lost 1 500 soldiers. At the same time it is reported that the hospitals in Ukraine are filled with wounded soldiers and we aren't talking about any Pro Russians in hospitals.

31k is way too much. This is a low intensity war that has had several long pauses and has never involved forces of more than regiment sized in combat. This war is more comparable to the situation in Afghanistan and we dont see 31 000 soldiers dying there every year (More like a couple hundred). 1500 sounds like a reasonable number of dead, although i assume the wounded is 3 to 4 times as many.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 08, 2015, 09:08:46 pm
1 500 dead soldiers but 20 000 defections seems disproportionate. Though the 31 000 is over exaggerated. We've also seen wrecked Ukrainian convoys with burnt our APC's and bodies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 08, 2015, 11:44:14 pm
Here's a another look at the heroic Ukrainian Volunteers Running Supplies with the Dudayev Battalion: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 92): http://youtu.be/wZGHDlODo3Q
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 08, 2015, 11:53:03 pm
You sure are getting emotionally involved in this conflict, Edward. Seems sort of odd, don't you think?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on February 09, 2015, 12:02:25 am
Why are they taping "TV" on their car and then carry armed members of the military?
Thats makes them a legit target.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 09, 2015, 12:07:34 am
Like they said, they usually don't do that but it was insisted. Besides, one guy doesn't make it a troop transport.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 09, 2015, 12:22:14 am
This old guy pretends the rebels would want to invade Ukraine and Kiev, lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 09, 2015, 12:55:54 am
I don't think you quite understand their viewpoint.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 09, 2015, 01:04:07 am
I don't think you quite understand their viewpoint.

It will be easier to understand if the fighting actually moves outside of East Ukraine.

Some Russian footage of some of the conflict areas and supposed evacuation (mentioned in dispatch 91?):

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTCVwdYmAb8
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 09, 2015, 01:12:22 am
There have been some bomb attacks in the rest of Ukraine, as well as several armed groups being arrested, and even a railway bridge was destroyed miles behind the front line, in a different oblast. Kharkiv had their own little separatist movement at the beginning which (thankfully) imploded. Oh, and let's not forget the events of Odessa, the fact Russia controls the entire Crimea and that Separatists leaders have mentioned again and again their wish to expand.

These people have every reason to expect the conflict will spread if the separatists win in the east.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 09, 2015, 01:17:19 am
Oh, and let's not forget the events of Odessa

Yeah, let's not forget Odessa and all the people who got burned alive with no further investigation whatsoever.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 09, 2015, 01:49:09 am
There have been some bomb attacks in the rest of Ukraine, as well as several armed groups being arrested, and even a railway bridge was destroyed miles behind the front line, in a different oblast. Kharkiv had their own little separatist movement at the beginning which (thankfully) imploded. Oh, and let's not forget the events of Odessa, the fact Russia controls the entire Crimea and that Separatists leaders have mentioned again and again their wish to expand.

These people have every reason to expect the conflict will spread if the separatists win in the east.

Strategic locations like the main bridges to Donetsk where blown up to halt the ATO. Separatist sentiments in the South and East where expected with the police actually taking sides and encouraging the violence, which resulted in a lack of accountability for crimes committed by both sides. Bomb blasts around the Ukraine have happened during the conflict and its difficult to say who is responsible.

However there is little to suggest the separatists are capable of invading Kiev or even have an interest doing so since the idea is separatism of the Donbass area and not liberation of the Ukraine.  The fighting which has often stalemated has been restricted to a small area of the Ukraine. The Ukraine is near the size of France.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 09, 2015, 02:04:14 am
Here's a another look at the heroic Ukrainian Volunteers Running Supplies with the Dudayev Battalion: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 92): http://youtu.be/wZGHDlODo3Q
So a battalion of Chechen terrorists call Ukrainian separatists "terrorists"?  ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 09, 2015, 02:58:43 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meh.ro%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F01%2Fmeh.ro6409.jpg&hash=f217307e5b1be9baea00d554ccacfe7fa5732582)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 09, 2015, 03:19:26 am
Interesting. POW's in DPR fixing tanks (this is from the DPR's own media so take things with a grain of salt but it gives a view of tank repair operations behind DPR lines).

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx_R6id3EP4&feature=youtu.be
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 09, 2015, 03:41:04 am
You sure are getting emotionally involved in this conflict, Edward. Seems sort of odd, don't you think?

Nothing emotionally, just hate modern day RUSSIA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 09, 2015, 03:53:25 am
You sure are getting emotionally involved in this conflict, Edward. Seems sort of odd, don't you think?

Nothing emotionally, just hate modern day RUSSIA

You're implying Russia has options in how it behaves. You'd be surprised by how cornered they are and why they must commit necessary evils in order to secure their nation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 09, 2015, 03:59:10 am
You sure are getting emotionally involved in this conflict, Edward. Seems sort of odd, don't you think?

Nothing emotionally, just hate modern day RUSSIA
Well, hate is an emotion  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on February 09, 2015, 04:08:49 am
You sure are getting emotionally involved in this conflict, Edward. Seems sort of odd, don't you think?

Nothing emotionally, just hate modern day RUSSIA
Well, hate is an emotion  ::)

And an emoticon  >:( !
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 09, 2015, 04:24:41 am
You sure are getting emotionally involved in this conflict, Edward. Seems sort of odd, don't you think?

Nothing emotionally, just hate modern day RUSSIA
Well, hate is an emotion  ::)

And an emoticon  >:( !
Dem fighting faces, son  :'( >:(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on February 09, 2015, 12:50:59 pm
You sure are getting emotionally involved in this conflict, Edward. Seems sort of odd, don't you think?

Nothing emotionally, just hate modern day RUSSIA

y is suport of zhe gays???
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 10, 2015, 02:57:29 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8wB8er7h3c

Uploaded on Jun 8, 2010

Arma 2 Video of Russian Blitz into Ukraine (not real)


"WTF!"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 10, 2015, 05:42:51 am
Why not? If the media can use Flaming Cliffs 2 as satellite video of grads firing from Russia then...
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/394415/Russia-Ukraine-video-game-shelling-attack

Also the Ukraine invasion scenario has been around for a while as it has been well known that Russia would never tolerate Ukraine's acceptance into NATO.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 10, 2015, 06:12:09 am
Why not? If the media can use Flaming Cliffs 2 as satellite video of grads firing from Russia then...
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/394415/Russia-Ukraine-video-game-shelling-attack

Also the Ukraine invasion scenario has been around for a while as it has been well known that Russia would never tolerate Ukraine's acceptance into NATO.

Like you post and it's not stupid. It's great.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 10, 2015, 06:25:41 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8wB8er7h3c

Uploaded on Jun 8, 2010

Arma 2 Video of Russian Blitz into Ukraine (not real)


"WTF!"

Confirmed Time Travel
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 10, 2015, 06:37:41 am
Why are you bumping your video that was posted on the same page.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 10, 2015, 07:44:42 am
Why not? If the media can use Flaming Cliffs 2 as satellite video of grads firing from Russia then...
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/394415/Russia-Ukraine-video-game-shelling-attack

Also the Ukraine invasion scenario has been around for a while as it has been well known that Russia would never tolerate Ukraine's acceptance into NATO.

Like you post and it's not stupid. It's great.

Its probably just camouflaged (my stupid post).

This might interest you from back in 2008:
http://foreignpolicy.com/2008/10/22/russia-might-invade-ukraine-if-obama-wins-palin-warns/

Both Georgia and Ukraine where part of a NATO announcement that they would be part of NATO in the future (Bucharest summit?) back in 2008. It was at that point that shit hit the fan. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on February 10, 2015, 08:34:08 am
The situation is even more shit now. Recently my stepmother has been having panic attacks when she sees a threat for war. Non stop screaming its just horrible. :( I am tired of this war already. :(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 10, 2015, 09:50:42 am
Let's hope there will be peace soon. I just wish that Russia and the US would work together rather than against each other (on peace initiatives and more).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on February 10, 2015, 05:19:04 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8wB8er7h3c

Uploaded on Jun 8, 2010

Arma 2 Video of Russian Blitz into Ukraine (not real)


"WTF!"

Confirmed Time Travel

Do you have autism?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on February 10, 2015, 05:20:56 pm
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8wB8er7h3c
[close]

Uploaded on Jun 8, 2010

Arma 2 Video of Russian Blitz into Ukraine (not real)


"WTF!"

Confirmed Time Travel

lol gr8 realusm i almost believed it
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 10, 2015, 05:47:15 pm
Today's shelling of Kramatorsk, at least 7 civilians dead according to official information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc9Kh-OL4sQ
remains of shells - https://www.facebook.com/bigredaktor/posts/861373207254913
Let's hope there will be peace soon. I just wish that Russia and the US would work together rather than against each other (on peace initiatives and more).
There won't be for sure, and second is not possible.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on February 10, 2015, 10:02:03 pm
Why is the girl in that video crying... And why does she have her little kid in the same room. Is she stupid? Go somewhere where there is more cover. Atleast get away from the stupid window. Seriously, a shell doesn't even have to land close to her and she is still going to have glass splinters all over her face...

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 10, 2015, 10:06:13 pm
Why is the girl in that video crying... And why does she have her little kid in the same room. Is she stupid? Go somewhere where there is more cover. Atleast get away from the stupid window. Seriously, a shell doesn't even have to land close to her and she is still going to have glass splinters all over her face...

Maybe she thought it was Pro Russian artillery. Those are guided by god and never cause harm to civilians.
Meanwhile Poposhenko said they aimed at military head quarters but the 2nd round of fire hit the residential area.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on February 11, 2015, 01:09:16 am
Maybe she thought it was Pro Russian artillery. Those are guided by god and never cause harm to civilians.

Interestingly, the inverse of Israeli artillery which are guided by god and always cause harm to civilians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 11, 2015, 01:10:36 am
Maybe she thought it was Pro Russian artillery. Those are guided by god and never cause harm to civilians.

Interestingly, the inverse of Israeli artillery which are guided by god and always cause harm to civilians.
Not the same god.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 11, 2015, 01:17:06 am

Do you have autism?


Yeah you do
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 11, 2015, 01:45:48 am
gud 1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 11, 2015, 01:46:53 am
Autism is strong around here
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 11, 2015, 01:51:24 am
Maybe she thought it was Pro Russian artillery. Those are guided by god and never cause harm to civilians.

Interestingly, the inverse of Israeli artillery which are guided by god and always cause harm to civilians.

God doesn't favour Israel.
Only Serbs and Pro Russians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 11, 2015, 01:51:50 am
god favors kebab
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 11, 2015, 02:02:34 am
god favors kebab
yeah you do
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 11, 2015, 09:50:27 am
Stop the blasphemy already and get back on topic.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 11, 2015, 11:54:26 am
god favors kebab

kebab pizza mhmmmmm

Stop the blasphemy already and get back on topic.

there is no topic
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on February 11, 2015, 12:12:45 pm
I'm amazed this hasn't been posted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jvto4-42TA



Here's an old one aswell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3hDRbR7qvE
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on February 11, 2015, 12:21:29 pm
I'm amazed this hasn't been posted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jvto4-42TA



Here's an old one aswell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3hDRbR7qvE
Interesting... this hasnt been on the ukrainian news this morning.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on February 11, 2015, 12:31:07 pm
First one is 3 days old the other one is like 4 months old don't know how real they are though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 11, 2015, 03:32:25 pm
Weird, I thought someone had posted it. Would've said something. The most recent one was confirmed to be a chemical plant explosion. It is real, but the original rumors of it being a nuke are completely false and whoever believed that is an idiot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on February 11, 2015, 04:02:26 pm
Chemical really? I thought they just hit am ammo depot or something.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 11, 2015, 04:16:02 pm
Nah, pretty sure they said it was chemical. I could be wrong though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 11, 2015, 04:19:11 pm
Russia stronk and want macaroni

 http://disinfo.com/2015/02/vladimir-putin-autistic-says-u-s-government/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 11, 2015, 04:41:18 pm
You can do medical examinations by looking at pictures. Kewl.

And if Russia Today tells me that Obama has Ebola I will believe it too.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 11, 2015, 04:49:25 pm
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QRv2QtbcBg
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I found this video and thought It wouldn't hurt to add English subtitles.

Edit: Sorry for the double post.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 11, 2015, 04:55:15 pm
You can do medical examinations by looking at pictures. Kewl.

And if Russia Today tells me that Obama has Ebola I will believe it too.

For aspergers, yes you can actually do a somewhat accurate diagnosis based on visual evidence alone. Aspergers is more of a social and emotional disorder than a mental one. A person with aspergers might find it hard to make smalltalk, have friends and be comfortable in social gatherings. People with aspergers also have on average a much higher IQ, and are extremely adept at certain situations where they apply their skills and interests. Putin having aspergers is neither particularly shocking, nor is it really something even worth disputing. It's fine that he has it. It's not like they're saying he's retarded or something. Hell, if anything it's a compliment.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 11, 2015, 04:58:34 pm
It just makes me wonder why the American government has to say it.

And the media tries to explain his actions with his "illness".

Last year some said he had cancer and that's why he connected Crimea so fast - to make a bequest.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 11, 2015, 05:02:10 pm
It's not like they announced it or made a big deal out of it. It was a report that they released to the public in accordance with the Freedom of Information act. The media took interest in it and reported on it. That's it. It's an interesting study, on an interesting person nonetheless.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 11, 2015, 05:19:28 pm
That's not what I mean.

For example the BILD says:

"Evidence for that are for example his incomprehensible decisions, his authoritarian leadership style and his alleged neurological abnormal development in his childhood."

The first two "indications" are just critizism on Putin himself and no diagnose or anything. I actually haven't noticed any of these "non-comprehensible" actions.

And this childhood thing is just bullshit. There is no source for this claim which means there is no reason to write about it. Putting the word "alleged" in front of it doesn't make it any better.


source: http://www.bild.de/ratgeber/gesundheit/asperger-syndrom/putin-angeblich-autist-was-ist-das-asperger-syndrom-39656838.bild.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on February 11, 2015, 05:37:28 pm
Using the BILD as a serious source, really?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 11, 2015, 05:43:29 pm
Using the BILD as a serious source, really?

I was critizising this source. Unfortunately this former idiots' "news"paper has reached the center of the society.
Or with other words: Many of the other newspapers have lost a lot of their level and reached the niveau of BILD. You won't find many differences by looking at Spiegel or the FAZ, at least not contentual.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 11, 2015, 06:01:23 pm
That's not what I mean.

For example the BILD says:

"Evidence for that are for example his incomprehensible decisions, his authoritarian leadership style and his alleged neurological abnormal development in his childhood."

The first two "indications" are just critizism on Putin himself and no diagnose or anything. I actually haven't noticed any of these "non-comprehensible" actions.

And this childhood thing is just bullshit. There is no source for this claim which means there is no reason to write about it. Putting the word "alleged" in front of it doesn't make it any better.


source: http://www.bild.de/ratgeber/gesundheit/asperger-syndrom/putin-angeblich-autist-was-ist-das-asperger-syndrom-39656838.bild.html

It seems German newspapers are even more of a source of propaganda when it comes to Russia than American newspapers. Noice.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on February 11, 2015, 08:18:57 pm
Yes, sadly SPIEGEL lost a lot of its level.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on February 12, 2015, 02:11:03 pm
Looks like a new truce got signed-
I hope this last longer than the last one
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 12, 2015, 02:19:14 pm
DPR gonn roll on them mofuckas
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on February 12, 2015, 04:10:34 pm
Russia stronk and want macaroni

 http://disinfo.com/2015/02/vladimir-putin-autistic-says-u-s-government/

Russia stronk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hpc5FnN7vI

(just had to post it)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 12, 2015, 04:26:26 pm
The Egyptian version sucks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 12, 2015, 04:39:05 pm
Jesus that was terrible. I hope everyone in that orchestra was shipped to the gulag for that blunder. Wtf were they thinking
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 12, 2015, 06:21:43 pm
Looks like a new truce got signed-
I hope this last longer than the last one
It isn't the truce, but our capitulation.
And no, it won't be followed, i'm almost sure in that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 12, 2015, 06:32:19 pm
Looks like a new truce got signed-
I hope this last longer than the last one
It isn't the truce, but our capitulation.
And no, it won't be followed, i'm almost sure in that.
Why did you guys sign it then?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 12, 2015, 06:37:28 pm
Signing a truce with unrecognised insurgents is the worst decision you can take.

It's recognising them as an entity and also humiliating your nation.

Gr8 stuff Ukraine, degenerative and rotting away.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 12, 2015, 06:41:33 pm
There was no representative of the so-called insurgents.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 12, 2015, 06:44:59 pm
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn4.spiegel.de%2Fimages%2Fimage-810623-galleryV9-xwgv.jpg&hash=b1acb9b7baccef5bfd78341a727984abca94890b)
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As you can see in this image the rebels have to retreat to the frontline from september 19th while the Ukrainians are allowed to stay behind the front how it is today.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 12, 2015, 06:59:02 pm
Why did you guys sign it then?
Good question. Probably because of pressure of EU, that in one hand - neither can, want or will go in, not to mention war, but even in conflict with Russia, in other - can't leave Ukraine without any help, because there is a possibility to 'lose' it. So it is the best decision for them.
Or PP & co. has some tricky plan how to deal with Russia and it is a part of it, in which i doubt.
There was no representative of the so-called insurgents.
Actually there was, Zakharchenko(DPR) and Plotnitskiy(LPR) was there by themselves. Actually, they and representatives of Ukraine, Russia and OSCE signed agreement
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 12, 2015, 07:02:25 pm
As you can see in this image the rebels have to retreat to the frontline from september 19th while the Ukrainians are allowed to stay behind the front how it is today.
They have to just  take away heavy artillery from that line.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 12, 2015, 07:12:46 pm
So what was signed:
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=uk&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pravda.com.ua%2Frus%2Farticles%2F2015%2F02%2F12%2F7058327%2F&edit-text=

for tl;dr-ers same in one picture:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9o_AIOIgAALFKy.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 13, 2015, 03:28:52 am
Brief BBC piece. 3rd party sniper admits to firing in the direction of police and I think protestors but he doesn't say so in as many words .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib7EkJD08e4
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 13, 2015, 11:12:17 am
Saw this too. But it's one year later and nobody is interested any more.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 13, 2015, 11:45:55 am
Exactly.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 13, 2015, 11:48:15 am
Because what one man says changes the entire event in which hundreds of thousands of people were involved.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 13, 2015, 12:11:41 pm
Because what one man says changes the entire event in which hundreds of thousands of people were involved.

If that man is Putin then yes. Otherwise you're right.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 13, 2015, 03:39:02 pm
What one man says gives an indication of why or how things transpired as they did. What changes, and for whom, is in the eye of the beholder.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 14, 2015, 07:12:39 pm
ukraine is just banter
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on February 14, 2015, 08:03:54 pm
Spoiler
(https://danieldefo.ru/storage/images/2013/11/16/full/666image.jpeg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 14, 2015, 08:13:40 pm
didnt know ukrainians had mongoloid haircuts
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 14, 2015, 08:26:40 pm
Signature cossack haircut breh
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on February 14, 2015, 08:27:12 pm
It's an ancient hairstyle used by cossacks called hohol, also used as an ethnic slur against Ukrainians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 14, 2015, 10:54:50 pm
hihi

god damn hohols fukin about in my DPR
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 14, 2015, 11:33:02 pm
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.fjcdn.com%2Fpictures%2FPutin%2Babsorbing%2Blife%2Bforce_b2c78a_5449095.jpg&hash=791836c1f85d7b0095c594484e8db012053f68fa)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 15, 2015, 12:41:56 am
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KWpx-uEgds
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 15, 2015, 01:27:49 am
Don't fake the great kebab remover nation. Their purpose was much more honorable than the Ukrainian.

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEWJVWiWMQ
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 15, 2015, 01:43:51 pm
Random stoof from past few days:

Journalist in Ukraine trialed for treason for opposing conscription:
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/ukrainian-journalists-fall-prey-to-hyper-patriotism-380572.html

Proof used to make the argument in senate that the Ukraine should be armed turns out to be from Georgia 2008:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/world/europe/sifting-ukrainian-fact-from-ukrainian-fiction.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Ukrainian troops raid suspected DPR hideout. Nothing found and suspects unlikely Russian sympathizers (speak perfect Ukrainian). 
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKeKqZur1GU
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US ambassador to Ukraine tweets some grainy satellite pics claiming to show Russian activity in Debaltseve.
https://twitter.com/GeoffPyatt/status/566500417220378624/photo/1

Ceasefire declared in place (shells have landed on either side since):
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/poroshenko-declares-cease-fire-in-place-380690.html

If cease-fire fails martial law will be declared:
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/poroshenko-will-impose-martial-law-if-cease-fire-fails-380663.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 15, 2015, 08:09:53 pm
Flying Drones with the Dnipro Battalion: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 93): http://youtu.be/yFOqB-Dhrtc
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 15, 2015, 09:20:16 pm
If cease-fire fails martial law will be declared:
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/poroshenko-will-impose-martial-law-if-cease-fire-fails-380663.html
It isn't even started and already failed but PoP will not declared martial law anyway
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 16, 2015, 12:22:14 am
The cease-fire is being observed for the most part but mortar fire is still happening in some parts.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/15/ukraine-ceasefire-fighting-kiev-luhansk-debaltseve
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 16, 2015, 01:09:01 pm
https://consortiumnews.com/2015/02/11/nyt-whites-out-ukraines-brown-shirts/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 16, 2015, 01:45:54 pm
That article acts as if Azov contributes 40% of the forces, instead of the 1% they actually do.

Maybe they should give some attention to the dozens of Antifa-dudes from Spain and France fighting for the Ruskis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 16, 2015, 02:06:28 pm
It doesnt matter if they are just 1% or 99% for that matter, they get all the important tasks because they are fanatics compared to your generic ukrainian soldier, who is just trying to make a living.

They should give attention to everything, even the weird apologist leftists that venerate Putin just because he opposes the West.

Both the wests "PUTIN DID IT" meme and Russia's constant focus on the neo-nazis (which has some merit).

I can also understand the Eastern Ukrainians who don't want to be part of a Ukraine that was hijacked by National Endowment for Democracy. Where the interim president was from a party that has a think tank by the name "Joseph Goebbles Institute" and the new oligarch president has been described by US officials through wikileaks as their man in Ukraine.

However to me it looks like Russia are the defensive ones here. I imagine if a Russian alliance did something similar in say, Mexico, to what NATO/EU/US has done in Ukraine we would have WW3 long ago.

Note that I am not on the Putin bandwagon btw.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 16, 2015, 02:16:52 pm
your generic ukrainian soldier, who is just trying to make a living.

I think it is quite safe to say most soldiers are not in the military for 'just making a living.'
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 16, 2015, 02:24:36 pm
Very few have romantic notions about homeland and shit... anyone who knows soldiers can tell you that. The pay is quite good and attracts uneducated, disenfranchised young men with no goals in life and an adventurous outlook. All your needs are taken care off. Pretty tempting arrangement to people.

Opportunity is limited in other pursuits. Things that should be provided like healthcare, higher education, and a living wage have a string attached to them. That's the military's best recruiting tool: desperate people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 16, 2015, 02:36:51 pm
It doesnt matter if they are just 1% or 99% for that matter, they get all the important tasks because they are fanatics compared to your generic ukrainian soldier, who is just trying to make a living.

They should give attention to everything, even the weird apologist leftists that venerate Putin just because he opposes the West.

Both the wests "PUTIN DID IT" meme and Russia's constant focus on the neo-nazis (which has some merit).

I can also understand the Eastern Ukrainians who don't want to be part of a Ukraine that was hijacked by National Endowment for Democracy. Where the interim president was from a party that has a think tank by the name "Joseph Goebbles Institute" and the new oligarch president has been described by US officials through wikileaks as their man in Ukraine.

However to me it looks like Russia are the defensive ones here. I imagine if a Russian alliance did something similar in say, Mexico, to what NATO/EU/US has done in Ukraine we would have WW3 long ago.

Note that I am not on the Putin bandwagon btw.

+1

Augy gets medal of balance.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 16, 2015, 02:52:32 pm
All the important tasks? What important tasks? Guarding a town along with several other units? Ukrainian army wages are below average income, plus, volunteer battalions don't get any.

Russia is on the defensive by bringing war and destruction to its beloved ethic Russians. GG NO RE.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 16, 2015, 03:12:25 pm
He was referring specifically to the Ukrainian army and not the volunteer units who fight on zeal. The Ukrainian army salary has been increased a number of times with various incentive pays etc. Its not a great salary or anything but if it can reach up to 7000 then its above the 4000 average. Additionally the volunteer units have usually been in the thick of things.

http://ukraine.setimes.com/en_GB/articles/uwi/features/2015/02/13/feature-01
https://www.kyivpost.com/content/politics/poroshenko-promises-to-raise-ukrainian-army-pay-to-83-a-day-349713.html

Spoiler
Members of the military can now receive up to 7,000 hryvnia per month, which Serhiy said is an acceptable salary. When he was mobilised last spring, "nobody even could think of bonuses and additional payments," Serhiy said.

"I would say that during the very first mobilisation wave it was more patriotic, people came because of the belief that the country must be protected and then the financial component was not the first thought," Serhiy said. "Now I'm training those who recently came to serve in the fourth wave of mobilisation and most of them said that they consider military service as an opportunity to make some money. So, it is right that the government has decided to award the military. It is also done in order to complete a mobilisation plan, because recently Russian propaganda has intensified attempts to disrupt mobilisation."
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 16, 2015, 03:17:21 pm
Has it actually improved? Or were only promises made? Because that Poroshenko-article is from May 2014.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 16, 2015, 03:19:15 pm
Yes it has improved I have pasted the relevant info into a spoiler.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 16, 2015, 06:45:27 pm
It doesnt matter if they are just 1% or 99% for that matter, they get all the important tasks because they are fanatics compared to your generic ukrainian soldier, who is just trying to make a living.

1% of the world is richer than the other 99%, does that mean the 99% are defined by the 1% of humans who have all the wealth? No it doesn't m8.

Really poor generalization. Then again, wouldn't expect more from you.

plus, how do you put together that the Azov btn gets more important tasks when they are a solitary btn of a couple hundred men who can hardly cover a 2 km of the front when the Ukrainian army in the region is made of tens of thousands accompanied by volunteer battalions are doing the brunt of the fighting and work?

its like putting 9+10 together and gettin 21.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 16, 2015, 07:06:56 pm
I think he's referring to all the volunteer battalions in general, who make up a slightly larger portion of Ukraine's forces. In that respect, I'd say they do get different tasks than the Ukrainian military because they're less burdened by shitty bureaucracy and corruption and they can move and reposition themselves quickly and efficiently.

The Azov battalion is just an example of one of these more fanatic volunteer groups, but they're far from the only ones.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 16, 2015, 07:10:18 pm
Are the volunteers even unpaid?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 16, 2015, 07:12:33 pm
They're probably supplied in part by the Ukrainian military, but I'm guessing they're paid within their own ranks. Probably not very much, though, if anything.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 16, 2015, 07:15:52 pm
I think he's referring to all the volunteer battalions in general, who make up a slightly larger portion of Ukraine's forces. In that respect, I'd say they do get different tasks than the Ukrainian military because they're less burdened by shitty bureaucracy and corruption and they can move and reposition themselves quickly and efficiently.

The Azov battalion is just an example of one of these more fanatic volunteer groups, but they're far from the only ones.

Even that line of thinking is flawed because not all volunteer battalions are neo-nazi/fascist. Of course i do agree that they are often more likely to be placed into open combat within cities and such because:
A. They are volunteers
B. They do not carry any heavy equipment

Whether this is a more important task or not is debatable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 16, 2015, 08:59:28 pm
https://consortiumnews.com/2015/02/11/nyt-whites-out-ukraines-brown-shirts/
Through false lying article on leftist pro-Russian site, nothing good to read :)
Strange how you manage to find such every notice about ukrainian, and yet miss such about russian neo-nazies and radical nationalists from other side :)

Azov became a regiment, btw.
However to me it looks like Russia are the defensive ones here.
Just can't wait when Russia starts to "defend itself" in your country :)
to what NATO/EU/US has done in Ukraine
What they has done?Is this NATO/EU/US send here grads, tanks or soldiers?Or maybe Girkin, Boroday, all those so-called cossacks atamans, caucasians are from EU? Or it is CIA started to create training DPR camps back in 2009?Open your leftist eyes already for god sake
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 16, 2015, 09:10:42 pm
https://twitter.com/ruopol4enec -  some DB about russian mercs fighting in Ukraine now(for sure it is NATO/EU/US sends them here)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 16, 2015, 09:12:42 pm
Azov did became a regiment but other then the title-change, what exactly did change?  I haven't seen anything that suggest they became larger or incorporated Armour-troops. They were promised anti-tank weaponry way back in August, but I haven't seen any Azov-volunteers carrying those.

Volunteers are not paid. Sometimes they can claim some kind of compensation, but nothing regular. Volunteer battalions that are incorporated within the Army or Ministery of Interior theoretically get supplied by the government, but they're largely supplied by civilian volunteers. The only units so far that have no claim to government pay or support is the Pravy Sektor-batallions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 16, 2015, 09:14:47 pm
1% of the world is richer than the other 99%, does that mean the 99% are defined by the 1% of humans who have all the wealth? No it doesn't m8.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 16, 2015, 09:16:30 pm
That's a nice theory. Shame it's Marxists, and thus bullshit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 16, 2015, 09:34:07 pm
1% of the world is richer than the other 99%, does that mean the 99% are defined by the 1% of humans who have all the wealth? No it doesn't m8.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony

Sry but i dont subscribe to kim jong ils godly communistic theories
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 16, 2015, 10:19:43 pm
Azov did became a regiment but other then the title-change, what exactly did change?  I haven't seen anything that suggest they became larger or incorporated Armour-troops.
As the regiment of National Guard, it is easier for them to get those and other stuff like artillery division, official training center etc.
As it mentioned in the news some time ago, their arty formed and starts to training, but not sure if it already is or will be
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 16, 2015, 10:21:49 pm
That's a nice theory. Shame it's Marxists, and thus bullshit.

And what if Marxism is based on widely recgonized philosophical, reasonable (albeit ego-centrical) thinking?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 16, 2015, 10:45:59 pm
1% of the world is richer than the other 99%, does that mean the 99% are defined by the 1% of humans who have all the wealth? No it doesn't m8.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_hegemony
yes

This here

Soz Duuring bby  :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 16, 2015, 11:21:28 pm
Sry but i dont subscribe to kim jong ils godly communistic theories

That's a nice theory. Shame it's Marxists, and thus bullshit.

Recognising that Marxists predicted many things accurately and or that some of the material mentioned in these works can be agreed with has nothing to do with refusing to build a political system around these theories.

Spoiler
lol Sven is fucking stupid
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 17, 2015, 12:14:38 am
Marxism is a theory, just like liberalism, realism, social constructivism , and so on. You can use to it explain why certain things may have happened, or use it as a guideline to tell how certain things may go in the future, but as soon as guys start thinking their theory is the undeniable truth, people tend to start dying by alarming rates.

Pretty much every Marxist theory is actually nothing but a conspiracy theory that always comes done to 'rich are oppressing the poor'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 17, 2015, 12:22:11 am
Marxism is a theory, just like liberalism, realism, social constructivism , and so on. You can use to it explain why certain things may have happened, or use it as a guideline to tell how certain things may go in the future, but as soon as guys start thinking their theory is the undeniable truth, people tend to start dying by alarming rates.

Pretty much every Marxist theory is actually nothing but a conspiracy theory that always comes done to 'rich are oppressing the poor'.

And what if Marxism is based on widely recgonized philosophical, reasonable (albeit ego-centrical) thinking?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 17, 2015, 12:30:34 am
All theories are based on philosophical, reasonable thinking. Marx, at the end of his life, was actually afraid his theory wasn't scientifically solid and pretty much worked himself to death trying to do so.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 17, 2015, 12:37:19 am
Even if you WERE a Marxist, what is so bad about that? The dude was a fucking genius and wrote incredibly profound criticisms of capitalism that, if anyone pays enough attention, are absolutely true.

A lot of people in this thread don't seem to make the distinction between Marxism (Karl Marx' writings) and Marxism-Leninism. Two very different things.
Now the authoritarian regimes that have sprouted with Marx' name attached (Lenin, Trotsky, Mao, etc.) are in no way shape or form related to Karl Marx himself or socialism for that matter.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 17, 2015, 12:47:58 am
Bad? Considering a theory to be close to the truth is never good or bad. It's a scientific stance.

Marx might have written 'profound criticisms', but there is also a considerable amount of (solid) criticism on his writings, so where does that leave us?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 17, 2015, 12:55:21 am
People can think for themselves and make their own choices, thats where it leaves us. Like Kim mentioned, cultural hegemony is a big obstacle.

He was pretty much only wrong about the nature of the state. Basically, Marxists must adopt the anarchist view of the state and Anarchists must adopt Marxist dialectics. Then you have some great analysis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 17, 2015, 01:05:06 am
So the only valid criticism of Marxist thought is from an anarchistic perspective?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 17, 2015, 01:08:49 am
Cultural hegemony isn't a big obstacle. It's a big obstacle according to the guy that wrote it. I, for one, don't consider the theory to be true. Culture isn't something that's created, it's something that comes to be, and can only be steered by the tiniest bit of margins. Culture makes no difference between your income or how big your house is, and culture is only on obstacle to corporation when we perceive it as such.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 17, 2015, 02:18:40 am
Cultural hegemony isn't a big obstacle. It's a big obstacle according to the guy that wrote it. I, for one, don't consider the theory to be true. Culture isn't something that's created, it's something that comes to be, and can only be steered by the tiniest bit of margins. Culture makes no difference between your income or how big your house is, and culture is only on obstacle to corporation when we perceive it as such.

It "comes to be" because of it's environment. The environment can be manipulated and influenced. Culture can be heavily influenced.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 17, 2015, 02:38:51 am
Quote from: Duuring
Marxism is a theory, just like liberalism, realism, social constructivism , and so on.
No it's a doctrine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on February 17, 2015, 03:10:04 am
Sry but i dont subscribe to kim jong ils godly communistic theories

That's a nice theory. Shame it's Marxists, and thus bullshit.

Recognising that Marxists predicted many things accurately and or that some of the material mentioned in these works can be agreed with has nothing to do with refusing to build a political system around these theories.

Spoiler
lol Sven is fucking stupid
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Sven is one of those people that believe that all Socialists are Stalinists.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 17, 2015, 03:17:18 am
You misunderstand those people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 17, 2015, 08:16:30 am
You misunderstand those people.

These people are irrational anyway.
Not only do they have a massive E-penis but also they're too dumb to do anything but whip it out everywhere and all the time.

The only thing worse then someone narcissistic is a narcissistic peasant.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 17, 2015, 10:38:16 am
People are motivated by survival and group survival. Money is a means to survival in our system. That's how the elites turned the basic human need to look after each other into a compulsion to hoard.

Honestly, though, if you think there aren't any right wingers who are ideological and exclusionary, you don't have eyes, ears, or humanity.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 17, 2015, 12:50:47 pm
Duh. The very notion of them being rightwinger tells us they're ideological.

 
Quote from: Duuring
Marxism is a theory, just like liberalism, realism, social constructivism , and so on.
No it's a doctrine.

Doctrines incorporate values. Theories, like Marxism, explain to us how 'the system' works. Quite different. You can believe in the theory of Marxism and still not be a political Marxist (though usually people are).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 17, 2015, 01:38:42 pm
There isn't one theory of Marxism. Marxim comprises different theories: economic theories, political theories, philosophical theories. Those theories are bound together in a doctrinal system. For exemple one of Marx's ideas is that his analysis isn't a simple objective scientifical analysis, it's a scientifical analysis which can be fully endorsed by only one class, the working class, because Marxist conclusions are incompatible with the interests of other classes. So even if you recognize the scientific and objective aspect of some of Marx's theories, you will necessarily disagree with the Marxist doctrine in general if you are not a Communist and a revolutionary.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 17, 2015, 01:42:46 pm
The civilization and justice of bourgeois order comes out in its lurid light whenever the slaves and drudges of that order rise against their masters.
Then this civilization and justice stand forther as undisguised savagery and lawless revenge ... the infernal deeds of the soldiery reflect the innate spirit of that civilization of which they are the mercenary vindicators...
The bourgeous of the whole world, which looks complacently upon the wholesale massacre after the battle, is convulsed by horror at the desecration of brick and mortar.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 17, 2015, 02:09:12 pm
The civilization and justice of bourgeois order comes out in its lurid light whenever the slaves and drudges of that order rise against their masters.
Then this civilization and justice stand forther as undisguised savagery and lawless revenge ... the infernal deeds of the soldiery reflect the innate spirit of that civilization of which they are the mercenary vindicators...
The bourgeous of the whole world, which looks complacently upon the wholesale massacre after the battle, is convulsed by horror at the desecration of brick and mortar.

And now in your own words...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 17, 2015, 03:33:14 pm
Something, something, Paris Commune, something.

Oh boy, 8000th post. Partytime!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 17, 2015, 03:40:56 pm
8000th post for the Paris Commune! Duuring is of Marxism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 17, 2015, 03:43:28 pm
*Waves red flag*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 17, 2015, 05:31:34 pm
Sven is one of those people that believe that all Socialists are Stalinists.

Piss off you don't even know me. I have no clue why i am even replying because you'll cry a river an report me. Anyhow, fuck off.


Sry but i dont subscribe to kim jong ils godly communistic theories

That's a nice theory. Shame it's Marxists, and thus bullshit.

Recognising that Marxists predicted many things accurately and or that some of the material mentioned in these works can be agreed with has nothing to do with refusing to build a political system around these theories.

lol Sven is fucking stupid

Interesting observation mate.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 17, 2015, 05:38:40 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi0.kym-cdn.com%2Fphotos%2Fimages%2Ffacebook%2F000%2F242%2F631%2F382.gif&hash=c9adec27c3b2b6240ba9f6d4eb6bc134341a3f77)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 17, 2015, 05:49:39 pm
i like all you fuckers, even Sven... this political stuff just murks that shit up. Its pretty vile.

Sven probably has some righteous grievances that are worth listening to.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 17, 2015, 05:56:58 pm
do i?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 17, 2015, 06:08:16 pm
I doubt it. He's Swedish. Nothing but nazi's and socialists up there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 17, 2015, 06:17:13 pm
valid point
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 17, 2015, 10:40:35 pm
Can't you all move to the political-ideologies-discussion thread?

Bad news from Debaltsevo. In near future it will falls probably. And looks like Mariupol is next.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MackCW on February 17, 2015, 10:47:19 pm
250 pages later...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on February 17, 2015, 11:05:42 pm
Sven is one of those people that believe that all Socialists are Stalinists.

Piss off you don't even know me. I have no clue why i am even replying because you'll cry a river an report me. Anyhow, fuck off.

Why you so butthurt? Is what I'm saying not true?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ser Thomas on February 17, 2015, 11:17:53 pm
So what do you guys think about the cease-fire?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on February 17, 2015, 11:18:37 pm
I doubt it. He's Swedish. Nothing but nazi's and socialists up there.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tubefilter.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F03%2Fpewdiepie-indiegogo-charity-save-the-children-600x369.jpg&hash=6399d083dee4a4ab9b4efbd67e36d0911147df9d)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Maurice on February 17, 2015, 11:19:46 pm
Guys, I don't think the ceasefire is working.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 18, 2015, 12:30:15 am
Sven is one of those people that believe that all Socialists are Stalinists.

Piss off you don't even know me. I have no clue why i am even replying because you'll cry a river an report me. Anyhow, fuck off.

Why you so butthurt? Is what I'm saying not true?

Yes i am so butthurt by the fact that people like you exist. If i ever become a nazi drug cartel leader, i will write in my autobiography that i was inspired to do so because some aarkvard named furrnox managed to make me reconsider the existance of humanity and whether equality should actually be a thing.

So no, what you are saying is not true. Being a socialist and a stalinist are not the same thing, however they both annoy me, hence why i dislike you. ty m8 nao fuk of
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 18, 2015, 12:36:12 am
Yes i am so butthurt by the fact that people like you exist. If i ever become a nazi drug cartel leader, i will write in my autobiography that i was inspired to do so because some aarkvard named furrnox managed to make me reconsider the existance of humanity and whether equality should actually be a thing.

So no, what you are saying is not true. Being a socialist and a stalinist are not the same thing, however they both annoy me, hence why i dislike you. ty m8 nao fuk of

Hopefully your autobiography is a lot like your forum posts. One big meaningless angry rant.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Toffee on February 18, 2015, 12:38:05 am
I like apples
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 18, 2015, 01:10:08 am
Sven and Toffee are right.

I ate two apples today. One less and it would have kept the doctor away.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 18, 2015, 02:46:49 am
Apparently fighting has escalated into Debaltseve etc  R.I.P. ceasefire :(

Also the Ukraine refuses to extradite former Georgian leader to Georgia. Apparently he is wanted for violence against protestors and corruption charges.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/17/uk-georgia-ukraine-idUKKBN0LL1AB20150217

Is there a pro Russian government in Georgia now or...?

Also DPR has commissars now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfziRDambrY
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on February 18, 2015, 02:53:08 am
the one good thing from the ukraine crises is the 1337 live leak videos of the fighting. Its like watching a war movie except without Tom Hanks and real world consequences.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 18, 2015, 03:41:42 am
DPR stronk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on February 18, 2015, 04:21:06 am
DPR stronk

How can they be bad if there flag looks like this:
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fintermicronational.com%2Fdonetskaya-narodnaya-respublika.png&hash=f9bf8450a43570dfa453e018a2bccb84e031e543)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 18, 2015, 05:39:11 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCtzrLLWL0M
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Johann on February 18, 2015, 12:45:31 pm
Yes i am so butthurt by the fact that people like you exist. If i ever become a nazi drug cartel leader, i will write in my autobiography that i was inspired to do so because some aarkvard named furrnox managed to make me reconsider the existance of humanity and whether equality should actually be a thing.

So no, what you are saying is not true. Being a socialist and a stalinist are not the same thing, however they both annoy me, hence why i dislike you. ty m8 nao fuk of

Hopefully your autobiography is a lot like your forum posts. One big meaningless angry rant.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 18, 2015, 01:15:12 pm
Yes i am so butthurt by the fact that people like you exist. If i ever become a nazi drug cartel leader, i will write in my autobiography that i was inspired to do so because some aarkvard named furrnox managed to make me reconsider the existance of humanity and whether equality should actually be a thing.

So no, what you are saying is not true. Being a socialist and a stalinist are not the same thing, however they both annoy me, hence why i dislike you. ty m8 nao fuk of

Hopefully your autobiography is a lot like your forum posts. One big meaningless angry rant.

Thats pretty much what an autobiographies are about?

Bringing up grievances with other people who are mentioned anonymously whilst making it painfully obvious who it is?

I'm pretty gud at that, might aswell try it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 18, 2015, 01:21:42 pm
Such meanies everywhere  :'(
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 18, 2015, 01:25:02 pm
Once again - Sweden.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on February 18, 2015, 10:09:39 pm
The Ruins of Donetsk Airport: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 95): http://youtu.be/OP1GN_oMd48


Again with the DPR The Ruins of Donetsk Airport: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 95): http://youtu.be/OP1GN_oMd48
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 18, 2015, 10:47:05 pm
i wonder if you realised you posted the same video twice with two different captions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 18, 2015, 10:54:36 pm
Quote
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine approved the appeal to the UN and the European Union to deploy in Ukraine mission of maintaining peace and security.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 18, 2015, 11:08:19 pm
i wonder if you realised you posted the same video twice with two different captions.

He's done something like this every time a new video has come out for the past month or so.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 18, 2015, 11:08:29 pm
Keep up the good work, Edward.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 18, 2015, 11:16:34 pm
i wonder if you realised you posted the same video twice with two different captions.

He's done something like this every time a new video has come out for the past month or so.

Maybe the autism intensified to the point that he does it 3 or even 4 times in a post. Potentiallly groundbreaking indeed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 18, 2015, 11:20:21 pm
Putin obviously had autism before it was cool.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 18, 2015, 11:22:54 pm
On quiet summer eves, I think to myself that humanity isn't all bad. The few idiots out there are just s minority that is blown out of proportion. Then Edward posts something and I am reaffirmed in my cynicism. Thank you Edward for always keep me grounded and hate-filled
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 19, 2015, 12:50:00 am
I think this guy has written his name on his cloth.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.rt.com%2Ffiles%2Fnews%2F39%2F06%2Fb0%2F00%2Fporoshenko-peacekeepers-ukraine-eu.si.jpg&hash=3c71f4eb4a80467f53d76250caf75d1bc71c4e9a)

Behind him you will notice the latest phones on the Ukrainian market.

Russian Roulette (Dispatch 95): This is clearly one of their best. The contrast between the ruins on one side and, on the other side, what soldiers say about it in a most poetic fashion, is very powerful. I also loved how they showed a T-80 tank just after the commander said that Russia sent them "what they can". Pro-western point of view, but very well done.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on February 19, 2015, 01:50:05 am
Make sure to write to your legislators and get them to recognize the Donetsk People's Republic if you love Freedom.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on February 19, 2015, 03:26:57 am
i wonder if you realised you posted the same video twice with two different captions.

He's done something like this every time a new video has come out for the past month or so.

Yeah you do
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 19, 2015, 03:40:32 am
haha
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 19, 2015, 04:36:20 pm
Russia will never allow a UN peace mission in Ukraine. Ukraine know that. They're just going passed diplomatic options.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 19, 2015, 11:08:02 pm
It will allow, if mission includes Russian peace-keepers inside, but because our parliament acknowledges Russia as aggressor country, it will looks like a stupid joke, if such happens.
Anyway, i doubt UN or EU or NATO has enough will to do this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 19, 2015, 11:09:20 pm
It will allow, if mission includes Russian peace-keepers inside, but because our parliament acknowledges Russia as aggressor country, it will looks like a stupid joke, if such happens.
Anyway, i doubt UN or EU or NATO has enough will to do this.

Agreed, wars are expensive.

EDIT: And so what if you would post a peace-keeping force? The Russian pressure over the populace in Eastern-Ukraine would only get bigger. Peace missions only work when the populace supports it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 20, 2015, 12:03:56 am
I'm pretty sure the majority of the population supports an end to the war.

Russia will not allow a UN peace-keeping force in Ukraine. Why? Well, for one, it's the definite end of Russian influence over Ukraine. With the separatists locked up, Ukraine can turn its focus on where its needed and stabilize. Oh sure, Ukraine may never hold sovereignty over the regions anymore (or at least for a long period of time) but it effectively saves them a lot of money. Russia, meanwhile, won't be able to annex the region, nor even influence it without thousands of foreign soldiers noticing it. UN missions always have a number of observers and they tend to do their work well. In short, it would do exactly what a UN peace-keeping force is meant for, which happens to be the exact thing Russia (at this stage) doesn't want: peace.

There's also the prestige-thingy; Russia has to have a UN-peacekeeping force just outside of her borders? Oh no. 'Russia is capable of handling their own shit'

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 20, 2015, 02:30:24 am
I found this interesting in relation to the UN thing (I only copied the snippet of interest, the article is longer):

Spoiler
Ukraine's ruling coalition was "categorically against any foreign troops entering Ukrainian territory," Yury Lutsenko, who heads Poroshenko's parliamentary faction, said in January. "We don't need troops from NATO, troops from Russia, troops from China or troops from New Zealand to work out the matter of integrity and sovereignty in Ukrainian Donbass." As recently as Feb. 7, Poroshenko himself told the Munich Security Conference: "Now, we don't need a peacekeeping operation, but a truce and the pullout of foreign troops from our country."

Since that speech, Ukraine and its adversaries have agreed on a truce. But Poroshenko seems to have changed his mind about peacekeepers when the Minsk cease-fire deal was quickly followed by a humiliating defeat of Ukrainian troops at the transport hub of Debaltseve. Last night, after thousands of his soldiers were forced to beat a retreat, he called for a UN mission at a meeting of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.

Poroshenko claims his motivation is maintaining peace. It is more likely, however, that Poroshenko is playing out the scenario I outlined in July, exposing Putin as a guilty party to the international community. Russia, which has a veto in the UN Security Council, the only body authorized to send in "blue helmets," has already protested Poroshenko's call. Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the UN, said it "raises suspicions that he wants to destroy the Minsk accords." That makes a UN peacekeeping mandate for Ukraine highly unlikely.

Poroshenko undoubtedly knew how Russia would react. After all, the matter of bringing in peacekeepers was discussed in Minsk last week. So his call was probably aimed at provoking Russia's public response -- and a counter-response from the West. "If Russian blocks this decision, this will untie the West's hands in supplying us with weapons," Vadim Denisenko, editor-in-chief of Kiev's Espreso.tv channel, wrote on Facebook.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-19/ukraine-s-phony-peacekeeping-plan
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Macca on February 20, 2015, 06:45:23 am
Ukraine's got to the point where I don't care anymore, government forces (i.e army) are incapable of sorting their own country out. I do hope that Britain and America don't get too heavily involved with it, and do not put troops into Ukraine. Enough were killed in Afghanistan so we don't need to bother with Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on February 20, 2015, 11:27:30 am
Not enough imo
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 20, 2015, 09:17:29 pm
Sven is like the workers paradise
Spoiler
no class
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 20, 2015, 09:21:40 pm
What's your obsession with Sven lol. He hasn't even posted since like two pages ago.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 20, 2015, 10:04:37 pm
was probably having some wet dreams about me overnight and decided to vent his frustrations here

cant blame him though
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on February 20, 2015, 10:09:37 pm
was probably having some wet dreams about me overnight and decided to vent his frustrations here

cant blame him though
qt
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 21, 2015, 12:03:43 am
Svens mother is like my view on socio-economics.
Spoiler
every worker gets a share.
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 21, 2015, 12:20:08 am
Alright, this is getting ridiculous. MarshalKim, start behaving.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 21, 2015, 02:44:36 am
Alright, this is getting ridiculous. MarshalKim, start behaving.

Not my fault if the
Spoiler
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-STLEEQbrZeo/VNoH3c3UvlI/AAAAAAAAZkE/fnfDXEHv9Wg/s288/15%252520-%2525201.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on February 21, 2015, 02:49:18 am
Lol memes of production.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 21, 2015, 10:30:47 am
(https://i.imgur.com/c4tzOPK.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 21, 2015, 04:28:42 pm
Sven is like the workers paradise
Spoiler
no class
[close]
;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on February 21, 2015, 08:40:07 pm
was probably having some wet dreams about me overnight and decided to vent his frustrations here

cant blame him though

When I see your post I
Spoiler
feel an uprising in my lower class
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 24, 2015, 07:17:05 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F38.media.tumblr.com%2Fb2cd113fe29059f81b4388a8884322c9%2Ftumblr_nk3sn1pHsy1tpmgf1o1_400.gif&hash=c4cfb498636ddf200a064e6b8fc08ac3103db0b2)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 01:22:55 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fall-len-all.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F09%2Fnuremberg-hess.jpg&hash=5aa192d3c989cb1aa5fadb85ba9789f94c136dbf)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on February 24, 2015, 04:18:30 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F38.media.tumblr.com%2Fb2cd113fe29059f81b4388a8884322c9%2Ftumblr_nk3sn1pHsy1tpmgf1o1_400.gif&hash=c4cfb498636ddf200a064e6b8fc08ac3103db0b2)
Love your profile picture ;3
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Earth Bby on February 24, 2015, 04:36:21 pm
did we win yet?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 24, 2015, 05:18:12 pm
did we win yet?
We will.

By Christmas.....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on February 24, 2015, 06:04:03 pm
Long live Donetsk. Death to the fascist illegitimate government of Ukraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 07:24:30 pm
I reported the idiot for his Nazi profile picture. Though I doubt that he will be banned. Duuring saw this and did nothing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 24, 2015, 07:26:06 pm
I reported the idiot for his Nazi profile picture. Though I doubt that he will be banned. Duuring saw this and did nothing.
Why should it be forbidden to have such an avatar?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 07:32:47 pm
11. No posting of National Socialist imagery, symbols or right wing opinions or representation that may glorify or seek to represent elements of former Nazi Germany.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 24, 2015, 07:40:07 pm
The Wolfsangel is not necessarily related to the National Socialist Germany.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 24, 2015, 07:47:05 pm
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hi my name is max and im a butthurt nittwit who doesnt know what a wolfsangel is

look the emblem from this province in germany is the same as an SS division!11!1!! THEY MUST BE ILLEGALS IN GERMANIES

NASIZ!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on February 24, 2015, 07:59:45 pm
 ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 24, 2015, 08:05:34 pm
 ;) 

Don't see myself glorifying the third reich though. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVF0ndjKBoI

"Professional"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 09:28:06 pm
The Wolfsangel used alone isn't necessarily related to Nazi Germany. That's true. However the Volfsangel used by fascist battalion AZOV (https://pp.vk.me/c624319/v624319338/bdee/oYSPOCYhtB0.jpg) in combination with the "black sun" plus a Nazi poster is necessarily and decidedly nazi. So now shut up.

(https://thedailyagenda.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/wpid-1405369227049.jpg?w=614)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 24, 2015, 09:55:38 pm
Can you count all the sticks up your ass individually, Max, or have they just merged into one massive megastick at this point?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on February 24, 2015, 09:57:03 pm
The Wolfsangel used alone isn't necessarily related to Nazi Germany. That's true. However the Volfsangel used by fascist battalion AZOV (https://pp.vk.me/c624319/v624319338/bdee/oYSPOCYhtB0.jpg) in combination with the "black sun" plus a Nazi poster is necessarily and decidedly nazi. So now shut up.

(https://thedailyagenda.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/wpid-1405369227049.jpg?w=614)
Dude, cut him some slack. Don't be such a nazi  ;D

Also, who(exclude butthurt leftists) gives a damn? He's not glorifying national socialism no more than the French Foreign legion. Azov is using an old German WW2 propaganda poster as a template, just like the French Foreign legion is using SS marchiert in Feiendtsland's tune as their marching song ;) 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 24, 2015, 10:04:57 pm
Can you count all the sticks up your ass individually, Max, or have they just merged into one massive megastick at this point?

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 24, 2015, 10:06:35 pm
Mmm yus kill all Nazis ban ban ooooh
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 24, 2015, 10:08:55 pm
Except for the fact that it is the same man the left poster shows a swastika and the word Luftschutz (air defense) while the right one has some Ukrainian shit I can't read and a Wolfsangel on it.

These Azov guys might be nazis but I still don't think this should be forbidden in the forum.

Apart from that Duuring is into them and nothing is going to happen anyway.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 10:11:18 pm
The Wolfsangel used alone isn't necessarily related to Nazi Germany. That's true. However the Volfsangel used by fascist battalion AZOV (https://pp.vk.me/c624319/v624319338/bdee/oYSPOCYhtB0.jpg) in combination with the "black sun" plus a Nazi poster is necessarily and decidedly nazi. So now shut up.

(https://thedailyagenda.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/wpid-1405369227049.jpg?w=614)
Dude, cut him some slack. Don't be such a nazi  ;D

Also, who(exclude butthurt leftists) gives a damn? He's not glorifying national socialism no more than the French Foreign legion. Azov is using an old German WW2 propaganda poster as a template, just like the French Foreign legion is using SS marchiert in Feiendtsland's tune as their marching song ;)
Normal people don't use "German WW2 pproganda poster as a template." Nazis do. They did it in the French Foreign Legion too. That's where they went after WWII, and that doesn't make it any more acceptable.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 24, 2015, 10:12:08 pm
Holy shit, fuck off.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 24, 2015, 10:18:01 pm
I think this one is about the right size

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on February 24, 2015, 10:20:31 pm
The Wolfsangel used alone isn't necessarily related to Nazi Germany. That's true. However the Volfsangel used by fascist battalion AZOV (https://pp.vk.me/c624319/v624319338/bdee/oYSPOCYhtB0.jpg) in combination with the "black sun" plus a Nazi poster is necessarily and decidedly nazi. So now shut up.

(https://thedailyagenda.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/wpid-1405369227049.jpg?w=614)
Dude, cut him some slack. Don't be such a nazi  ;D

Also, who(exclude butthurt leftists) gives a damn? He's not glorifying national socialism no more than the French Foreign legion. Azov is using an old German WW2 propaganda poster as a template, just like the French Foreign legion is using SS marchiert in Feiendtsland's tune as their marching song ;)
Normal people don't use "German WW2 pproganda poster as a template." Nazis do. They did it in the French Foreign Legion too. That's where they went after WWII, and that doesn't make it any more acceptable.
The argument is not about whether it's normal or not. The argument is about whether the poster violates the forum rules, which it does not.  I only brought the French Foreign Legion into the argument to demonstrate the consequences of applying the same logic in other contexts.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 24, 2015, 10:20:47 pm
I think he has it in backwards though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 10:23:09 pm
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The argument is not about whether it's normal or not. The argument is about whether the poster violates the forum rules, which it does not.  I only brought the French Foreign Legion into the argument to demonstrate the consequences of applying the same logic in other contexts.
It does violate the forum rules because it represents "elements of former Nazi Germany": Poster, SS or Wehrmacht soldier, nazi symbols. So no, sorry, there is no possible discussion about that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 24, 2015, 10:25:12 pm
Who cares dude. You're like the kid who tells the teacher when students are using their phones in class just be to an asshole. Fuck off.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 24, 2015, 10:26:25 pm
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The argument is not about whether it's normal or not. The argument is about whether the poster violates the forum rules, which it does not.  I only brought the French Foreign Legion into the argument to demonstrate the consequences of applying the same logic in other contexts.
It does violate the forum rules because it represents "elements of former Nazi Germany": Poster, SS or Wehrmacht soldier, nazi symbols. So no, sorry, there is no possible discussion about that.

Now you're really getting tiresome.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 10:28:45 pm
I don't care. Just don't post Nazi stuff and all will be fine. Those forums are devoted to Napoleonic Wars or the American Civil War, it's not a WWII discussion board, and certainly not a fascist one. Just respect the rules.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on February 24, 2015, 10:37:36 pm
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The argument is not about whether it's normal or not. The argument is about whether the poster violates the forum rules, which it does not.  I only brought the French Foreign Legion into the argument to demonstrate the consequences of applying the same logic in other contexts.
It does violate the forum rules because it represents "elements of former Nazi Germany": Poster, SS or Wehrmacht soldier, nazi symbols. So no, sorry, there is no possible discussion about that.
That's an Azov Battalion logo though which isn't glorifying Nazi Germany and as far as I know that soldier aint killing Jews, and he doesn't wear a SS logo or a swastika. So he isn't really glorifying anything other than the Azov Battalion which hasn't been proven to be Nazis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 24, 2015, 10:38:01 pm
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O.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 10:39:47 pm
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The argument is not about whether it's normal or not. The argument is about whether the poster violates the forum rules, which it does not.  I only brought the French Foreign Legion into the argument to demonstrate the consequences of applying the same logic in other contexts.
It does violate the forum rules because it represents "elements of former Nazi Germany": Poster, SS or Wehrmacht soldier, nazi symbols. So no, sorry, there is no possible discussion about that.
That's an Azov Battalion logo though which isn't glorifying Nazi Germany and as far as I know that soldier aint killing Jews, and he doesn't wear a SS logo or a swastika. So he isn't really glorifying anything other than the Azov Battalion which hasn't been proven to be Nazis.
That's an Azov Battalion logo made of nazi symbols (Wolfsangel and Black Sun) on a Nazi Poster. It glorifies the Azov Battallion which glorifies Nazi Germany. And it also represents Nazi symbols.

@ Nipplestockings: We are in "off topic" indeed, but the avatar is used on the whole forums.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 24, 2015, 10:41:16 pm
guys calm down, i think he is adopted and is very frustrated with life at the moment
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 10:42:15 pm
Yes and he's gay.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 24, 2015, 10:42:48 pm
Yes and he's gay.

max dont talk about yourself like that in 3rd person
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 10:43:32 pm
Why not? Napoleon and Caesar did that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 24, 2015, 10:44:09 pm
Nonetheless I think this whole thing is not so much about the rules but about your notorious antifascism. I for example really don't have a problem with that and I don't believe he converted many people to fascism by making this picture his avatar.

Some of the other persons in this thread like Sven aren't very nice either though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 24, 2015, 10:46:14 pm
Nonetheless I think this whole thing is not so much about the rules but about your notorious antifascism. I for example really don't have a problem with that and I don't believe he converted many people to fascism by making this picture his avatar.

Some of the other persons in this thread like Sven aren't very nice either though.

who the fuck are you talking to kid
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 24, 2015, 10:49:50 pm
I made my post before you guys started insulting each other, kid.

But it should be obvious that I was talking to Max.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 24, 2015, 10:53:56 pm
I made my post before you guys started insulting each other, kid.

But it should be obvious that I was talking to Max.

u fuckin want sum u commie bastard
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 24, 2015, 10:55:53 pm
I made my post before you guys started insulting each other, kid.

But it should be obvious that I was talking to Max.

u fuckin want sum u commie bastard
I think you should go to bed now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 24, 2015, 10:59:25 pm
I made my post before you guys started insulting each other, kid.

But it should be obvious that I was talking to Max.

u fuckin want sum u commie bastard
I think you should go to bed now.

fuck off im 12, im old enough to stay up past 11
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 24, 2015, 11:03:13 pm
I don't like fascism indeed. That's a matter of honor. But for those who post Nazi stuff, that's above all a matter of decency.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on February 24, 2015, 11:08:31 pm
I don't like fascism indeed. That's a matter of honor. But for those who post Nazi stuff, that's above all a matter of decency.
There are also a lot of people who post socialist, Stalinist or Bolshevik stuff.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 24, 2015, 11:15:05 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fkfausa-org.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2Flg.10.jpg&hash=40be060955659768867fabf5df1620d6c0caf82c)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 24, 2015, 11:15:35 pm
Yeah fuck people with disgusting Stalinist imagery.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on February 24, 2015, 11:26:17 pm
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That looks so cheerful if it was placed in disneyland i wouldn't think twice about it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 25, 2015, 12:08:50 am
I don't like fascism indeed. That's a matter of honor. But for those who post Nazi stuff, that's above all a matter of decency.
There are also a lot of people who post socialist, Stalinist or Bolshevik stuff.
Yes but those people won the war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 25, 2015, 12:20:01 am
Yes and he's gay.

max dont talk about yourself like that in 3rd person

Agreed, Riddlez is the only one who pulled that one off successfully.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on February 25, 2015, 02:33:15 am
You people.

No, I won't do shit cos I'm currently near Berlin using MacDonalds wifi.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 25, 2015, 02:38:25 am
Duuring is attending the nazi convention.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 25, 2015, 06:09:07 am
I assure you guys Duuring isnt into Azov Battalion at all. 

Max, If you have a problem with me, feel free to take it to the PM with me. Honestly I felt I did nothing wrong, I have not glorified Nazis anywhere in the forum. As far my post here on Ukraine topic, always on-topic about Ukraine.

Speaking of nazis and Ukraine, my father and I was talking about Ukraine today, I showed him couple of "dispatches" from Vice news. He made a interesting comment about the situation. If you noticed whenever vice news cover any volunteers or soldiers on Ukraine side, they're always talking about their condition and justifying their action to ensure safety of the civilians in the area.  Then moving on to DNR side, they're always talking about how stupid Ukrainians are, bunch of animals, morons, and how they can't wait to kill them all. My father said, that certain attitude reminded him of the Wehrmacht and SS in Ostfront. 


Interesting. Anyone feels the same?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 25, 2015, 06:53:21 am
I mean, the thing about them being animals and wanting to kill them all was a sentiment shared on both sides in WW2. The Red Army often treated Russian civilians just as bad as the Germans.

Anyway, VICE news is biased in that it covers different parts of each side of the conflict, with the DNR often being featured during combat operations and political events, and the Ukrainians often being featured during humanitarian bits and more personalized sections, showing the damages of war and all that stuff. With the hostile attitude towards Russia so widespread throughout eastern Europe, I'd say VICE could probably find just as many Ukrainian soldiers talking about how they want to shoot the Russian sympathizers and all that stuff.

On top of that, they haven't covered any volunteer battalions in a while, where I'm sure the antirussia sentiment is much more extreme, along with the neonazism in some groups.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 25, 2015, 09:33:10 am
You people.

No, I won't do shit cos I'm currently near Berlin using MacDonalds wifi.

We know you love us

Its hard to find a more talented group of retards and political extremists
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 25, 2015, 01:36:51 pm
I assure you guys Duuring isnt into Azov Battalion at all. 

Max, If you have a problem with me, feel free to take it to the PM with me. Honestly I felt I did nothing wrong, I have not glorified Nazis anywhere in the forum. As far my post here on Ukraine topic, always on-topic about Ukraine.

Speaking of nazis and Ukraine, my father and I was talking about Ukraine today, I showed him couple of "dispatches" from Vice news. He made a interesting comment about the situation. If you noticed whenever vice news cover any volunteers or soldiers on Ukraine side, they're always talking about their condition and justifying their action to ensure safety of the civilians in the area.  Then moving on to DNR side, they're always talking about how stupid Ukrainians are, bunch of animals, morons, and how they can't wait to kill them all. My father said, that certain attitude reminded him of the Wehrmacht and SS in Ostfront. 


Interesting. Anyone feels the same?

Perhaps a coincidence. I would not be surprised if every side of any conflict did that, meaning: trashtalking the opponent and justifying own actions. Logical, since everyone wants to feel that they're fighting on the good side, and everyone will as well get doubts when fighting a war. It's just what VICE wants to broadcast.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 25, 2015, 02:16:25 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/JcmxAhG.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 25, 2015, 03:18:19 pm
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I assure you guys Duuring isnt into Azov Battalion at all. 

Max, If you have a problem with me, feel free to take it to the PM with me. Honestly I felt I did nothing wrong, I have not glorified Nazis anywhere in the forum. As far my post here on Ukraine topic, always on-topic about Ukraine.

Speaking of nazis and Ukraine, my father and I was talking about Ukraine today, I showed him couple of "dispatches" from Vice news. He made a interesting comment about the situation. If you noticed whenever vice news cover any volunteers or soldiers on Ukraine side, they're always talking about their condition and justifying their action to ensure safety of the civilians in the area.  Then moving on to DNR side, they're always talking about how stupid Ukrainians are, bunch of animals, morons, and how they can't wait to kill them all. My father said, that certain attitude reminded him of the Wehrmacht and SS in Ostfront. 


Interesting. Anyone feels the same?
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We know you love us

Its hard to find a more talented group of retards and political extremists.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on February 25, 2015, 03:28:52 pm
#JeSuisDeoVindice61
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 25, 2015, 03:54:44 pm
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Honestly I felt I did nothing wrong, I have not glorified Nazis anywhere in the forum. As far my post here on Ukraine topic, always on-topic about Ukraine.
How dare you say that you are not glorifying Nazis? That's what you are doing with your avatar.

(https://thedailyagenda.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/wpid-1405369227049.jpg?w=614)

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Then moving on to DNR side, they're always talking about how stupid Ukrainians are, bunch of animals, morons, and how they can't wait to kill them all. My father said, that certain attitude reminded him of the Wehrmacht and SS in Ostfront.
Your father must be very old, and your memory very selective. They also call the seperatists "terrorists", which is exactly how Nazi occupants called the Resistance movements throughout Europe.

Nazi invaders also justified their occupation with a lot of propaganda about the protection of civilians.

This video clearly shows who are the most dangerous fascists in Ukraine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrG_UZibwbU
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 25, 2015, 03:58:38 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweknowmemes.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2Fgrandpa-was-an-electrician-nazi-helmet.jpg&hash=bb837e472d51d0b549af21149e96f25e3df14bc1)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 25, 2015, 04:00:50 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fweknowmemes.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2Fgrandpa-was-an-electrician-nazi-helmet.jpg&hash=bb837e472d51d0b549af21149e96f25e3df14bc1)
This.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on February 25, 2015, 05:10:54 pm
Why is there even an argument about "far right" stuff, Ukraine wants to join the EU, you all know how leftist the EU is, no to mention being mainly controlled by a rotten, diseased and bloated Germany.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 25, 2015, 05:29:23 pm
Ukraine doesn't get to do this because the DPR is awesome.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on February 25, 2015, 05:45:13 pm
Ukraine doesn't get to do this because the DPR is awesome.
(https://scontent-ams.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10991056_1004605146236274_6337911649851911913_n.jpg?oh=71345a850acafc8e97546e1099afab6b&oe=5581D769)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on February 25, 2015, 05:49:46 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ukrainian_aircraft_losses_during_the_2014%E2%80%9315_pro-Russian_unrest_in_Ukraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on February 25, 2015, 06:45:58 pm
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Honestly I felt I did nothing wrong, I have not glorified Nazis anywhere in the forum. As far my post here on Ukraine topic, always on-topic about Ukraine.
How dare you say that you are not glorifying Nazis? That's what you are doing with your avatar.

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Then moving on to DNR side, they're always talking about how stupid Ukrainians are, bunch of animals, morons, and how they can't wait to kill them all. My father said, that certain attitude reminded him of the Wehrmacht and SS in Ostfront.
Your father must be very old, and your memory very selective. They also call the seperatists "terrorists", which is exactly how Nazi occupants called the Resistance movements throughout Europe.

Nazi invaders also justified their occupation with a lot of propaganda about the protection of civilians.

This video clearly shows who are the most dangerous fascists in Ukraine:

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Can you just shut the fuck up already? You have made your point. Nobody cares, obviously. Time to move on.


To your point:
It is true that his profile picture is displaying something that the Nazi's used as well. But, in fact, this is not a picture of the Nazi's, but of the Azov battalion. Just the fact that it bears resemblance, is not enough to nail him for glorifying nazi's.
In fact, waht the Nazi's did is a very old trick, used by Alexander the Great: associating a strong indivudual with whatever you're propagating for. the angle of the picture suits that as well. White House photographers do this as well. Have you ever seen a portrait of Obama, where the camera was above him? No, of course you haven't. The message would be wrong.

Again, just because he uses something which is like what the Nazis did, but not the same, means not that he glorifies the nazi cause.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 25, 2015, 08:18:15 pm
Man Max, do you see me glorifying nazis here? Do you see me justifying the holocaust here? Do you see me wishing nothing but death upon "terrorists" in east?  Last time I heard something about nazi-like action in related with Ukraine came from a professor in St Petersburg believing that ethnical cleansing of Ukraine should happen.

Only reason why I have Azov Battalion as my profile is because I support Ukraine and I am very passionate about WW2 history myself, love it when I see WW2 reference in modern society, Axis or Allied, don't matter who, I love it. Now I'm positive Azov battalion aren't being einstazgruppen around Mariupol or wherever the hell they're at. Last time I heard something about moving the Jews out of Ukraine came from either Russia in Crimea or Separtist in East. Wish I can look it up but it was over one year ago. 

My point: Get your politically correct dildo out of your ass.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on February 25, 2015, 08:22:21 pm
Sieg heil!

Deo iz facismz confurmed
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 25, 2015, 08:24:08 pm
SLAVA UKRAINI

Deo iz facismz confurmed


Ayyy lmao. Corrected.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 25, 2015, 08:37:59 pm
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Man Max, do you see me glorifying nazis here?
Of course I do. Look at your avatar. If you had a bit of common sense you wouldn't use something like that. Azov battalion is a nazi organization, that's all. A normal person don't "love it" when there is nazi references in modern society.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on February 25, 2015, 08:56:11 pm
Azov battalion is a nazi organization, that's all.
It is not, that's all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 25, 2015, 09:14:41 pm
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Man Max, do you see me glorifying nazis here?
Of course I do. Look at your avatar. If you had a bit of common sense you wouldn't use something like that. Azov battalion is a nazi organization, that's all. A normal person don't "love it" when there is nazi references in modern society.
From the looks of it, you have a photo of one of Napoleon's Old Guard. I can't believe you would support a regiment of soldiers that served a mass murderer who caused almost seven million deaths. u must be of fascist murderer. But you're not. I assume you have an appreciation of the history of that regiment and its soldiers

I have a picture of a character from a book who's nothing more than a nihilistic terrorist, do I glorify nihilism or terrorism? No.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 25, 2015, 09:32:01 pm
I glorify Napoelon, who continued the French Revolution and upheld its progressive ideas. Comparing Napoleon to Hitler, in terms of political ideas, is the most stupid thing ever. Equating Napoleon to Hitler in terms of deeds is also idiotic. Fact is that I am right by law and I don't ask your opinion. The forum rules are on my side, as much as the German law, and for very good reasons. If you are too young or too ignorant to understand why there is such laws, there is no possible discussion between us. Same if you are a supporter of Nazi Germany.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 25, 2015, 09:43:21 pm
Oh shut up Max, you're like 17. Jesus Christ, fuck off from your ivory tower. You are shitting up this forum more day by day with your self righteousness and arrogance. You really need to leave.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 25, 2015, 09:48:51 pm
That's not your forum Nipplestockings. This forum is devoted to those who play or support FSE games. If you are not happy with that you might leave as well. It's not because you posted more shit there that this gives you the right to tell who should leave. This is as simple as that. People should respect the rules.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on February 25, 2015, 09:58:06 pm
What, do you think I'm trying to assert my dominance over you or something? Obviously yes, I have no power over you in regards to your continued participation on these forums. I can, however tell you how I feel about you. You're by far the worst poster FSE has seen in a long time. You're self absorbed, condescending, delusional, and an overall pain to deal with.

Surely there are members on fse who feel the same way about me, or have in the past. I readily accept those people, as their opinions are their own and I can't do anything about them.

I think I speak for more than myself when I tell you with complete and utter sincerity that it would be best if you fucked right out of here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on February 25, 2015, 09:58:57 pm
Serbians made some kickass music videos, doesnt mean i support their genocides.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on February 25, 2015, 10:01:54 pm
Quote from: NS
What, do you think I'm trying to assert my dominance over you or something? Obviously yes, I have no power over you in regards to your continued participation on these forums. I can, however tell you how I feel about you. You're by far the worst poster FSE has seen in a long time. You're self absorbed, condescending, delusional, and an overall pain to deal with.

Coming from you that's almost a compliment my dear Nipplestockings.

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I think I speak for more than myself when I tell you with complete and utter sincerity that it would be best if you fucked right out of here.
I have no doubt about that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on February 25, 2015, 10:22:31 pm
That's not your forum Nipplestockings. This forum is devoted to those who play or support FSE games. If you are not happy with that you might leave as well. It's not because you posted more shit there that this gives you the right to tell who should leave. This is as simple as that. People should respect the rules.

It's not against the rules to have Deo's avatar or else Duuring would have removed it. It is clear to everyone except you that he is not gloryfying nazism. There have been 3 moderators on this thread since yesterday and none thought it was against the rules.

Thus you are wrong. If you can't deal with being wrong, nobody has a problem with the suggestion Nipplepoo brought up, which would be you buggering off.


On a side note: This is what happens when you let children join socialist youth organisations. They get anally and orally penetrated by PC and lefty propaganda and turn into retards unsuited to life.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Natnat471 on February 25, 2015, 10:24:04 pm
I'm with MaxLam because it is intolerable to accept such pictures.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on February 25, 2015, 10:28:06 pm
Sort your differences out via PMs; this is not the place for them.

Max, I appreciate your concern regarding glorification of nazis, but leave that judgement to moderators please. Feel free to flag up any users who you believe may be breaking that rule, but they will be dealt with by moderators, and we do not need your commentary on what is and isn't glorifying nazis.

This thread was not locked (for length) while constructive discussion was taking place. To stem the petty bickering, I may as well lock it now.
Feel free to open a new one, but cease the arguments please.
Title: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: William on February 26, 2015, 03:18:00 am
The old was one locked so we shall simply make a new one, just like Putin with the Soviet Union  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 26, 2015, 03:20:51 am
putin is a front for 9/11 2.0.

pls bomb ukraine to save meh american lives
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MarshalKim on February 26, 2015, 06:28:26 am
http://youtu.be/xgPvTwTxVww
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on February 26, 2015, 02:07:34 pm
how did papa franku catch a furry lizard
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: DaMonkey on February 26, 2015, 02:37:42 pm
A great start to a great thread.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on February 26, 2015, 05:06:46 pm
pls post more pics of the Azov Battalion
i wanna make a reg like them in NW
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 26, 2015, 05:13:32 pm
pls post more pics of the Azov Battalion
i wanna make a reg like them in NW


http://lmgtfy.com/?q=AZOV+battalion+# (http://lmgtfy.com/?q=AZOV+battalion+#)
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on February 26, 2015, 05:18:17 pm
no pls i wanna see them here
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MarshalKim on February 26, 2015, 06:09:58 pm
pls post more pics of the Azov Battalion
i wanna make a reg like them in NW

no pls i wanna see them here

Try to be creative when you shitpost.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Riddlez on February 26, 2015, 06:47:57 pm
no pls i wanna see them here

You got Bannerlord keys as well?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: TheZach_Attack on February 26, 2015, 07:39:52 pm
pls bomb ukraine to save meh american lives
+1
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Akko on February 27, 2015, 04:12:22 am
fite me m8, ill rek u ruskie fuks
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Wigster600 on February 27, 2015, 09:15:10 pm
Spoiler
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWWgEg-_INM[/youtube]
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Should be interesting when it's done.  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Rejenorst on February 28, 2015, 12:45:24 am
Looking forward to this. Please post a link soon as it comes out.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2015, 09:42:06 am
Why wait for a docu if you can actually touch captured Russian vehicles in Kiev?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Rejenorst on February 28, 2015, 11:05:11 am
Because all military vehicles in the region are Russian in one form or another?  ???

Besides if I wanted to touch 'Russian' I'd fly to Russia not Kiev.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MarshalKim on February 28, 2015, 12:08:03 pm
Because all military vehicles in the region are Russian in one form or another?  ???

Besides if I wanted to touch 'Russian' I'd fly to Russia not Kiev.

No no no. Rejenorst you need to travel to Ukraine. Spend money, Risk getting shelled.
This is a much better plan then waiting for a video to come out.

Spoiler
Rejenorst would be a much better off topic admin
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Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: DeoVindice61 on February 28, 2015, 12:56:38 pm
Why wait for a docu if you can actually touch captured Russian vehicles in Kiev?


Do post photos sometime soon, Slava UKRAINI!
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2015, 02:06:29 pm
There's an exhibition of captured material only used by Russian army. It's right in front of Saint-Michael's. I just walked passed there 15 minutes ago. I recommended it.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Rejenorst on February 28, 2015, 03:04:07 pm
Take pics and upload? Would save us a trip :(

Some pics here:
http://www.demotix.com/news/6952818/exposition-presence-evidence-russian-troops-aggression-ukraine#media-6952620
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2015, 03:26:27 pm
I'll upload more when home. Here's one.

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fm.imgur.com%2FuHvzl7Z&hash=dc2e716d052a21bf64e8fa17463af85b5b053612)
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Okay for some reason it doesn't work. Please stand by for three days till I'm home.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Rejenorst on February 28, 2015, 03:45:31 pm
I am guessing that's a T-64 or T-72 variants?

https://i.imgur.com/uHvzl7Z.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/T-64AK_at_the_T-34_Tank_History_Museum.jpg
http://www.whq-forum.de/cms/uploads/pics/t-64bv_02.jpg
http://www.janes.com/article/40139/ukraine-captures-russian-t-64-mbt-near-donetsk
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MarshalKim on February 28, 2015, 04:53:13 pm
Ukrainian Defence Ministry official, said the tanks had likely been seized by Russian forces in Crimea before making their way into mainland Ukraine. Anton Heraschenko, an advisor to Arsen Avakov, confirmed at a briefing in Kiev that the tanks were once in the possession of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Crimea, and that they had been transferred by sea to Russia before crossing the border into Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on February 28, 2015, 10:08:53 pm
The text next to the tank said it had certain parts only used by the RF forces.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KurassierNixon on February 28, 2015, 11:59:56 pm
there are no russian soldiers in ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MarshalKim on March 01, 2015, 12:05:23 am
The text next to the tank said it had certain parts only used by the RF forces.

What parts?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 01, 2015, 12:30:37 am
there are no russian soldiers in ukraine.

Having no evidence for Russian soldiers in Ukraine does not mean there are none.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Rejenorst on March 01, 2015, 12:48:16 am
The text next to the tank said it had certain parts only used by the RF forces.

Fair enough but all the T-64 variants that the Seps have been using have been spotted in use by the Ukrainian forces afaik (page 65 - 67):

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=tqjLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=Ukraine+t-64MBT&source=bl&ots=qxu4E8pmhT&sig=eL0OdrzMPBFzcK4oGERpnXodWiE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=19LxVPfHDYq8uATi9oL4DQ&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCw#v=snippet&q=t-64&f=false

The seps have also been using T-72 tanks as well which the Ukrainian government doesn't use but there are plenty lying around in tank graveyards/depots while the Ukraine has been known to upgrade T-72s for export.
The Ukraine had over 1000 in storage back in 2010 so whether or not the army or seps may have thrown some back into the fight or had some ready for export; I don't know.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/groundforces-equipment.htm
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572149/Stunning-images-huge-abandoned-tank-graveyard-Ukraine-machines-come-retirement-tensions-Russia-continue-escalate.html

They would be much better displaying a T72-B3 which they have claimed to have captured previously. The T-72B3 is the Russian modernized version of the T72. It does look similar to the t-72B however.

Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 01, 2015, 12:59:45 am
I was kind of hoping we could get the old thread unlocked. I liked the idea of having a single thread documenting the conflict from start to finish, or to whatever it becomes (ww3pls). Would be cool looking back and reading it years later.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on March 01, 2015, 01:54:31 am
I was kind of hoping we could get the old thread unlocked. I liked the idea of having a single thread documenting the conflict from start to finish, or to whatever it becomes (ww3pls). Would be cool looking back and reading it years later.

If it does result in WW3, you better hope the FSE servers are in a nuclear bunker #apocalypse
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MaxLam on March 01, 2015, 02:11:12 am
Who would accept to wage a war for Ukraine?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on March 01, 2015, 02:17:02 am
Who would accept to wage a war for Ukraine?
Ma main man
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchrispiascik.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F11%2F1488-20131101-VladimirPootin.jpg&hash=a98eebfa61a9526b890df8722844f7fb665eb994)
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Russia strongk.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 01, 2015, 02:23:13 am
If I got everything right Putin neither wants war nor would he be fighting for Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on March 01, 2015, 02:25:14 am
If I got everything right Putin neither wants war nor would he be fighting for Ukraine.
So it's a binary thing now. Wants war/ Wants peace. Wants Ukraine/ Does not want Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: William on March 01, 2015, 03:12:01 am
Well he does have Crimea so he has a primary objective already, now it's just whether or not he wants the rest of Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MaxLam on March 01, 2015, 03:28:11 am
They should share. Half for NATO, half for Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Akko on March 01, 2015, 04:44:21 am
They should share. Half for NATO, half for Russia.

Or.......how about Russia get the fuck out of a sovereign state?
I don't think you get this conflict. Russia is the aggressor by annexing Crimea, which isn't theirs.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MarshalKim on March 01, 2015, 10:50:08 am
They should share. Half for NATO, half for Russia.

Or.......how about Russia get the fuck out of a sovereign state?
I don't think you get this conflict. Russia is the aggressor by annexing Crimea, which isn't theirs.

Eastern Europeans don't want NATO.
Crimea belongs to Russia.
Ukraine is a fake country.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 01, 2015, 12:05:27 pm
They should share. Half for NATO, half for Russia.

Or.......how about Russia get the fuck out of a sovereign state?
I don't think you get this conflict. Russia is the aggressor by annexing Crimea, which isn't theirs.

Eastern Europeans don't want NATO.
Crimea belongs to Russia.
Ukraine is a fake country.

den why are the polacks, balts, romanians, bulgars and slovaks in da natos??1?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MarshalKim on March 01, 2015, 12:07:18 pm
They should share. Half for NATO, half for Russia.

Or.......how about Russia get the fuck out of a sovereign state?
I don't think you get this conflict. Russia is the aggressor by annexing Crimea, which isn't theirs.

I mean

Eastern Europeans don't want NATO.
Crimea belongs to Russia.
Ukraine is a fake country.

den why are the polacks, balts, romanians, bulgars and slovaks in da natos??1?

I meant Eastern Ukrainians***
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MaxLam on March 01, 2015, 01:17:21 pm
Jus ad bellum.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on March 01, 2015, 06:19:33 pm
Romanus eunt domus.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 01, 2015, 06:20:46 pm
Russia=bad
NATO=bad
Ukraine=bad

Conclusions? Everyone bad?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Frederik on March 01, 2015, 06:21:51 pm
I=good
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 01, 2015, 09:20:56 pm
Nunc est bibendum.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 01, 2015, 10:43:24 pm
All of ukraine belongs to Russian Federation. Death to fascists. All ukrainian government should be hanged for treason.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on March 01, 2015, 10:45:46 pm
Quidquid latine dictum, altum videtur
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 01, 2015, 10:48:10 pm
Quidquid latine dictum, altum videtur

i dont spoeak german
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Akko on March 02, 2015, 02:21:18 am
All of ukraine belongs to Russian Federation. Death to fascists. All ukrainian government should be hanged for treason.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmemecrunch.com%2Fmeme%2F15AAG%2Fwtf-did-i-just-read%2Fimage.png%3Fw%3D400%26amp%3Bc%3D1&hash=ba5db636188a3b0ce61ebc13e928da9a403e5026)
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 02, 2015, 02:54:45 am
All of ukraine belongs to Russian Federation. Death to fascists. All ukrainian government should be hanged for treason.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmemecrunch.com%2Fmeme%2F15AAG%2Fwtf-did-i-just-read%2Fimage.png%3Fw%3D400%26amp%3Bc%3D1&hash=ba5db636188a3b0ce61ebc13e928da9a403e5026)

kermit is capitalist propaganda to maike the west hate ICBM russian federation. ghet out of mosul. Isis and US and Israel need to leave ukraine alone
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Danik on March 02, 2015, 02:57:32 am
Lel deploy teh us gay marines imo
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 02, 2015, 04:13:19 am
arm the homosexes in russia and begin the great Feg Revolution of 2015
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2015, 06:49:40 pm
Ruskis pls.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11021280_598458913621615_5421324897934203994_n.jpg?oh=52d61b37332a01a9f7defa69f1264657&oe=5593A0A5&__gda__=1434058191_61e94fcad8aad36992e71f9787b68b45)
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Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Frederik on March 03, 2015, 06:51:34 pm
Wow, Duuring captured a tank.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 03, 2015, 08:27:46 pm
duuring is defeating entire separatists forces by himself
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on March 03, 2015, 08:56:27 pm
I do have the badges for that.

Spoiler
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t35.0-12/11021328_600389186761921_4059149044726651143_o.jpg?oh=aff9a568a717be5068afdb66053e1ffc&oe=54F8E14C&__gda__=1425599539_a6864384bcc44c4b66a41b7993d7bf0a)
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Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 03, 2015, 10:02:15 pm
Nooo get it away
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Frederik on March 03, 2015, 10:04:02 pm
Are you fighting in the ukraine, or why did you got there?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: DeoVindice61 on March 04, 2015, 12:04:04 am
Duuring, Go call Dmitro now. Slava.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 12:08:18 am
Slava is a Serbian Orthodox family celebration.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on March 04, 2015, 12:15:32 am
Are you fighting in the ukraine, or why did you got there?

Duuring pro-Russian separatist confirmed.
[or]
Duuring pro-Nutsy Azov Battalion fighter confirmed

(pick your preferred option)
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2015, 12:16:40 am
Can we please have the old thread back? This is lame.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Rejenorst on March 04, 2015, 06:25:20 am
Ruskis pls.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11021280_598458913621615_5421324897934203994_n.jpg?oh=52d61b37332a01a9f7defa69f1264657&oe=5593A0A5&__gda__=1434058191_61e94fcad8aad36992e71f9787b68b45)
[close]

Well if its a T-64 its made in the Ukraine as the factory is in Kharkiv.

Not sure what parts are supposed to be Russian made but they would be much better off using a T-72 on display.

Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2015, 06:39:38 am
Duuring, Go call Dmitro now. Slava.

SLAVA UKRAINI
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: DeoVindice61 on March 04, 2015, 07:17:02 am
Can we please have the old thread back? This is lame.


+1 

beside that shit with Max, I actually thought we had something going. This thread is shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Furrnox on March 04, 2015, 07:21:35 am
Yeah I could understand locking the thread for a couple of days but permanently? Geez.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 04, 2015, 07:29:08 am
Maybe if we throw enough garbage at this thread the old one will get unlocked
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2015, 07:35:39 am
Can we please have the old thread back? This is lame.


+1 

beside that shit with Max, I actually thought we had something going. This thread is shit.

Mainly I just wanted to have a continuous timeline of the events in Ukraine as documented by the FSE community. Gotta have dat history.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 08:28:02 am
Cool, DeoVindice removed his nazi avatar. Now he has a fascist flag. The guy definitely likes fascist stuff.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 08:30:30 am
Cool, DeoVindice removed his nazi avatar. Now he has a fascist flag. The guy definitely likes fascist stuff.
Fascist? Are you retarded....

Right Sector is radical yes, but they are not fucking fascist. The leaders family on the mom's side is jewish are you kidding me?
You might aswell call North Korea the nation of peace with this logic.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2015, 08:37:29 am
Cool, DeoVindice removed his nazi avatar. Now he has a fascist flag. The guy definitely likes fascist stuff.

Yeah but here's the thing: who cares?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 08:40:39 am
Cool, DeoVindice removed his nazi avatar. Now he has a fascist flag. The guy definitely likes fascist stuff.

Yeah but here's the thing: who cares?
Why the fuck do you people associate the flag of the Radical Group "Right Sector" with fascism?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2015, 08:45:36 am
I don't. We don't. MaxLam is the only person on this forum delusional enough to make such wild associations based on pure antifa wetdream fantasy.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2015, 08:52:47 am
I talked to Pravy Sektor guys in Kyiv. They were nice. They gave us PS-contact cards as a souvenier.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Furrnox on March 04, 2015, 09:25:08 am
Cool, DeoVindice removed his nazi avatar. Now he has a fascist flag. The guy definitely likes fascist stuff.
You are entitled to your own opinion but if that includes calling someone a fascist then it's probably better to keep it to yourself.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 04, 2015, 09:29:15 am
Cool, DeoVindice removed his nazi avatar. Now he has a fascist flag. The guy definitely likes fascist stuff.

do you want this thread locked aswell?

fuk 0ff
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 09:33:03 am
I don't. We don't. MaxLam is the only person on this forum delusional enough to make such wild associations based on  pure antifa wetdream fantasy.
Just to put into perspective for any more remaining autists out there. When ukraine had the presidential elections after Yanukovich fled ukraine, Dmitro Yarosh (Leader of Right Sector) recieved 0,7 % of the votes, whereas one of the most active Jewish figures in ukraine Vadim Rabinovich recieved 2,25 % of the votes. That is more than triple the votes Dmytro Yarosh recieved, now I would like to ask you a question. How the fuck is Ukraine Fascist / in any way supporting of fascism?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Augy on March 04, 2015, 09:37:55 am
A commander of the Ukrainian neo-nazi Azov battalion and his driver were killed when they attempted to destroy a monument to those who had died fighting nazis in the second world war by ramming it with their vehicle. Instant karma.

I see them for what they are, fascists because what is clear, and that has been seen during the entirety of the maidan protests from the absolute beginning. Is that they have been targetting leftists while the focus is on elsewhere. 
They've toppled Lenin statues, destroyed communist party offices, burned party flags, threatened anarchists with axes and baseball bats if they tried to participate in Maidan (this was before they started carrying firearms), destroyed tent belonging to supposed Stalinists (although I'm far from a fan of stalinists, this is important to mention because it's in the same trend), pepper-sprayed feminists and torn their banners if they tried to participate. And last but not least, according to marxists they've tortured a member of the communist party.

Despite that, they still claim to want a Ukraine for Ukrainians, as mentioned in their propaganda video, but besides that they haven't acted against ethnic minorities yet.
Most likely they'll be saving that for last while the West still supports them as part of the pro-eu faction.

There have been attempts at anarchists and other leftists organizing, before the revolution stuff happened. But the militant right-wingers were too established from the beginning due to Svoboda being one of the main opposition parties.

Anarchists organized with 100 people and got greeted with with axes and baseball bats. Feminists also tried to have a presence and they got peper sprayed and their banners torn. Even Stalinists (supposed, could've been just M-L) had a camp set up and it got wrecked.

The right-wingers were not stupid in their approach to co-opting the struggle. Then the clashes with the cops started and Right Sector took position at the barricades at Hrushevskoho Street, controlling who was allowed to participate and who not, and soon after that they controlled most of the other barricades.

This is what you get when the centrist protesters tolerate all under the guise of being "apolitical".
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Johann on March 04, 2015, 09:43:42 am
Cool, DeoVindice removed his nazi avatar. Now he has a fascist flag. The guy definitely likes fascist stuff.
Fascist? Are you retarded....

Right Sector is radical yes, but they are not fucking fascist. The leaders family on the mom's side is jewish are you kidding me?
You might aswell call North Korea the nation of peace with this logic.

With your logic every fascist must eliminate Jews.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 09:51:10 am
Cool, DeoVindice removed his nazi avatar. Now he has a fascist flag. The guy definitely likes fascist stuff.
Fascist? Are you retarded....

Right Sector is radical yes, but they are not fucking fascist. The leaders family on the mom's side is jewish are you kidding me?
You might aswell call North Korea the nation of peace with this logic.

With your logic every fascist must eliminate Jews.
I guess you are too, insuffisciently educated to understand what I said. By my logic, which is evident throughout history too, Fascist do not like jews, therefore 6 million of them were killed by fascists in WW2. Please enlighten me where am I mistaken?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 09:53:35 am
A commander of the Ukrainian neo-nazi Azov battalion and his driver were killed when they attempted to destroy a monument to those who had died fighting nazis in the second world war by ramming it with their vehicle. Instant karma.

I see them for what they are, fascists because what is clear, and that has been seen during the entirety of the maidan protests from the absolute beginning. Is that they have been targetting leftists while the focus is on elsewhere. 
They've toppled Lenin statues, destroyed communist party offices, burned party flags, threatened anarchists with axes and baseball bats if they tried to participate in Maidan (this was before they started carrying firearms), destroyed tent belonging to supposed Stalinists (although I'm far from a fan of stalinists, this is important to mention because it's in the same trend), pepper-sprayed feminists and torn their banners if they tried to participate. And last but not least, according to marxists they've tortured a member of the communist party.

Despite that, they still claim to want a Ukraine for Ukrainians, as mentioned in their propaganda video, but besides that they haven't acted against ethnic minorities yet.
Most likely they'll be saving that for last while the West still supports them as part of the pro-eu faction.

There have been attempts at anarchists and other leftists organizing, before the revolution stuff happened. But the militant right-wingers were too established from the beginning due to Svoboda being one of the main opposition parties.

Anarchists organized with 100 people and got greeted with with axes and baseball bats. Feminists also tried to have a presence and they got peper sprayed and their banners torn. Even Stalinists (supposed, could've been just M-L) had a camp set up and it got wrecked.

The right-wingers were not stupid in their approach to co-opting the struggle. Then the clashes with the cops started and Right Sector took position at the barricades at Hrushevskoho Street, controlling who was allowed to participate and who not, and soon after that they controlled most of the other barricades.

This is what you get when the centrist protesters tolerate all under the guise of being "apolitical".
Augy I understand your point, but this is a Small Minority. I have met many people for example from the UK who are hugely fascist and they spread their passion for Fascism on the internet but I don't call each British guy Fascist do I? The Fact that there is no huge Fascist support in Ukraine is enough to say that fascism does not have enough power in Ukraine to represent it and therefore others are wrong when they call Ukraine "Fascist"
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Augy on March 04, 2015, 09:57:39 am
Not all Fascists are anti-semite, all neo-nazi's are though. Rafael Trujillo was the fascist leader of the Domican Republic during ww2 and he accepted jewish refugees for instance.

They are giving a platform to fascists, which is unacceptable. You can't be pragmatic with these peeps because they live for violence.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Furrnox on March 04, 2015, 09:59:47 am
Cool, DeoVindice removed his nazi avatar. Now he has a fascist flag. The guy definitely likes fascist stuff.
Fascist? Are you retarded....

Right Sector is radical yes, but they are not fucking fascist. The leaders family on the mom's side is jewish are you kidding me?
You might aswell call North Korea the nation of peace with this logic.

With your logic every fascist must eliminate Jews.
I guess you are too, insuffisciently educated to understand what I said. By my logic, which is evident throughout history too, Fascist do not like jews, therefore 6 million of them were killed by fascists in WW2. Please enlighten me where am I mistaken?

Well there are significant differences between Fascists & Nazis.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2015, 10:11:34 am
There's actually very little difference. Nazism follows fascist doctrine to a very precise margin. While Fascism does not necessarily demand racial and ethnic scapegoating in its doctrine, the singling out and targeting of some sort of societal scapegoat is pretty vital to its core existence as a working ideology. This is a system which Nazi Germany adopted its own strain of, but did not change all that much. Fascist Italy was remarkably similar to Germany in numerous ways, even without the shadow of the Holocaust looming over its legacy.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Furrnox on March 04, 2015, 10:15:28 am
I think separating "races" and killing people because of their ethnical group, religion, sexual appeal & incapabilities are significant differences between Nazis & Fascists.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 10:22:46 am
There's actually very little difference. Nazism follows fascist doctrine to a very precise margin. While Fascism does not necessarily demand racial and ethnic scapegoating in its doctrine, the singling out and targeting of some sort of societal scapegoat is pretty vital to its core existence as a working ideology. This is a system which Nazi Germany adopted its own strain of, but did not change all that much. Fascist Italy was remarkably similar to Germany in numerous ways, even without the shadow of the Holocaust looming over its legacy.
I would not say that. The only big similarity was the leader principle. On this basis you could also compare Stalinism to both of it which is however even further away.

There were big differences in the Ideology of National-Socialism and the Italian Fascism.
For example Mussolini's agenda was based on Imperialism right from the start.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Augy on March 04, 2015, 10:24:09 am
It's enough to know that xenophobia, nationalism and racism are bad and that they have been causing problems since well before Hitler and Mussolini.

Fascism is just plain corporate rule. The state is just an extension of corporate rule under a fascist system. The orientation of all economic activity to the goals and benefit of the state.
The idea is not limited to corporations, but it involves all businesses merging with the state, so to speak. A means to an end. Under such a definition, the U.S and many western countries are already there.

This person explains it rather well (beware reddit)  http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/22ox1w/what_is_fascism/cgoz902
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 11:18:06 am


Fascism is just plain corporate rule. The state is just an extension of corporate rule under a fascist system. The orientation of all economic activity to the goals and benefit of the state.
The idea is not limited to corporations, but it involves all businesses merging with the state, so to speak. A means to an end. Under such a definition, the U.S and many western countries are already there.


Excuse me but since when is all economic activity going to the benefit of the state? If that was so the ukrainian currency wouldn't have fallen in value so much would it? Ukraine's economy is going to shit, and there is no evidence whatsoever of the fact that all of Ukrainians Economical Activity is for the benefit of the state. Apart from the fact that our president owns a shitton of the Chocolate/Sweets marketshare with a Candy Company.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Johann on March 04, 2015, 11:32:59 am
Not all Fascists are anti-semite, all neo-nazi's are though. Rafael Trujillo was the fascist leader of the Domican Republic during ww2 and he accepted jewish refugees for instance.

Exactly my point.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 11:40:41 am
Not all Fascists are anti-semite, all neo-nazi's are though. Rafael Trujillo was the fascist leader of the Domican Republic during ww2 and he accepted jewish refugees for instance.

Exactly my point.
Afaik Trujillo did this to make his people more white.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 12:05:00 pm
Quote from: Furrnox
Well there are significant differences between Fascists & Nazis.
Fascism is a historical movement which appeared with Mussolini and then spread to many other countries. Nazism was a form of German fascism, probably the most dangerous and terrorist form of fascism, but still a form of fascism.

It's not because you are a fascist that you are exactly like any other fascist. Just as there is many differences between democrat capitalists, or communists, there is many differences between fascists themselves, and they can even wage war against each other.

The symbols on the avatar are the symbols of the OUN/UPA, although used by the Right Sector. The OUN was a fascist organization which collaborated with Nazi Germany and murdered a lot of people on an ethnic basis.

So I Suggest that you read about the OUN/UPA, and then give your opinion: is this organization not a fascist organization, and why?

Quote from: Augy
Fascism is just plain corporate rule. The state is just an extension of corporate rule under a fascist system. The orientation of all economic activity to the goals and benefit of the state.
The governement of Nazi Germany is the European government that privatized the most during the 1930's.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2015, 12:46:27 pm
I love how some of these Azov guys and other neonazis in Ukraine think they're somehow Aryans or something because they subscribe to Hitler's beliefs. Protip for them: they're still slavshits. Just because the Nazis employed Ukrainians and other eastern Europeans for practical reasons doesn't mean they're not untermensch. The eternal Slav lives on.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MarshalKim on March 04, 2015, 12:53:07 pm
I guess you are too, insuffisciently educated to understand what I said. By my logic, which is evident throughout history too, Fascist do not like jews, therefore 6 million of them were killed by fascists in WW2. Please enlighten me where am I mistaken?

Not all Fascists are anti-semite, all neo-nazi's are though. Rafael Trujillo was the fascist leader of the Domican Republic during ww2 and he accepted jewish refugees for instance.

They are giving a platform to fascists, which is unacceptable. You can't be pragmatic with these peeps because they live for violence.

I'm still waiting for the reply.
Maybe it was neatly ignored?

The special one has to ask: Why do you insult people based on education only to get wrecked afterwards?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 01:07:47 pm
I love how some of these Azov guys and other neonazis in Ukraine think they're somehow Aryans or something because they subscribe to Hitler's beliefs. Protip for them: they're still slavshits. Just because the Nazis employed Ukrainians and other eastern Europeans for practical reasons doesn't mean they're not untermensch. The eternal Slav lives on.
Slavshits? I am really surprised how you aren't Watched/Muted yet on this forum, huge insult of an ethnicity.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2015, 01:09:00 pm
Lol
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 01:09:46 pm
Lol
I would be ashamed if I were you, Racsim is related to low IQ, something which I believe you may have
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 01:15:10 pm
You rustled his Slavic jimmies, boy.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 04, 2015, 01:18:30 pm
You rustled his Slavic jimmies, boy.
Oh no...he might...

Become an alcoholic
Drive a shit car
Kill some kebabs
Or miss glory of the USSR.

God bless ze sad Slav race
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 01:23:48 pm
Fuck this thread, most people here are just ignorant racist hicks, if you want to be racist go ahead, but I dont understand how the FSE administration tolerate this shit. Ukraine is in a shit situation, and racist pricks like you dont help.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 04, 2015, 01:25:28 pm
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/joke?s=t
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2015, 01:26:37 pm
Nipplestockings is mostly just poking fun, he's not a racist. Howe is being Howe. In other words, just take it easy.

MaxLam is just being Maxlam as well. There's no rule against being a general twat.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 01:27:11 pm
Hey, you forgot Turin.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 01:28:05 pm
Honestly I thought germans were understanding people , not retarded individuals such as yourself turin.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 01:28:41 pm
Thank you.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 04, 2015, 01:29:42 pm
Please don't use the word retard. It's offense.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 01:30:59 pm
Thank you.
You're Welcome,

I secretly wish that some of you shits who keep being racist towards ukraine and making jokes about it go into the Warzone and try to survive there at-18 C temperatures fighting the russian Military tasked with the mission "Fuck Ukraine"
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2015, 01:32:45 pm
*offensive.

All jokes rest aside, this is a thread about Ukraine, not a place to discuss what or what not is fascism. I'll open the old thread when I'm home and combine the two, on Nipplestockings request.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 04, 2015, 01:33:38 pm
Not so secret now is it?
Like, what a horrible thing to say to people you barely know
How
Could
You

*offensive.

All jokes rest aside, this is a thread about Ukraine, not a place to discuss what or what not is fascism. I'll open the old thread when I'm home and combine the two, on Nipplestockings request.
Yay Duuring is über mod
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 01:34:14 pm
Please don't use the word retard. It's offense.
Out of all people, you.....
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 01:35:47 pm
Not so secret now is it?
Like, what a horrible thing to say to people you barely know
How
Could
You

You got thrown at a wall as a baby weren't you?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 01:36:01 pm
Quote from: Duuring
All jokes rest aside, this is a thread about Ukraine, not a place to discuss what or what not is fascism.
We were discussing fascism in Ukraine, so it's obvious that we have to define fascism.

Also I'm glad that you called me "general". Thank you.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 01:36:42 pm
Thank you.
You're Welcome,

I secretly wish that some of you shits who keep being racist towards ukraine and making jokes about it go into the Warzone and try to survive there at-18 C temperatures fighting the russian Military tasked with the mission "Fuck Ukraine"

You are probably too close to this whole thing but nothing that is said in this forum can affect the situation in Ukraine in any form or harm your fellow countrymen.

Nonetheless there are some internet soldiers among us who like to think they are "fighting" for a good cause.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 01:40:10 pm
Thank you.
You're Welcome,

I secretly wish that some of you shits who keep being racist towards ukraine and making jokes about it go into the Warzone and try to survive there at-18 C temperatures fighting the russian Military tasked with the mission "Fuck Ukraine"
You are probably too close to this whole thing but nothing that is said in this forum can affect the situation in Ukraine in any form or harm your countrymen.

Nonetheless there are some internet soldiers among us who like to think they are "fighting" for a good cause.
[/quote
I am a Volounteer for an organisation that sorts rations for families that fled eastern ukraine. I go there during the weekends for 3 hours to sort rations which adds up to around me alone sorting 150 bags of food for 150 families of different size, and that is my contribution to my country's freedom. What was yours?
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 01:44:36 pm
You know that people on the opposite side are also Ukrainians? Unless you consider that people living there are no longer Ukrainians, but in this case this isn't Ukrainian territory anymore.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MarshalKim on March 04, 2015, 01:46:18 pm
hahahaha this thread is great.
Seriously thanks for being part of this community Dan5. You made everyone's day.



I secretly wish that some of you shits blah blah blah.

I guess it isn't a secret now.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2015, 01:47:04 pm
Don't worry Dan, I still love you.

(https://i.imgur.com/7F2ENh2.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 01:50:09 pm
Thank you.
You're Welcome,

I secretly wish that some of you shits who keep being racist towards ukraine and making jokes about it go into the Warzone and try to survive there at-18 C temperatures fighting the russian Military tasked with the mission "Fuck Ukraine"
You are probably too close to this whole thing but nothing that is said in this forum can affect the situation in Ukraine in any form or harm your countrymen.

Nonetheless there are some internet soldiers among us who like to think they are "fighting" for a good cause.
I am a Volounteer for an organisation that sorts rations for families that fled eastern ukraine. I go there during the weekends for 3 hours to sort rations which adds up to around me alone sorting 150 bags of food for 150 families of different size, and that is my contribution to my country's freedom. What was yours?
I think the situation in Germany is slightly more complicated than the one in Ukraine. The main reason is probably that political education is everything but existent. 70 years of stultification leave some impact.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 01:53:46 pm
Quote from: Turin Turambar
I think the situation in Germany is slightly more complicated than the one in Ukraine. The main reason is probably that political education is everything but existent. 70 years of stultification leave some impact.
This basically means that Turin misses Nazi Germany which had a better education system, in his humble opinion of course.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Augy on March 04, 2015, 01:54:35 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/6ysOHUN.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Wigster600 on March 04, 2015, 01:55:20 pm
Thank you.
You're Welcome,

I secretly wish that some of you shits who keep being racist towards ukraine and making jokes about it go into the Warzone and try to survive there at-18 C temperatures fighting the russian Military tasked with the mission "Fuck Ukraine"
You are probably too close to this whole thing but nothing that is said in this forum can affect the situation in Ukraine in any form or harm your countrymen.

Nonetheless there are some internet soldiers among us who like to think they are "fighting" for a good cause.
I am a Volounteer for an organisation that sorts rations for families that fled eastern ukraine. I go there during the weekends for 3 hours to sort rations which adds up to around me alone sorting 150 bags of food for 150 families of different size, and that is my contribution to my country's freedom. What was yours?
I think the situation in Germany is slightly more complicated than the one in Ukraine. The main reason is probably that political education is everything but existent. 70 years of stultification leave some impact.

Bismark would probably blow his brains out if he was still alive.
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 01:56:44 pm
Quote from: Turin Turambar
I think the situation in Germany is slightly more complicated than the one in Ukraine. The main reason is probably that political education is everything but existent. 70 years of stultification leave some impact.
This basically means that Turin misses Nazi Germany which had a better education system, in his humble opinion of course.

Yes, Max is right. Because German history is like that:

-creation of the world
-Heathler
-super great democracy Germoney
Title: Re: Ukraine Thread *New*
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 04, 2015, 01:58:46 pm
Europe is filled with ladyboys.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2015, 04:11:35 pm
Allright boys. Behave.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 04, 2015, 04:12:22 pm
Allright boys. Behave.
Yessum massa
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 04, 2015, 04:20:18 pm
Allright boys. Behave.

Go away. The people can organise themselves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on March 04, 2015, 04:41:42 pm
holy shit....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 05:34:34 pm
Turin, which side are you on? I forgot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 04, 2015, 05:41:28 pm
MaxLam, which side are you on? I forgot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 04, 2015, 05:43:42 pm
MaxLam, which side are you on? I forgot.

He's on the peoples side.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 05:48:22 pm
Turin, which side are you on? I forgot.

Normally I don't like picking sides in such conflicts but I support the right of self-determination in eastern Ukraine and everywhere in the world.

Most people would say I'd want the "seperatists" to win.

And I like Putin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 04, 2015, 05:52:17 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F31.media.tumblr.com%2Ftumblr_m9w2uda9uZ1rafbkgo1_400.jpg&hash=a58e747f04e7908e2ae5fe12b8545a8120e67138)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 04, 2015, 06:09:57 pm
I'm still quite torn over where i stand in this conflict.

Media lying about everything on both sides doesn't really help either...


I'm reading about the Chinese civil war during lectures and i was able to draw some comparisons between Ukraine and the late 1946-47 stage.

The Ukrainian army finally makes advances and tears down the enemy, regaining territory. Then they are suddenly forced to stop their offensive and negotiate a meaningless truce with the Separatists which they will break as soon as they have gathered their breath.  Much like how the Americans did when the KMT were winning the war against the CPC.

gudby ukreini
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 06:18:43 pm
The rebels were making gains before the ceasefire was declared, not the Ukrainian Army.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 04, 2015, 06:32:18 pm
The rebels were making gains before the ceasefire was declared, not the Ukrainian Army.

didnt the ukrainians take back debaltseve before the ceasefire?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 06:38:05 pm
I think it was 50/50. The Western Ukrainians were surrounded inside the town. Also it's obvious that the fate of Debaltseve wasn't settled during the negociations. Putin said to the Chocolate King that his troops were surrounded and Poroshenko denied. We don't know whether Poroshenko actually thought that his troops were not surrounded or whether he was lying. But he could have been misinformed, that's what happens when your army is a patchwork of militias.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 07:13:39 pm
If Poroshenk had typed "Debaltseve" into Google search he would have found thousands of articles from western media telling him that his soldiers were trapped.

I don't think he is that stupid.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 08:06:34 pm
That's what he said to Putin nonetheless. You are not stupid if you are misinformed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 04, 2015, 08:16:51 pm
I think it was 50/50. The Western Ukrainians were surrounded inside the town.
facepalm.jpg
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2015, 08:48:00 pm
Maxlam, there are plenty of Ukrainians from the east fighting on the Ukrainian side. There are even Russians fighting on the Ukrainian side. You're just showing your ignorance.

The fate of devaltsebe didn't have to be settled. Everybody agreed to 'current positions'. The separatists then claimed Devaltsebe was theirs and continued fighting even though the ceasefire had gone in effect.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 04, 2015, 08:56:34 pm
Maxlam, there are plenty of Ukrainians from the east fighting on the Ukrainian side. There are even Russians fighting on the Ukrainian side. You're just showing your ignorance.

The fate of devaltsebe didn't have to be settled. Everybody agreed to 'current positions'. The separatists then claimed Devaltsebe was theirs and continued fighting even though the ceasefire had gone in effect.

Everybody was waiting for Maxlam to slip.
I wonder how erect you people are right now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2015, 08:59:58 pm
Maxlam slips a lot. Nothing new.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 04, 2015, 09:02:44 pm
Maxlam, there are plenty of Ukrainians from the east fighting on the Ukrainian side. There are even Russians fighting on the Ukrainian side. You're just showing your ignorance.

The fate of devaltsebe didn't have to be settled. Everybody agreed to 'current positions'. The separatists then claimed Devaltsebe was theirs and continued fighting even though the ceasefire had gone in effect.
Bullshit, it's, in my perspective, quite fucking obvious he means the Ukrainian Government & military. I have no doubt he would describe the seperatists as eastern ukraines.

It's the same as saying that the North fought the South, even though there were people from the south fighting in the north and the other way around. It's just a way to refer.


Btw, Duuring, you seem in the habit of marking someone as 'obviously a dipshit who can't say anything sensible' when someon made one dumb fucking move or argument. Hate to break it to you, one or mupltiple stupid actions do not mean someone cannot say something sensible.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 09:16:15 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_dichotomy
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2015, 09:18:52 pm
Russia is eastern? Not really.

You seem to be under the impression this is a civil war. It isn't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 09:22:43 pm
Russia is eastern? Not really.

You seem to be under the impression this is a civil war. It isn't.

It is a civil war. Unlike in Syria for example.

This does not exclude foreign involvement.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 04, 2015, 09:23:44 pm
Ban Duuring from this thread please.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on March 04, 2015, 09:29:16 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 04, 2015, 09:36:40 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 09:43:08 pm
Duuring, according to you the fact that "There are even Russians fighting on the Ukrainian side" is sufficient to reject the expression "Western Ukraine" to describe the western side, which is both geographically and politically western. And yet you are implying that the guys fighting the Western Ukrainians are "Russians" and that there is no civil war, as if all Ukrainians supported the western side. So basically you attacked me for something you did yourself in a more blatant manner, for I never said that there is only Ukrainians from the West on the Western side.

This war is substantially both a civil war and a war between Russian interests on the eastern side, and EU/NATO interests on the Western side. If you believe that all the guys fighting Poroshenko and his friends are Russians, you must have been brainwashed. I can admit that some Russian troops are probably fighting alongside local separatists, but saying more than that would be silly.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 04, 2015, 09:48:09 pm
Duuring, according to you the fact that "There are even Russians fighting on the Ukrainian side" is sufficient to reject the expression "Western Ukraine" to describe the western side, which is both geographically and politically western. And yet you are implying that the guys fighting the Western Ukrainians are "Russians" and that there is no civil war, as if all Ukrainians supported the western side. So basically you attacked me for something you did yourself in a more blatant manner, for I never said that there is only Ukrainians from the West on the Western side.

This war is substantially both a civil war and a war between Russian interests on the eastern side, and EU/NATO interests on the Western side. If you believe that all the guys fighting Poroshenko and his friends are Russians, you must have been brainwashed. I can admit that some Russian troops are probably fighting alongside local separatists, but saying more than that would be silly.

Some? According to quite some (western though) media, there are about 5.000 to 7.000 Russian soldiers there now. If they are engaged in active fighting, I doubt, I suspect they are mostly for logistics and the security thereof.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 04, 2015, 09:53:37 pm
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I was seriously too lazy to write it correctly.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 04, 2015, 09:58:53 pm
I can admit that some Russian troops are probably fighting alongside local separatists, but saying more than that would be silly.
The U.S. military estimates around 12,000 Russian soldiers are supporting pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine, U.S. Army Europe Commander Ben Hodges said on Tuesday. (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/03/us-ukraine-russia-soldiers-idUSKBN0LZ2FV20150303)
To much for "some Russian troops" and for probably :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 04, 2015, 10:01:11 pm
If even the USA, the geostrategic partner of Russia says that it's probably right.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 10:06:59 pm
I can admit that some Russian troops are probably fighting alongside local separatists, but saying more than that would be silly.
The U.S. military estimates around 12,000 Russian soldiers are supporting pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine, U.S. Army Europe Commander Ben Hodges said on Tuesday. (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/03/us-ukraine-russia-soldiers-idUSKBN0LZ2FV20150303)
To much for "some Russian troops" and for probably :)
That's according to a "U.S. commander", and I'm not a U.S. commander. According to Putin there is none, and I have no reason to trust a "U.S. commander" any more than I would trust Putin himself.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 04, 2015, 10:15:56 pm
I want to move to Donetsk and fight for freedom.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on March 04, 2015, 10:31:54 pm
I want to move to Donetsk and fight for freedom.
You need to be employed in the Russian army to do that ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 04, 2015, 10:36:06 pm
And do you trust to the Russian soldier, if he told that they were sent here directly by their commanders after months of training as a formed unit?
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I want to move to Donetsk and fight for freedom.
You need to be employed in the Russian army to do that ;)
No, he can be here as a "opolchenec"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 04, 2015, 10:44:39 pm
And do you trust to the Russian soldier, if he told that they were sent here directly by their commanders after months of training as a formed unit?
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I want to move to Donetsk and fight for freedom.
You need to be employed in the Russian army to do that ;)
No, he can be here as a "opolchenec"
Are you refering to those who crossed the border and were repelled some months ago?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 04, 2015, 11:12:09 pm
If I (American) went to ukraine and fought would thier be an uproar in Russia?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on March 04, 2015, 11:17:22 pm
Well the Russians are said to be trained soldiers taking orders from Moscow...
There is a difference between that and volunteering..
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 05, 2015, 12:03:25 am
If I (American) went to ukraine and fought would thier be an uproar in Russia?

There are plenty of Americans fighting on both sides of the conflict. Nobody cares as long as it's not a government action.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 05, 2015, 12:17:00 am
If I (American) went to ukraine and fought would thier be an uproar in Russia?

There are plenty of Americans fighting on both sides of the conflict. Nobody cares as long as it's not a government action.

Lets do it
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 05, 2015, 01:31:54 am
KürassierNixon on his great crusade for mother Russia. He is an even better internet soldier than EdwardC.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 05, 2015, 01:33:19 am
KürassierNixon on his great crusade for mother Russia. He is an even better internet soldier than EdwardC.

i am hero of motherland. i wanna be the very best that noone ever was to catch them is my real test to train them is my cause.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 05, 2015, 01:59:17 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 05, 2015, 02:01:15 am
The Motherland Calls is the coolest fuckin statue. Man. Just envisioning the fact that it's set on the exact point on the Mamayev Kurgan where German and Russian divisions clashed for the heights overlooking the city. It's like she's actually beckoning to the Russian nation, calling it forward into the fray.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 05, 2015, 02:44:32 am
Funny, this is probably first time I see this statue... Introduced to me by an internet troll.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 05, 2015, 03:03:00 am
Funny, this is probably first time I see this statue... Introduced to me by an internet troll.

"In the highest level a man has the look of knowing nothing."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 05, 2015, 09:16:19 am
The Motherland Calls is the coolest fuckin statue. Man. Just envisioning the fact that it's set on the exact point on the Mamayev Kurgan where German and Russian divisions clashed for the heights overlooking the city. It's like she's actually beckoning to the Russian nation, calling it forward into the fray.

Its like having my own poetic personal guide. Almost feel a tear coming on.  :'(

I am rather ignorant on this so its nice to learn something today.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 05, 2015, 06:23:21 pm
Are you refering to those who crossed the border and were repelled some months ago?
There are more recent examples, i.e. from link (https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=12926.msg953203#msg953203) i give here few post ago - an interview with burnt buryat tankman, GTranslated enough to understand
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 05, 2015, 09:41:33 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: king_arthur on March 06, 2015, 04:26:43 am
So uh, does anyone still view the separatist movement as self determination?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on March 06, 2015, 05:18:52 am
Nice profile pic dude.  and pft.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: king_arthur on March 06, 2015, 05:31:06 am
Nice profile pic dude.  and pft.

exactly lmao. i hope to dear god no one believes that these idiots in donbass are fighting for their freedom and right to self determination rofl.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on March 06, 2015, 06:01:50 am
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Isn't that the statue in Wołgograd?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 06, 2015, 06:21:37 am
So uh, does anyone still view the separatist movement as self determination?

Nope. We view them as self-defense. Lol :P

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 06, 2015, 06:30:09 am
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Isn't that the statue in Wołgograd?
It's The Motherland Calls right outside Stalingrad. Powerful symbol of resistance.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 06, 2015, 06:57:06 am
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Isn't that the statue in Wołgograd?
It's The Motherland Calls right outside Stalingrad. Powerful symbol of resistance.

symbol of communist repression

the bitch looks like a 4/10 would not bang
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Desert Thunda on March 06, 2015, 08:59:28 am
Nice profile pic dude.  and pft.

exactly lmao. i hope to dear god no one believes that these idiots in donbass are fighting for their freedom and right to self determination rofl.

lmao roflcopter
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 06, 2015, 12:08:52 pm
Volgograd = Stalingrad.

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So uh, does anyone still view the separatist movement as self determination?
Are you a nazi too?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 06, 2015, 12:25:19 pm
Shit, for some reason I completely glossed over it because of his spelling. Fuckin Poles.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2015, 12:30:56 pm
They don't have a claim to self-determination. Only states and oversees colonies have a claim to that. International law is weird and not very nice anyway.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 06, 2015, 12:37:33 pm
Anyone can have a claim to self determination, as long as they have the force to back it up.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 06, 2015, 12:41:41 pm
Yeah imperialism is self-determination alright lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T65SwzHAbes
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2015, 01:13:11 pm
Anyone can have a claim to self determination, as long as they have the force to back it up.

Not really. The right to self-determination isn't a set of clear rules. You can pretty much bend it either way. It doesn't even include legitimacy.

Seriously, that video only shows how crazy the Russians currently are. They need to suffer a serious defeat, just like in Afghanistan.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 06, 2015, 01:34:17 pm
Explain why a group of people who have the power and the material to exercise their will to self determination should not be supported in their goals.

Not even talking about Ukraine here because I don't believe this war is truly about self determination.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2015, 01:42:43 pm
Because 'self-determination' doesn't say what is a state, what is not, or what self-determination really means; independence, autonomy, or just taking part in the government. Let's not forget that 'self-determination' didn't exist until a century ago. It's not some sort of nature law, it's a creation. States loving holding claims to 'international law' because it's international law that dictates souvereignity. Yet the irony of it is that the argument was meant to protect small countries from big countries, and didn't really take into account the idea that dictators and other 'bad' regimes would exercise the right to souvereignity to terrorize their people.

All in all, international law is shite and the fact we're still using it is because some people benefit from it. Take away international law and we'll go right back into the post-WW1 situation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wolff on March 06, 2015, 02:13:25 pm
we'll go right back into the post-WW1 situation.

Freikorps Duuring voran!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2015, 02:40:04 pm
Ja bitte.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 06, 2015, 04:56:50 pm
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Because 'self-determination' doesn't say what is a state, what is not, or what self-determination really means; independence, autonomy, or just taking part in the government. Let's not forget that 'self-determination' didn't exist until a century ago. It's not some sort of nature law, it's a creation. States loving holding claims to 'international law' because it's international law that dictates souvereignity. Yet the irony of it is that the argument was meant to protect small countries from big countries, and didn't really take into account the idea that dictators and other 'bad' regimes would exercise the right to souvereignity to terrorize their people.

All in all, international law is shite and the fact we're still using it is because some people benefit from it. Take away international law and we'll go right back into the post-WW1 situation.
You confuse the act of determination itself and the right to self-determination. Having a right to self-determination only means that you can decide your own fate. Nothing more. This right is a derivative of the so-called "natural rights" (I hope you don't actually believe that those rights are natural and not a construction). Indeed, there is no complete freedom if you are oppressed in your national identity.
In practice, this right means that you are allowed to vote and decide, without pressure from the outside. In the Ukrainian situation for example, Crimea had obviously a right to self-determination considering that this region was only gifted to Ukraine a few decades ago when it was still part of the Soviet Union. Since the Soviet Union has disappeared, and since the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants don't speak Ukrainian, they had a right to self-determination. And nobody can challenge that.

This is also true for some regions of what is called Ukraine in which the Ukrainian language is a clear minority. Those population had the right to self-determine themselves, and had much reasons to break with the rest of Ukraine after the crackdown on Russian language and the violent overthrow of Yanu who obtained most of his support in the Eastern regions. Yet the Kievan government considered that this was its territory and denied the right of those populations to self-determination.

If the inhabitants of those regions had had the possibility to self-determine themselves before the war, it's doubtful that they would have chosen independance. They would have asked for more autonomy probably and Ukraine would have remained united. But now considering the amount of destruction and death, I don't think that they would accept anything like that. That's why the right of self-determination is especially important. It's the best way to have people live altogether in peace. Denying this right implies oppression, and oppression often leads to war and separation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2015, 06:41:59 pm
The crackdown on the Russian language? You do realize 1/3 of, for example, the Kyiv-ians speak Russian at home? I heard more Russian then Ukrainian when I visited it.

Areas don't have right to self-determination and thus to sovereignty. Only states have. It's very easy to challenge the Crimean right to self-determination: It's not a state nor an overseas colony.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 06, 2015, 07:19:41 pm
The point of the right of self-determination is to give the possibility to a population to create its own independant state, so you don't need a state to have a right to self-determination. For example, the inhabitants of New Caledonia don't have a state, they are part of France. However, since we are not fascists and abandoned colonialism a long time ago, we recognize their right to self-determination and they will have the possibility to secede and become an independant country with its own state.

Yes I realize that a lot of inhabitants of Ukraine speak Russian. As I said, in some regions, those who use Ukrainian at home are a minority. Yet after the overthrow of Yanu, some actions were taken against Russian language, which contributed to the crisis.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2015, 07:42:55 pm
Some actions=A bill that made Ukrainian the only official state language. Russian media said 'RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IS FORBIDDEN', and I'm pretty sure those lunatics contributed a lot more to the crisis then the bill, which didn't even make it.

You do need to be a state to claim self-determination. If a certain part of a state wants independence, the government of the state is allowed to crack down on them as hard as they want. Like the Russians did in Chechnya.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 06, 2015, 09:12:04 pm
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some actions were taken against Russian language
Aren't we done with it yet?
1. Ukrainian language always was the only official state language
2. Bill of the Ukraine "On the Principles of State Language Policy"
Документ 5029-17, чинний, поточна редакція — Редакція від 06.09.2014, підстава 1556-18 (http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/5029-17)
'Чинний' means valid, real, active, actual, nothing were forbidden or removed or vetoed since this bill was voted
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 06, 2015, 09:26:08 pm
For example, the inhabitants of New Caledonia don't have a state, they are part of France. However, since we are not fascists and abandoned colonialism a long time ago, we recognize their right to self-determination and they will have the possibility to secede and become an independant country with its own state.
And what about Corsica, Breton? Looks like you do not want to recognize their right to self-determination that much, since they even created radical organizations and betake to the acts of terrorism :) ?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 06, 2015, 09:27:35 pm
Quote from: Duuring
You do need to be a state to claim self-determination. If a certain part of a state wants independence, the government of the state is allowed to crack down on them as hard as they want. Like the Russians did in Chechnya.
When the Algerians claimed their right to self-determination, they were part of France. And yet that's exactly what we call self-determination. You confuse sovereignty and self-determination.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 06, 2015, 09:35:52 pm
Quote from: Duuring
You do need to be a state to claim self-determination. If a certain part of a state wants independence, the government of the state is allowed to crack down on them as hard as they want. Like the Russians did in Chechnya.
When the Algerians claimed their right to self-determination, they were part of France. And yet that's exactly what we call self-determination. You confuse sovereignty and self-determination.

You make no sense. You do realise France fought a brutal war against Algeria when they wanted to become an independent state, along the lines of self-determination due to them being a seperate linguistic, ethnic, culture identities along with being on another continent... And then France doesnt support any independence movements from Corsica, and labels the 'freedom' fighters as terrorists just like in Ukraine.

Your example of New Caledonia is so irrelevant it's laughable. A fucking island on the other side of the planet that France has no real benefit of owning and you think that France is being some kind of savior by allowing an island that couldn't exist by itself to be an independent nation (IF they wanted to)?

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2015, 10:18:24 pm
Algeria and Caledonia are overseas colonies. Crimea isn't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 06, 2015, 10:44:18 pm
It is called self-determination of nations, not self-determination of countries.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2015, 10:50:24 pm
What it's called is meaningless.

Basically, self-determination is outdated by roughly...70 years? Dunno why we still cling on to it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 06, 2015, 10:53:28 pm
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You make no sense. You do realise France fought a brutal war against Algeria when they wanted to become an independent state, along the lines of self-determination due to them being a seperate linguistic, ethnic, culture identities along with being on another continent... And then France doesnt support any independence movements from Corsica, and labels the 'freedom' fighters as terrorists just like in Ukraine.

Your example of New Caledonia is so irrelevant it's laughable. A fucking island on the other side of the planet that France has no real benefit of owning and you think that France is being some kind of savior by allowing an island that couldn't exist by itself to be an independent nation (IF they wanted to)?
France has the second biggest maritime boundaries in the world which represent an incredible geostrategic and economic opportunity. That's all thanks to the "fucking islands on the other side of the planet", because even a tiny fucking island has an enormous EEZ. You insult people without knowing, that's a shame but not surprising. France isn't "supporting" the independance movement, it's recognizing the right of the inhabitants of New Caledonia to self-determination. That's totally different.

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And what about Corsica, Breton? Looks like you do not want to recognize their right to self-determination that much, since they even created radical organizations and betake to the acts of terrorism :) ?
Every people has a right to self-determination. In the case of Brittany and Corsica it wouldn't be democratic to make a referendum because an insignificant part of the population wants it. However if an increasing number of people started struggling for this, the French people would probably do as the English did with Scotland.

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And what about Corsica, Breton? Looks like you do not want to recognize their right to self-determination that much, since they even created radical organizations and betake to the acts of terrorism :) ?
For a Frenchman, the idea that Corsica could be anything else than French is laughable, especially since Napoleon himself was Corsican. As for Brittany, this makes no sense. We couldn't imagine our country without Cosmao-Kerjulien, Kerguelen, Anne de Bretagne queen of France. But of course every people has a right to self determination, and if they want their independance, we might consider it. The problem is that there is no Breton people anymore. The overwhelming majority of Bretons don't speak Breton, which has almost disappeared. Therefore it's not possible to compare those regions to New Caledonia, which was/is a colony, and certainly not to the eastern regions of Ukraine, in which most of the population don't speak the national language and where an important part of the population has taken arms against the government.

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Algeria and Caledonia are overseas colonies. Crimea isn't.
Algeria was a French territory divided into départements just like the rest of the French territory. From the point of view of the French government, and the French supportive of this government, Algeria was part of the metropolis. It wasn't a colony. It had been a French territory for more than 100 years. Crimea however, was gifted to Ukraine not so long ago, and moreover they had an important autonomy. In both cases some people thought that this was their territory because they owned it since a few decades but never asked the opinion of the inhabitants.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 06, 2015, 11:00:31 pm
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You make no sense. You do realise France fought a brutal war against Algeria when they wanted to become an independent state, along the lines of self-determination due to them being a seperate linguistic, ethnic, culture identities along with being on another continent... And then France doesnt support any independence movements from Corsica, and labels the 'freedom' fighters as terrorists just like in Ukraine.

Your example of New Caledonia is so irrelevant it's laughable. A fucking island on the other side of the planet that France has no real benefit of owning and you think that France is being some kind of savior by allowing an island that couldn't exist by itself to be an independent nation (IF they wanted to)?
France has the second biggest maritime boundaries in the world which represent an incredible geostrategic and economic opportunity. That's all thanks to the "fucking islands on the other side of the planet", because even a tiny fucking island has an enormous EEZ. You insult people without knowing, that's a shame but not surprising. France isn't "supporting" the independance movement, it's recognizing the right of the inhabitants of New Caledonia to self-determination. That's totally different.

Ok then show me what this 'enormous geostrategic opportunity' is doing for France? All they have to lose is an island and an invisible boundary somewhere on the other side of the planet. It is more interesting to see what happens when it's closer to home, i.e. Corsica where the separatist movement there are branded terrorists.

Plus i saw how you circumvented my part about Corsica, not really surprised though. It's quite obvious you're defending France like a little mug.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 06, 2015, 11:10:40 pm
What it's called is meaningless.

Basically, self-determination is outdated by roughly...70 years? Dunno why we still cling on to it.
Just because people give a shit about it it's not outdated.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 06, 2015, 11:24:35 pm
Hahaha. Oh yes. It's outdated. It created Yugoslavia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 06, 2015, 11:38:04 pm
I find this development kinda interesting. When Crimea joined Russia one year ago most of the NATO-Ideologists just said: "That's against the law of nations."

That was obviously utter bullshit. The exact opposite was the case. So now, one year later they say: "There is no law of nations."

I just read an article from DIE WELT where an ex-communist explained me that religion, nationalism and ofc the law of nations were an evil that we had to exterminate.
One of the first sentences was: "But this law does not exist. Instead we have the European Union."

To me that's like saying "There is no press freedom. Instead we have censorship."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 06, 2015, 11:44:40 pm
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Ok then show me what this 'enormous geostrategic opportunity' is doing for France? All they have to lose is an island and an invisible boundary somewhere on the other side of the planet.
Nickel on the island, and maybe oil in the so-called "invisible boundary", which is still a EEZ.


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It is more interesting to see what happens when it's closer to home, i.e. Corsica where the separatist movement there are branded terrorists.

Plus i saw how you circumvented my part about Corsica, not really surprised though. It's quite obvious you're defending France like a little mug.
No I answered to Suede who made the same point. Moreover we call them independantists, not terrorists. Independantists are allowed to run in elections in both regions. There is some bombings every year, but only a part of the independantists are doing that, it's rare that those bombings target civilians or actually kill people. Comparing that to actual terrorist activities, like what is happening in the Middle East, would be a real shame.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on March 07, 2015, 12:50:29 am
Shit, for some reason I completely glossed over it because of his spelling. Fuckin Poles.

Lelelelelelel

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 07, 2015, 01:05:09 am
Maxlam, just a point about Corsica
It was not laughable that anything but a Frenchman was possible on the island.
It had undergone a nationalist republic revolution when under Genonese control under a man named Paoli who would fight the French for years on Corsica and abroad, he himself an ardent Coriscan nationalist.
Napoleon himself was throughout his adolescence and early career an ardent Corsican nationalist who wrote many papers on the subject of Corsican freedom from French tyranny

#datironydoe
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 07, 2015, 01:26:59 am
As you may have noticed, I'm speaking about France nowadays, not about what people thought 200 years ago before the French Revolution and the French Empire. However you are right to talk about that, because this isn't trivial that a young Corsican nationalist became a French Emperor.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on March 07, 2015, 03:25:28 am
Still waiting for when Putin sets foot in a neutral country and ww3 begins. I'm going to give or take 10 years
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 07, 2015, 07:58:44 am
Lol, so if we speaking about France separatist movement - independent Corsica is laughable, independent Breton makes no sence, but for Ukraine case - everyone here can have the right to self-determination and what now happen is ok. Fair enough :)

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on March 07, 2015, 08:25:59 am
I demand Breton independence!

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geobreizh.bzh%2Fwww%2Fbanniel%2Fdrapeaux%2Fnation-gwenn-ha-du-v.gif&hash=6d4caf2fb3530baddaef26ff7c99eb587c736964)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 07, 2015, 09:46:02 am
Still waiting for when Putin sets foot in a neutral country and ww3 begins. I'm going to give or take 10 years
Why should there be a WW3 if Russia would invade a neutral country while America did the same around a hundred times since the end of WW2?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 07, 2015, 09:48:04 am
I demand Breton independence!
It won't happen - Russia is too far away and do not bothers about, so it willn't sent their 'green polite men' to provide fair and democratic referendum with acceptable results :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 07, 2015, 09:49:45 am
Still waiting for when Putin sets foot in a neutral country and ww3 begins. I'm going to give or take 10 years
Why should there be a WW3 if Russia would invade a neutral country while America did the same around a hundred times since the end of WW2?

Do you seriously need someone to explain this to you? What is your obsession with Russia anyway? It seems like your motivation for supporting Russia doesn't extend much further beyond some teenage "Ohaahh putin iz cool + vodka" fantasy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 07, 2015, 10:28:17 am
Still waiting for when Putin sets foot in a neutral country and ww3 begins. I'm going to give or take 10 years
Why should there be a WW3 if Russia would invade a neutral country while America did the same around a hundred times since the end of WW2?

Do you seriously need someone to explain this to you? What is your obsession with Russia anyway? It seems like your motivation for supporting Russia doesn't extend much further beyond some teenage "Ohaahh putin iz cool + vodka" fantasy.
I don't need an explanation. I just wanted to set the focus on the circumstance that America would be "allowed" to start a nuclear war if Russia fucks things up while the opposite isn't true and it wasn't; even with the Soviet Union.
My "obsession" with Russia originates from the fact that I like Vladimir Putin's way to make politics and much more importantly I don't want war with the Russians; because I like Russia, I like my country and I don't see a reason to destroy these countries.

Anybody who wants this war is insane.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2015, 10:42:32 am
He's a German teenager. It's just natural instinct for them to adore and follow a dictator.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 07, 2015, 11:07:55 am
It's ok Duuring, you can join us too.

(https://tropyhistorii.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/220px-ssnederland.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2015, 11:13:32 am
I got a book about six men and one woman (all Dutch) who joined the SS and fought on the Eastern front. Quite an interesting read.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 07, 2015, 11:19:41 am
Lol, so if we speaking about France separatist movement - independent Corsica is laughable, independent Breton makes no sence, but for Ukraine case - everyone here can have the right to self-determination and what now happen is ok. Fair enough :)
Exactly, because comparing Brittany to the Eastern regions of Ukraine is also laughable. For example there is only 35 000 people who speak Breton everyday, for a total population of about 4.5 million if we also include Loire-Atlantique (Nantes). And I have never met one in my life.

In Ukraine however, Russian is a wide-spreak language:

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.csmuedu.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F04%2F300px-RussianUseEn.png&hash=9a39397643fd9f173f3994dbf4edf50d5b6a905d)

According to the 2001 Census, there was 3 regions of former Ukraine in which Ukrainian wsn't the native language of a clear majority of the population.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F8%2F8f%2FUkraine_census_2001_Ukrainian.svg%2F620px-Ukraine_census_2001_Ukrainian.svg.png&hash=04e1ce1115e123ae43f1098eb4e029b1b1430486)

In Brittany, French is the native language of more than 90% of the population. And it's a good a French, not a dialect. If there had been only 10% of native speakers of the national language, as in Crimea, then Brittany would have had a strong reason to demand independance. But that's not the case.

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I think my grandfather killed some of those rats, in the Netherlands.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 07, 2015, 11:23:08 am
Don't worry, I made an updated version for Duuring:

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1297.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fag26%2FTurin4289%2FSS%2520Nederlands_zpspouxlyli.jpg&hash=ae2ed0e16bf0ba27dcf81f9328a831bac5f79b8e)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2015, 11:29:44 am
Lol not bad.

MaxLam, do you suddenly need to speak another language in order to have a claim? That would kinda ironic since French was enforced upon minorities (Oppression), just like Russian was forced upon the people of the Soviet union.


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I think my grandfather killed some of those rats, in the Netherlands.

I very much doubt it. They served only on the Eastern front and there were no French forces in the Netherlands anyway.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 07, 2015, 11:38:04 am
Quote from: Duuring
there were no French forces in the Netherlands anyway.
Duuring, you are too young. You still have to learn about your own country.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 07, 2015, 11:39:17 am
You don't have to be very old to do a simple google search and find the deployment of Free French forces in ww2.

or are you saying he's not mature enough to argue with you?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2015, 11:40:55 am
As far as I know, the only French forces in my country was a small unit of armored cars who didn't make it further then Breda in 1940. Might have been some more, but still, only in 1940. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 07, 2015, 11:51:05 am
Quote from: Duuring
You don't have to be very old to do a simple google search and find the deployment of Free French forces in ww2.

or are you saying he's not mature enough to argue with you?
Most of the time, the older you are, the more cultured you are. That's perfectly normal. But why don't you try to answer this wis a google search, and help Duuring? We will see then the power of Google.

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MaxLam, do you suddenly need to speak another language in order to have a claim? That would kinda ironic since French was enforced upon minorities (Oppression), just like Russian was forced upon the people of the Soviet union.
Mmm that's not totally true. Actually until the end of the 19th century most inhabitants of France didn't have French as their native language, and many didn't speak French at all. French spread during the 20th century, and Breton disappeared during the second half of the 20th century without any kind of oppresion. The inhabitants of Brittany were not opposed to French rule. Even during the Revolution, they never claimed their independance, they supported the French king instead. Why would they anyway? That already happened to them once a long time ago. First they fought against the Roman Empire in Great Britain, then they fought for the Roman Empire at the Limes, on the Rhine. And they eventually became some of the most faithful defenders of the Empire. It is said that even after the fall of the Empire, Roman patriotism remained strong for decades in Brittany, especially since there was Senatorial families there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2015, 11:53:05 am
I love how you say that eastern Ukraine has the right to secede because they have that wish (heavily influenced by propaganda), yet find every possible excuse why regions of France can't.

International law does allow for succession, like for example in the case of Scotland; In accordance with the sovereign government (of the UK) and with both sides being able to campaign. Something that was not possible in Crimea.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 07, 2015, 12:02:20 pm
This is all I could find.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Amherst

(https://i.imgur.com/wYnUlpY.png)

Was your grandfather in the French SAS?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 07, 2015, 12:15:56 pm
Oh I'm not saying that they can't because they speak French, certainly not. Otherwise we would invade half of Switzerland and Belgium, Monaco and Luxemburg, and Québec. I'm just saying that the fact that they don't speak Breton greatly explains why they don't have any wish to secede. We could even discuss economic matters. Bretagne is an average region of France, or even a bit richer than the average. Wealth is better distributed amongst the population than in many other regions.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.assemblee-nationale.fr%2F14%2Frapports%2Fr1707-5.gif&hash=8aeeb4d31c102606b2fbab330a01f2c420969fd5)
(GDP per capita on the right, another indicator called "social health" on the left)

In Ukraine:

The Eastern regions are richer. Donetsk is the richest region after Kiev.
(https://www.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/main/images/Ukraine_provinces_grp.jpg)

The contribution of Luhansk and Donetsk to the state budget is much more important than what they receive:
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalsecurity.org%2Fmilitary%2Fworld%2Fukraine%2Fimages%2Fmap-subsidies.jpg&hash=146d5ec0833d98a5512049cef85c63bd52de0bc6)

Thus there is also an important economic difference between the Eastern Ukrainian regions and Brittany. No comparison is possible.

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http://This is all I could find.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Amherst
That's it, thank you. Amherst was a commando operation of the French SAS in the Netherlands, the biggest SAS operation during WWII I believe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 07, 2015, 12:17:39 pm
I love how you say that eastern Ukraine has the right to secede because they have that wish (heavily influenced by propaganda), yet find every possible excuse why regions of France can't.

International law does allow for succession, like for example in the case of Scotland; In accordance with the sovereign government (of the UK) and with both sides being able to campaign. Something that was not possible in Crimea.

i think we have realised he's very irrational and doesn't realise it.

This is all I could find.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Amherst

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Was your grandfather in the French SAS?

The only all dutch SS unit posted on the western front was 34. Landstorm Nederlands but that one wasn't posted against French units who were all further south close to the swiss border.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2015, 12:25:16 pm
Of course, it just happens that Maxlam Grandfather served in the only French unit in the only French mission in my country. Well, that would make your granddaddy a liar since no Dutch SS was even close to the area where this mission happened.

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Can we get a confirmed translation for that? I find it very strange that the regions that costs you money are green, and the once that earn more are dark red.

Edit: I send it to Admiral who confirms it's the other way around. Yellow marks is what is sent to the national budget, blue is what the region receives. As you can see, Luhansk and Donetsk are huge drains on the budget, just like Crimea. You should check your sources better.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 07, 2015, 12:39:26 pm
Quote from: Duuring
Of course, it just happens that Maxlam Grandfather served in the only French unit in the only French mission in my country. Well, that would make your granddaddy a liar since no Dutch SS was even close to the area where this mission happened.
When I said "rats" I didn't mean Dutch SS in particular of course, I don't even remember which units were there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 07, 2015, 12:41:31 pm
implying you ever knew
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2015, 12:42:44 pm
Sure. A picture of Dutch SS is posted, you specifically say 'those rats' and then suddenly you don't mean them in specific. You don't name the battle or the unit, nor the date, and when someone comes with the only suggestion that could be possible, you say 'of course it's that one!'. Furthermore, you ignore my post about the fact you're using a picture the wrong way, which would contradict your story.

All in all Maxlam, you're really just looking like a childish twat.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 07, 2015, 12:52:19 pm
You edited your post Duuring, I'm only seeing that now and after verification I admit that you are right about the picture. I don't see how that makes me a "childish twat". That's a strange behaviour for a moderator.

As for the French who fought in the Netherlands, I only asked Nipplestockings to provide the information which you couldn't find, and he did. As he said, and proved, anybody could find this information with google. Giving you the name myself would have been pointless, right? But I don't ask you to trust me, although I could give evidences without much difficulties.

Oh also, I never said that my grandfather was French.

Quote from: Nipple
implying you ever knew
I have books at home of course.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 07, 2015, 01:07:31 pm
Edit: I send it to Admiral who confirms it's the other way around. Yellow marks is what is sent to the national budget, blue is what the region receives. As you can see, Luhansk and Donetsk are huge drains on the budget, just like Crimea. You should check your sources better.
Damn it, I was going to point that out  >:( As you can see, losing the three green eastern regions would be a huge economic loss for Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 07, 2015, 01:13:46 pm
That would ba a loss for the budget of the State. But in terms of economy, Donetsk's GDP is greater. And yet the region is still red. Dnipropetrovsk would be the greater loss since the region is both rich and providing funds to the State.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Zahari on March 07, 2015, 01:42:17 pm
NATO should help Ukraine. Military ofc.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 07, 2015, 01:52:26 pm
NATO should help Ukraine. Military ofc.

yes pls war is kewl
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Zahari on March 07, 2015, 01:56:18 pm
NATO should help Ukraine. Military ofc.

yes pls war is kewl
If NATO won't help UA, Putin will conquer them and next will be Lithuania etc.. Than we will have war.

But i understand your point Turin. We don't want to have war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 07, 2015, 02:48:31 pm
NATO should help Ukraine. Military ofc.

yes pls war is kewl
If NATO won't help UA, Putin will conquer them and next will be Lithuania etc.. Than we will have war.

But i understand your point Turin. We don't want to have war.

Putin would be a retard if he'd try to conquer Lithuania or other eastern European nations.

And retards aren't intelligent enough to become the president of the Russian federation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 07, 2015, 04:16:31 pm
NATO should help Ukraine. Military ofc.

yes pls war is kewl
If NATO won't help UA, Putin will conquer them and next will be Lithuania etc.. Than we will have war.

But i understand your point Turin. We don't want to have war.

Putin would be a retard if he'd try to conquer Lithuania or other eastern European nations.

And retards aren't intelligent enough to become the president of the Russian federation.

according to our glorious western media he is an autist

maybe being an autist is the only way to become president of russia?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 07, 2015, 04:36:49 pm
So the West has been outmaneuvered several times now by some chap with autism? D:

I'd hate to see what a fully functioning Russian presidential authoritarian can do then D:

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 07, 2015, 04:37:57 pm
I don't see how that makes me a "childish twat". That's a strange behaviour for a moderator.

I find it funny how Duuring protests against general incompetence and undemocratic things. I mean that's how he got to be a mod in the first place.


So the West has been outmaneuvered several times now by some chap with autism? D:

I'd hate to see what a fully functioning Russian presidential authoritarian can do then D:

+1

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 07, 2015, 04:55:32 pm
I don't see how that makes me a "childish twat". That's a strange behaviour for a moderator.

I find it funny how Duuring protests against general incompetence and undemocratic things. I mean that's how he got to be a mod in the first place.
But he also protests against democratic things like the right of self-determination. I'm very confused now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 07, 2015, 04:58:24 pm
But he also protests against democratic things like the right of self-determination. I'm very confused now.

Hes very pro NATO did you expect him to be consistent when it comes to rights and freedom?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 07, 2015, 05:14:46 pm
He has aspergers. It's a social disorder, not an intellectual one. People with aspergers generally have higher than average IQ but have trouble picking up on social queues and resist changes to routine. Whether or not this affects Putin's political policy is debatable, but I really don't think aspergers is severe enough of a condition for it to be noticeable outside of private gatherings and the like.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on March 07, 2015, 05:18:32 pm
Speaking of which (http://russia-insider.com/en/2015/02/06/3199).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2015, 05:21:31 pm
Secretly I'm a neo-nazi.

Har har har.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on March 07, 2015, 05:56:42 pm
Secretly I'm a neo-nazi.

Har har har.


Knew it. When is your Invasion of France being planned? Hit me up when that happen.


http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-plan-to-train-ukraine-national-guard-on-hold-744707 (http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-plan-to-train-ukraine-national-guard-on-hold-744707)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Karth on March 07, 2015, 05:58:13 pm
The US has a higher chance of going to war with Iran than Russia lol

In regards to Putin having asbergers, where did that come about from?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 07, 2015, 06:08:06 pm
It is said that Lenin had a form of autism too. He used to bang his head on the floor when he was a child.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 07, 2015, 06:11:30 pm
America tells everyone He has aspergers. It's a social disorder, not an intellectual one. People with aspergers generally have higher than average IQ but have trouble picking up on social queues and resist changes to routine. Whether or not this affects Putin's political policy is debatable, but I really don't think aspergers is severe enough of a condition for it to be noticeable outside of private gatherings and the like.

But he also protests against democratic things like the right of self-determination. I'm very confused now.

Hes very pro NATO did you expect him to be consistent when it comes to rights and freedom?
Nah, it was more a shitpost from my side.

I'm not a big fan of democracy myself tho. But everyone who reads my posts should already be aware of that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 07, 2015, 06:25:45 pm
Ah, you're one of those people. Can't say I'm surprised.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 07, 2015, 06:26:47 pm
It is said that Lenin had a form of autism too. He used to bang his head on the floor when he was a child.

We would have to know about other autism traits he may of had before linking head banging to autism.
Something like 20% of children bang their heads and it's about 3 times more likely in boys.

There is many reasons other then developmental issues as to why a child would bang his head.
Getting Attention and or Frustration for example.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 08, 2015, 12:47:00 am
Seems Germany is a bit alarmed by NATO's stance.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/germany-concerned-about-aggressive-nato-stance-on-ukraine-a-1022193.html

Also ... thought it was funny on TW...

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 08, 2015, 01:02:10 am
Wow, didn't know there was also international Spiegel propaganda.

But I like how a lot of German politicians make a retreat in the Ukraine conflict since the beginning of 2015.


Edit: This interview was already a few months ago but it should still be topical:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdlXqyZHB9k
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 08, 2015, 02:13:19 am
Wow, didn't know there was also international Spiegel propaganda.

But I like how a lot of German politicians make a retreat in the Ukraine conflict since the beginning of 2015.

I think that's because there is a prevailing view that escalation is not only ratcheting up the tension and danger but that its rather pointless and overall destructive to all interested parties. 

As for propaganda; everything could be considered propaganda because everything we hear is is delivered from outlets that represent or hold a certain perspective and have competing interests; be they Russian friendly/sympathetic/funded or EU/US/NATO friendly/sympathetic/funded or over relying on assumptions as to the accuracy of statements made by their or foreign governments.

Propaganda can also be as little as the conscientious effort to omit certain information that would help contextualize the situation for the average Joe and instead provide him with a lop sided picture. This can be done by omitting or under-reporting the atrocities of our allies and focusing on the atrocities of our enemies or painting the actions of an enemy in an irrational and unprecedented context.

The interview you posted is interesting in that Putin is able to give somewhat rational explanations that generally go unexplored in our media and which may or may not help move beyond the usual evil looming Soviet Empire vs peace loving West stereotype.  At the end of day all sides have double standards that need to be addressed.

it also gives some idea of what the Russian view of self-determination is.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 08, 2015, 08:43:05 am
The problem is that I for example inform myself about German news magazines, sometimes American or British, like BBC for example and finally also Russia Today.
Additionally to that I often visit websites from alternative media whose operators are called "dangerous conspiracy theorists" in German newspapers.

And what I see is that DIE WELT is biased, ARD is biased, CNN is biased, RT is biased and so on. The difference between Russian and western propaganda is that despite the fact that RT is biased I can still watch their news and I can be sure that whatever happened, happened in more or less that way.
But there have been thousands of cases when we had hoaxes, prevarications and so on in western media; from the Iraqi soldiers killing Kuwaiti babies over Orban who wants to ban all Jewish clerks, Policemen who massacre hundreds of protesters on Maidan to Russian tanks in Ukraine with photographs from Georgia.

I do of course google a certain topic when I read about it to see if there are any acknowledgements for it (and also to see from whom they are; normally I find around 20 articles from German media with mostly the exact same words in the caption).


Edit: What I would like to add is that western media is normally very aggressive towards its enemies while RT (and again I have to say RT because there aren't any others I regularly watch) is most of the time only defending against western propaganda.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 08, 2015, 09:35:04 am
You funny man
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 08, 2015, 12:35:00 pm
You are totally right about western media Turin. They are biased and shouldn't be trusted any more than Eastern media. For example, if you type "war in Georgia" in google, you will find this. It's on the NYT website, and you can find it on almost every important western information website.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgraphics8.nytimes.com%2Fimages%2F2010%2F12%2F02%2Fworld%2F02georgia-web1%2F02georgia-web1-articleLarge.jpg&hash=dbe335731c01c3f8a118b8ff4ac8fc6542b77f94)

Do you know what's wrong with this picture?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 08, 2015, 12:46:41 pm
You are totally right about western media Turin. They are biased and shouldn't be trusted any more than Eastern media. For example, if you type "war in Georgia" in google, you will find this. It's on the NYT website, and you can find it on almost every important western information website.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgraphics8.nytimes.com%2Fimages%2F2010%2F12%2F02%2Fworld%2F02georgia-web1%2F02georgia-web1-articleLarge.jpg&hash=dbe335731c01c3f8a118b8ff4ac8fc6542b77f94)

Do you know what's wrong with this picture?

Excellent argumentation: you use asingle photo to validate an entire medium!
You must feel so good about yourself.

Just because their photos are legit, does not mean their conclusions are.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on March 08, 2015, 12:48:08 pm
Max, you can say the same about the Russian media if you type "war in ukraine", there's probably modernised pictures of waffen ss everywhere.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 08, 2015, 12:51:30 pm
Quote from: Riddlez
http://Excellent argumentation: you use asingle photo to validate an entire medium!
You must feel so good about yourself.

Just because their photos are legit, does not mean their conclusions are.
It means they can't be totally trusted. And moreover it's not just a picture on a single website, it's a picture on almost all important western media which is only since 2008. This is called war propaganda.

Western people often believe that there is no war propaganda on their side. But they are wrong.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 08, 2015, 12:53:32 pm
You  should keep in mind that this is just one of thousand examples.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 08, 2015, 01:03:06 pm
Point and laugh, everyone.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 08, 2015, 02:15:55 pm
Western people often believe that there is no war propaganda on their side. But they are wrong.

Got anything to back that up?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 08, 2015, 02:30:03 pm
Got anything to back that up?

"Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media" did a good job showing the hypocrisy of the western media. But why choose and pick if they are all guilty of it?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 08, 2015, 02:31:38 pm
The point of 'free media' isn't that all media centers are unbiased. The point of free media is that nobody is restricting anyone from spreading or receiving news from a certain news outlet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 08, 2015, 02:41:52 pm
Western people often believe that there is no war propaganda on their side. But they are wrong.

Got anything to back that up?
The fact that they believe that? Or the fact that there is war propaganda?

Quote from: Duuring
The point of 'free media' isn't that all media centers are unbiased. The point of free media is that nobody is restricting anyone from spreading or receiving news from a certain news outlet.
Free media as I understand it also imply a certain amount of media independance and objectivity.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 08, 2015, 02:46:28 pm
If you force people to be independent and objective then media isn't free, it's restricted. Free media means they can do/write whatever they they want, what people choose to listen to is their choice.

holy shit this is getting annoying, you cant just change definitions of a word to suit yourself...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 08, 2015, 02:48:33 pm
Whatever you call it, it sucks nonetheless.

The point that really makes me angry about that isn't even the propaganda itself but that we have to pay our own stultification.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 08, 2015, 02:53:47 pm
The point of 'free media' isn't that all media centers are unbiased. The point of free media is that nobody is restricting anyone from spreading or receiving news from a certain news outlet.

Or for paying for it to have a particular spin. A bought and paid for media gets the job done just as readily though one could argue its the lesser evil in principle.
http://theagendadaily.com/gekaufte-journalisten-german-book-will-rock-world/

Western people often believe that there is no war propaganda on their side. But they are wrong.

Got anything to back that up?

I'll just quote some academic crap I posted in the previous Ukraine thread:

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With a little research, they could have exposed them as falsehoods. Of course, war always produces propaganda, but in both these wars the lack of questioning of official pronouncements by the news media was astounding. There was little media dissent from the interpretive framework provided by the government (Entman and Page 1994). The presentation of sanitized images was prevalent, whilst reporters were fed a plethora of spin terms and techno-specific images. Weapons and technology became the heroes and their consequences forgotten. As reporters were not allowed anywhere near any fighting, the media concentrated on ‘sexy’ weapons. Despite around the clock media coverage, it still lacked substance and came entirely from the perspective of the military that controlled both the content and the context. The media corporations, mostly CNN in this case, seemed complicit in this management of public perception by the authorities. The BBC took on its government’s view entirely and even went to the ridiculous lengths of banning the playing of songs such as Killing Me Softly with your Song, Everyone Wants to Rule the World , and We Can Work It Out (Taylor 1992, p.24). Such actions do not indicate a free and fair press but one which was conscious of ensuring continued support for the war, or at least, not wanting to assist in producing antagonism to the official government line. Of course, in war the news media is partially a tool of government but it is problematic whether the media should be totally compliant and by doing so hide the implications of government policy.
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=isw

In regards to both Gulf Wars:
Perhaps the most fundamental danger to the ethical coverage of state violence is the progressive use by governments of influence campaigns prevalent in both these wars. The strategy of denial (the blocking of information to withhold the truth) and deception (an attempt to make someone believe something is not true) is becoming a favoured practice by governments (Godson and Wirtz 2002). These practices have developed in sophistication, and need equally clever journalists and media owners to counter them. In the two wars discussed, denial was almost complete in 1991 and so was deception in 2003 (with the complicity of media owners). The ethical responsibilities of the media were shunned and evaded in both wars.
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=isw
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 08, 2015, 02:54:35 pm
Then move to Russia and worship Putin in wondrous Khrushchev commieblocks created for the glory of the people.

Or just grow up and stop falling for propaganda which is created and aimed at people exactly like you. You're being bamboozled by Putin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 08, 2015, 03:01:29 pm
The point of 'free media' isn't that all media centers are unbiased. The point of free media is that nobody is restricting anyone from spreading or receiving news from a certain news outlet.

Or for paying for it to have a particular spin. A bought and paid for media gets the job done just as readily though one could argue its the lesser evil in principle.
http://theagendadaily.com/gekaufte-journalisten-german-book-will-rock-world/

I read it and I heavily recommend this book.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 08, 2015, 03:50:35 pm
Quote from: Nipples
If you force people to be independent and objective then media isn't free, it's restricted. Free media means they can do/write whatever they they want, what people choose to listen to is their choice.

holy shit this is getting annoying, you cant just change definitions of a word to suit yourself...
I'm not changing the definition. It has been like that since a very long time. You don't need to "force" people, there is other ways to make sure that media remain independent and objective such as public funding, which is what we do in France for the press and doesn't mean state-controlled. If your media isn't independent, it can't be called a free media.

Also when we speak about free media, do we mean freedom to lie and falsify? I doubt it. Citizens have a right to information, and if a media manipulates the information, it ought to be punished. If there is no actual information, what's the point of having free media? I'm not talking about political opinions but about information. A fact is a fact.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on March 08, 2015, 04:20:40 pm
The Separatist had an T-34 --> Ukrainian troops  fought agains an T-34.
Red Army in WW2 had T-34 --> Wehrmacht & SS fought agains an T-34.
Wehrmacht & SS were Nazis --> Ukraine is Nazi.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 08, 2015, 04:24:16 pm
The Separatist had an T-34 --> Ukrainian troops  fought agains an T-34.
Red Army in WW2 had T-34 --> Wehrmacht & SS fought agains an T-34.
Wehrmacht & SS were Nazis --> Ukraine is Nazi.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 08, 2015, 04:30:07 pm
Western people often believe that there is no war propaganda on their side. But they are wrong.

Got anything to back that up?
The fact that they believe that? Or the fact that there is war propaganda?
The fact that they believe that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 08, 2015, 11:29:36 pm
Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 08, 2015, 11:30:47 pm
Ukrainian IFV avoids the crash with civil car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7_5PLqruX8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 08, 2015, 11:33:15 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOohgYcZRZg&index=15
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 09, 2015, 12:18:53 am
Turin, post relevant and reasonable serious stuff or don't post at all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 09, 2015, 12:22:45 am
Duuring, you should know that I have good phases and bad phases.

This evening I had a bad phase.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 09, 2015, 01:39:46 am
Then move to Russia and worship Putin in wondrous Khrushchev commieblocks created for the glory of the people.

Or just grow up and stop falling for propaganda which is created and aimed at people exactly like you. You're being bamboozled by Putin.

Not sure if your talking to me or Turin but sounds glorious comrade. When do we fly?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 09, 2015, 01:59:42 am
That was to Turin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 09, 2015, 03:10:30 am
That was to Turin.

So you're saying that the offer doesn't extend us?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 09, 2015, 03:28:05 am
Only the most loyal Putin worshipers are allowed into the sacred commieblock enclave. Prove your worth as a loyal Putinbot and one day you too may be admitted into the realm of the ethereal vodka blackout dream.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 09, 2015, 03:54:54 am
Only the most loyal Putin worshipers are allowed into the sacred commieblock enclave. Prove your worth as a loyal Putinbot and one day you too may be admitted into the realm of the ethereal vodka blackout dream.

Sadly there is no more place in my heart for Putin.

(https://i.imgur.com/DpZZ0FB.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 09, 2015, 03:58:34 am
Only the most loyal Putin worshipers are allowed into the sacred commieblock enclave. Prove your worth as a loyal Putinbot and one day you too may be admitted into the realm of the ethereal vodka blackout dream.

Oh but to dream of the 3rd level ethereal state of Vodka heaven.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 09, 2015, 04:03:22 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOohgYcZRZg&index=15
That post, my good sir, have made my day.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 09, 2015, 09:44:52 pm
http://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the-malaysian-airlines-mh17-boeing-was-shot-down-examination-of-the-wreckage/5435094
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 09, 2015, 09:59:57 pm
http://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the-malaysian-airlines-mh17-boeing-was-shot-down-examination-of-the-wreckage/5435094

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Globalresearch.ca


http://www.globalresearch.ca/north-korea-a-land-of-human-achievement-love-and-joy/5344960
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 09, 2015, 10:01:38 pm
http://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the-malaysian-airlines-mh17-boeing-was-shot-down-examination-of-the-wreckage/5435094

that english is more broken than mh17
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 09, 2015, 10:12:01 pm
If somebody could please give me a detailed illustrated report about why it wasn't that way and why it were the rebels?

What do you mean "there is none"?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 09, 2015, 10:24:09 pm
that english
Nice punctuation skills you have there, my little far right-wing buddy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 09, 2015, 10:59:01 pm
oh look, another turd who doesnt understand forum humour
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 09, 2015, 11:05:37 pm
oh look, another turd who doesnt understand forum humour
that offends me as someone who's free (i.e. American)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 10, 2015, 01:56:51 am
oh

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31796226
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 10, 2015, 02:41:08 am
If somebody could please give me a detailed illustrated report about why it wasn't that way and why it were the rebels?

What do you mean "there is none"?

Look Mh17 reeks of a false flag operation. Russia and the rebels had nothing to gain from it and Ukraine also posses the BUK missile system. In fact they sold some to Georgia a while back.

Finally the rebels and Russians say there was at least 1 Ukrainian plane close to MH17 during the incident.
Maybe they were trying to shoot down that Ukrainian plane? Maybe that Ukrainian plane shot down MH17? Maybe a Ukrainian BUK system shot down MH17. Maybe the Russians shot down MH17 by accident.

I doubt the rebels had the capability to operate the BUK system and this is why it was probably Russians or Ukrainians that shot it down.

Unfortunately the MH17 incident is literally useless to this whole debate on which side we should debate.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 10, 2015, 09:28:25 am
If somebody could please give me a detailed illustrated report about why it wasn't that way and why it were the rebels?

What do you mean "there is none"?

Look Mh17 reeks of a false flag operation. Russia and the rebels had nothing to gain from it and Ukraine also posses the BUK missile system. In fact they sold some to Georgia a while back.

Finally the rebels and Russians say there was at least 1 Ukrainian plane close to MH17 during the incident.
Maybe they were trying to shoot down that Ukrainian plane? Maybe that Ukrainian plane shot down MH17? Maybe a Ukrainian BUK system shot down MH17. Maybe the Russians shot down MH17 by accident.

I doubt the rebels had the capability to operate the BUK system and this is why it was probably Russians or Ukrainians that shot it down.

Unfortunately the MH17 incident is literally useless to this whole debate on which side we should debate.

If you actually read the report they state it's highly unlikely it was a BUK due to the fragmentation damage and the destruction of the fuselage along with damage to the cockpit. What they think is more likely is damage from large caliber autocannons fitted to a common Ukrainian or Russian SU25 (23-30mm). The rounds supposedly went through the engine and the travellef into the cockpit killing both pilots explaining why there was no radio signals.

A bit far fetched but the physical evidence they have is correct but as to how it happened its still just a theory.

I doubt it was false flag, rather a mistake by either Ukrainian or Russian pilots.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 10, 2015, 09:53:50 am
The only reason the MH17 has become such a big deal is because both sides as desperate to pin it on each other so they can get the upper hand in their retard politics that revolve entirely around making the other side look bad. It doesn't even matter who actually did it - only who can do a better job of convincing the public who did it. It was a fucking accident, obviously - I don't think either side actually believes or expects anyone else to believe that MH17 was shot down intentionally - but of course it has to be all about how incompetent or careless The DNR or Ukrainian National guard is, when in reality if the plane had flown maybe five miles to the north, south, east or west it could have been anyone else to have made the stupid decision to fire those rockets or target the aircraft.

What a stupid fucking conflict in general. This war has basically just become a meme, with more people actually caring about it behind their computers and shitposting and jerking off to national anthems than those who are actually on the ground and want nothing but for it to end. Nothing is more irritating to me than the retarded fantastical reverence some of you idiots hold for one side or the other that hardly goes farther than who wears the better uniform, or who has a cooler looking flag. What the fuck is wrong with you faggots?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 10, 2015, 12:14:00 pm
remove the f*ggots part b4 u get a warn

hurry brothar
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on March 10, 2015, 01:24:12 pm
Russia pls stahp
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Danik on March 10, 2015, 03:14:46 pm
Nipplestockings is being spot on with his post. If there was a thumbs up button, I would use it now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 10, 2015, 04:30:07 pm
Nothing is more irritating to me than the retarded fantastical reverence some of you idiots hold for one side or the other that hardly goes farther than who wears the better uniform, or who has a cooler looking flag. What the fuck is wrong with you faggots?

Yet you were eager to participate.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 10, 2015, 04:55:21 pm
I've joked and trolled around here, but I would never actively pledge my support to one side based on videos on the internet and cool flags. The thing is people here actually do that, which is something I didn't fully realize til fairly recently.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 10, 2015, 05:22:18 pm
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If you actually read the report they state it's highly unlikely it was a BUK due to the fragmentation damage and the destruction of the fuselage along with damage to the cockpit. What they think is more likely is damage from large caliber autocannons fitted to a common Ukrainian or Russian SU25 (23-30mm). The rounds supposedly went through the engine and the travellef into the cockpit killing both pilots explaining why there was no radio signals.

A bit far fetched but the physical evidence they have is correct but as to how it happened its still just a theory.

I doubt it was false flag, rather a mistake by either Ukrainian or Russian pilots.
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I fully agree and I've read about the autocannon theory I just didn't know it was now considered plausible and not just something people would dismiss as Russian propaganda?

I must ask. How can you mistakenly shoot down a civilian plane with your autocannon?


Nothing is more irritating to me than the retarded fantastical reverence some of you idiots hold for one side or the other that hardly goes farther than who wears the better uniform, or who has a cooler looking flag. What the fuck is wrong with you faggots?

I enjoy giving you anal irritations.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 10, 2015, 05:35:57 pm
Here is the analysis of the former Lufthansa pilot Peter Haisenko:

http://www.anderweltonline.com/wissenschaft-und-technik/luftfahrt-2014/shocking-analysis-of-the-shooting-down-of-malaysian-mh17/

This is the examination he made right after the crash.
He released a second analysis three days ago based on the latest insights from the Dutch commission which is only available in German up to this point:

http://www.anderweltonline.com/wissenschaft-und-technik/luftfahrt-2015/mh-17-abschuss-durch-ukrainische-su-25-ist-bewiesen/?fb_action_ids=1054199061262857&fb_action_types=og.likes
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 10, 2015, 06:51:52 pm
Spoiler
If you actually read the report they state it's highly unlikely it was a BUK due to the fragmentation damage and the destruction of the fuselage along with damage to the cockpit. What they think is more likely is damage from large caliber autocannons fitted to a common Ukrainian or Russian SU25 (23-30mm). The rounds supposedly went through the engine and the travellef into the cockpit killing both pilots explaining why there was no radio signals.

A bit far fetched but the physical evidence they have is correct but as to how it happened its still just a theory.

I doubt it was false flag, rather a mistake by either Ukrainian or Russian pilots.
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I fully agree and I've read about the autocannon theory I just didn't know it was now considered plausible and not just something people would dismiss as Russian propaganda?

I must ask. How can you mistakenly shoot down a civilian plane with your autocannon?

Well i'm assuming they likely did it from range within clouds without having a visual on the plane thus making it just an identified aircraft within the airspace of a war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 10, 2015, 07:02:40 pm
Well i'm assuming they likely did it from range within clouds without having a visual on the plane thus making it just an identified aircraft within the airspace of a war.

About that auto cannon theory. Other sources claim that it was shrapnel damage similar to the BUK missile system. These sources also claim that it hit the cockpit meaning it was radar guided rather then heat seeking and that would make make sense with a BUK missile system.

I hope that auto cannon theory isn't from global research again.

I think the idea that clouds can make you miss identify a civilian target to which you then proceed to shoot down with unguided weaponry is invalid.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 10, 2015, 07:11:50 pm
Why don't we just wait until the research team comes with the results?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 10, 2015, 07:18:20 pm
Why don't we just wait until the research team comes with the results?

Which research team?
Will they release black box recordings?
Will the U.S release it's satellite images?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on March 10, 2015, 08:17:20 pm
In the second text(the german one)he says, thats they maybe wantet to shot down putins plane, which was planned to fly over ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2015, 08:23:31 pm
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/krieg-in-der-ukraine-mh-wurde-vom-boden-aus-abgeschossen-1.2386385
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 10, 2015, 09:12:06 pm
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/krieg-in-der-ukraine-mh-wurde-vom-boden-aus-abgeschossen-1.2386385
The only argument that has been stated why it could not have been the Su-25 is that the Su can't reach the appropriate height. This is just wrong. Its not like the aircraft would suddenly fall out of the sky. Even propeller-driven aircraft are capable of reaching 10km or more. The Su can easily climb onto 14km.
On Wikipedia you will find 7000m which has been changed to that number from "ca 10000m" in July 2014.
Another page (fliegerweb.com) stated 14600m which has been changed in November 2014.

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Furthermore the article gives no argument whatsoever for the Buk thesis. But in the end these two litte liars explain that their version is now proven and that the other version has been refuted.

If you have a look at the links I posted you will find precise information why the damage fits perfectly for the weapon types an Su-25 carries and why it could not have been a Buk rocket.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2015, 09:15:09 pm
I'm sure you know more about the Su-25 then the guy who just designed it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 10, 2015, 09:18:12 pm
I'm sure you know more about the Su-25 then the guy who just designed it.
If you are capable of designing an aircraft it does not mean you are no liar.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2015, 09:28:20 pm
But it does mean you know what the aircraft can do, and what it not can do. And according to the designer of the air-craft, it's not capable of shooting down an passenger air-plane from 10 km high - He's not saying it can't fly as high.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 10, 2015, 09:30:06 pm
So it probably must have been a Buk rocket system which carries Su-25 weaponry.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 10, 2015, 09:32:37 pm
That Haisenko guy says Russia showed evidence of a Ukrainian SU-25 shooting down MH-17. Does he mean the now famous and very badly photoshopped image that circles around the internet?

If he considers that proof, then this guy is nothing but an idiot.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 10, 2015, 09:36:29 pm
That Haisenko guy says Russia showed evidence of a Ukrainian SU-25 shooting down MH-17. Does he mean the now famous and very badly photoshopped image that circles around the internet?
Afaik he later said that it probably had been a fake photo. Nonetheless I don't judge him that he believed it was right because it would had fit perfectly into his insights.
Having said that this incident doesn't make his analysis better or worse.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on March 10, 2015, 09:43:27 pm
https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/gaming-russian-offensive
What do you think, what scenario  is the most realistic?

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 10, 2015, 10:28:42 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5FfJ89rGPc
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 10, 2015, 10:34:47 pm
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5FfJ89rGPc
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 10, 2015, 10:42:38 pm
Why don't we just wait until the research team comes with the results?

Which research team?
Will they release black box recordings?
Will the U.S release it's satellite images?

Dutch-run research team.
They probably will. Why?
The Netherlands, unlike the Americans or the Ukraines or the Russians have only one interest in the outcome of the matter: finding out what happened to the 198 Dutch in that plane. The Netherlands has no interest in picking a side, rather they have an interest in the entire conflict sooner rather than later. That is why a Dutch team makes for as an objective one as you can get.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 11, 2015, 01:09:36 am
Dutch-run research team.
The Netherlands, unlike the Americans , Ukrainians and Russians they only have one interest in the outcome of the matter: finding out what happened to the 198 Dutch in that plane. The Netherlands has no interest in picking a side, rather they have an interest in the entire conflict sooner rather than later. That is why a Dutch team makes for as an objective one as you can get.

Netherlands is an original NATO member. Netherlands already has picked a side.

They probably will. Why?

It's obviously important?


http://youtu.be/Iu90FIH6-3A
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 11, 2015, 10:31:05 am
Dutch-run research team.
The Netherlands, unlike the Americans , Ukrainians and Russians they only have one interest in the outcome of the matter: finding out what happened to the 198 Dutch in that plane. The Netherlands have no interest in picking a side, rather they have an interest in the entire conflict sooner rather than later. That is why a Dutch team makes for as an objective one as you can get.

Netherlands is an original NATO member. Netherlands already has picked a side.

They probably will. Why?

It's obviously important?

I really don't see how orignal NATO member has anything to do with that.
France is an orignal NATO member, and has barely taken a side. The only countries pointing fingers are Ukraine, Russia and the US.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 11, 2015, 10:49:43 am
Quote
only countries pointing fingers are Ukraine, Russia and the US.

Lol what?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 11, 2015, 01:37:56 pm
I took an interest in the SU25 theory. I don't really care to get into any arguments but I'll list some things and sources for anyone interested. This is pretty much information I came across looking into what remains a Russian theory and thus Russian sources are used which I doubt will be to everyone's liking but anyhow thought I'd share and consolidate some of these sources for later use as it was a bitch to try and find some of them again.

Service Ceiling:
The su-25 has a service height of 7km but I don't think that means absolute height of 7km. Afaik service height is merely the height in which the engine performs at maximum efficiency or has the optimal climb rate. Absolute height is where climb rate would reach 0. Sukhoi (the manufacturer) places the service ceiling at 7km however this may not just be due to air density but most likely due to crew conditions given the non-pressurized cockpit bottle-necking any gain here. http://www.sukhoi.org/eng/planes/military/su25k/lth/

(RT claims that during war time the general operating ceiling height restrictions may be lifted) 15 mins onwards this RT doco purports to show an Su25 climbing up to < 10.5km in a test flight with a view of the cockpit and eventually altimeter provided at 16 mins.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwC9RJopkHU
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Out of curiosity and obviously to be taken with an extreme grain of salt; I tried flying the Su25T in DCS World at 10.5km and that seems to work though they don’t simulate blackouts due to non-pressurized cockpits.

Pressurization:
The problem if I understand correctly is that the cockpit isn’t pressurized. Pilots may be able to manage this altitude for shorter periods of time though. How long before symptoms would manifest themselves I don’t know but at least 1 stowaway survived 8 hours at 38000 feet. http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=96267

Speed:
At cruising speed a Boeing 777 is apprx 0.84 Mach which is apprx 1024 km/h
An Su-25 has a max speed of 0.82 Mach or 950 km/h at sea level (no cruise speed is given or indicated, basically due to low air density above 10km the air resistance or friction becomes less meaning less thrust needs to be used in order to maintain higher speeds which means big fuel savings for airlines etc).

From the picture of Russia's theory presentation it looks as if they claim the Su25 was climbing at 400 km/h along MH17's flight path while MH17 was descending and flying at at 900 km/h.

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FEEbiSRFYTZY%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&hash=cd93845ef37c84de2e9c4e30df190dd5c68bb2ce)
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http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/777family/pf/pf_300product.page

Armament:
The range of any air to air missile is dependent on the height (air density) vs the speed your flying at (initial speed of rocket).
The Russians seem to be claiming that a R-60 infrared missile may have been used. The range for the R-60 is apprx 5km but this would likely be increased at higher altitudes. My main problem with the Russian theory is in regards to aiming with the 30mm cannon if a constant distance couldn't be maintained. If MH17 was flying 200km faster or generally faster than the Su25 then it would have been extremely difficult to maintain a similar airspeed in order to maintain range for a decent shot with the cannon on a moving target. Some explanations for a decrease or increase in speed could be:

a) Su25 managed to fire successfully at its target with the cannon prior to MH17 moving out of range.
b) MH17 continued to dive and Su25 dived with it thus increasing speed temporarily (short window of opportunity?).
c) The R-60 hit one of the engines first and thus lowering MH17's overall speed prior to being finished off with cannon fire.

Just a note that in DCS the SU25T doesn't have a Lead Computed Opitcal Sight like the Su-27 given its ground attack role. It does or should have an on board TV screen that locks on to targets and provides an aiming reticule on the hud but usually this doesn't give lead information (ie: where you should fire to hit a moving target) at least afaik. (these are older models simulated though so I expect modern aircraft to have updated internal equipment etc)

In regards to engines:
The Ukraine has upgraded some of its SU-25's to the SU25M1 and Su-25UMB1. One or both of these replaces the stock engineto 2 x R-95SH. The Russian version uses the 2 x R-195. The service ceiling obviously remains the same if the cockpit isn’t pressurized but the engine apparently has more thrust than the R-195.
http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/ukrainian_army_adopts_two_aircrafts_182074
http://internettracking.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/r-95Sh-r-195-turbojet-engines-technology.html

In regards to damage:
From 11 mins onwards the Russian military demonstrates what the damage of a 30mm cannon looks like on other aircraft for RT. Posting this for those interested in visual comparisons. No comparison of a BUK is provided :/
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuoIw3jBV4g
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In regards to why MH17 may have been shot down if indeed the Russian theory is correct:
At a distance the stripes may have been similar to Russia's presidential flight or perhaps any Russian plane but even RT claims that there are conflicting reports as to whether Putin even overflew the Ukraine at the time with the terminal from which it usually departs claiming that the Presidential plane hasn't overflown the Ukraine in a long time. It may be an attempt by Russian domestic propaganda to supply a sinister motive to the Ukraine for shooting down MH17 in order to stack the odds in favor of the Russian narrative. From July 13 to 17 Putin was in Brazil for the FIFA world cup and BRICS summit and may or may not have been flying back at the time but I have no idea what route he flew.
http://rt.com/news/173672-malaysia-plane-crash-putin/

Where there any witness accounts seeing a military fighter?:
20 seconds in courtesy of Russia's BBC. I believe there are similar accounts of BUK missile systems.
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVdwUdlswOY
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 11, 2015, 02:21:27 pm
c) The R-60 hit one of the engines first and thus lowering MH17's overall speed prior to being finished off with cannon fire.

This is also what Peter Haisenko concluded.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 11, 2015, 03:56:02 pm
Dispatch 99.

Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1kXprJk8hm4
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 11, 2015, 04:05:01 pm
Lol @ that ND. In the US military that would be an offense of the utmost severity. I guess it's a laughing matter in slavland.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 11, 2015, 05:44:56 pm
Quote
only countries pointing fingers are Ukraine, Russia and the US.

Lol what?

Ikr?

It's obviously important?

I really don't see how orignal NATO member has anything to do with that.
France is an orignal NATO member, and has barely taken a side. The only countries pointing fingers are Ukraine, Russia and the US.

Too bad you were to busy listening to yourself "defeating" arguments to understand I was talking about the black boxes.




Those things are awesome.
Spoiler
https://youtu.be/O6-QjpC3m5U
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 11, 2015, 07:32:16 pm
Is anyone really taking the 'They wanted to shoot down Putin!' theory serious?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 11, 2015, 07:35:29 pm
Is anyone really taking the 'They wanted to shoot down Putin!' theory serious?

EVERYONE IS.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 12, 2015, 01:41:36 am
Is anyone really taking the 'They wanted to shoot down Putin!' theory serious?

Why take it more or less serious than any of the other crap we hear about in this conflict? Any source of information spread by a belligerent should be treated with skepticism and a regard for ulterior motives.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2015, 08:27:00 am
Because that would be a direct attack on Russia, giving them the best excuse ever to invade? Maybe?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 12, 2015, 09:55:35 am
Oh that's right. I keep forgetting the Ukraine isn't at war with Russia.

I agree with you that it would provide the excuse but I am unsure if the next leader would have the ability or will to carry out a war while dealing with a potential internal power struggle.

Given that the impetus for Crimean annexation and Russian initiative in the area likely stems from Putin it wouldn't be unthinkable to remove a charismatic strong political head of state in what may be construed or manipulated as an ironic accident or a pilot gone rogue in the hope that Russia becomes to busy with an internal power struggle to care much about the East Ukraine let alone the West Ukraine.
 http://www.vocativ.com/world/russia/happen-russia-putin-died/

If that where to happen I wonder if some of Russia's political members might reach out to the West for endorsement.

Sounds a bit far fetched I know but so does Putin's supposed plans for an invasion of Finland and the Baltic states. In the end everything you hear from this conflict is so outlandish that it almost sounds possible. lol.  The Ukraine has been on the verge of bankruptcy since March last year and being torn apart by what the Ukraine believes is Russian intervention, Russian troops, Russian weapons. I am not sure how far the Ukraine is willing to go and whether or not it would consider the extremes if it thought it could get away with it. I also don't know if someone might get it into his head to just go rogue if he had the opportunity. There have been multiple plot attempts on Putin's life in the past so who knows.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17176615
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 12, 2015, 05:12:06 pm
Ukraine isnt at war with Russia because there are no Russian Soldiers in Ukraine that are not volunteers.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 12, 2015, 05:29:22 pm
Ukraine isnt at war with Russia because there are no Russian Soldiers in Ukraine that aren't said to be volunteers.

Fixed
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on March 12, 2015, 05:37:53 pm
When entire Russian units come home in body bags or simply disappear. I think it's safe to assume that they weren't volunteers.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 12, 2015, 05:38:39 pm
When entire Russian units come home in body bags or simply disappear. I think it's safe to assume that they weren't volunteers.

Because volunteers don't die?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 12, 2015, 05:40:05 pm
Slightly related: Putin hasn't appeared in public for a week now, public appearance of him today was cancelled, officials could not say when he is going to re-appear again, and today and yesterday there has been a sharp rise of helicopter flights around the Kremlin - Even in front of the National Control centre of Defense.

Is it happening?

http://joinfo.com/world/1001644_President-Putin-is-alive-but-feels-very-bad.html

When entire Russian units come home in body bags or simply disappear. I think it's safe to assume that they weren't volunteers.

Because volunteers don't die?

They usually don't get a military burial on a military burial ground.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 12, 2015, 05:42:58 pm
Funny I remember the same thing being said when Kim Jong Un didn't appear in public for his ankle injuries. Putin is fine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 12, 2015, 05:46:16 pm
is putin finally kaput? hue?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 12, 2015, 11:07:40 pm
is putin finally kaput? hue?

Put Put KAPUT
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 12, 2015, 11:40:20 pm
Ukraine isnt at war with Russia because there are no Russian Soldiers in Ukraine that are not volunteers.

Whether or not that is true isn't so much the issue in regards to what I was saying. Its whether or not the Ukrainian government or Ukrainians for that matter believe its true and are willing to act on that belief.

Slightly related: Putin hasn't appeared in public for a week now, public appearance of him today was cancelled, officials could not say when he is going to re-appear again, and today and yesterday there has been a sharp rise of helicopter flights around the Kremlin - Even in front of the National Control centre of Defense.

Is it happening?

http://joinfo.com/world/1001644_President-Putin-is-alive-but-feels-very-bad.html

Speak of the devil lol. He's probably fine but...

Dispatch 100 and 101:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6mfj1eLebNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QJENUp-m1zg
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 13, 2015, 02:36:33 am
There is a fat Azov nazi guarding Mariupol and it glorious mayor. The city is safe.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DeoVindice61 on March 13, 2015, 06:10:52 am
There is a fat Azov nazi guarding Mariupol and it glorious mayor. The city is safe.


You underestimate the power of wolfsangel, you bear the symbol and it magically gives you the speed and agility to overwhelm your enemies....as long you don't invade Russia.

Slava Ukraini.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 13, 2015, 07:33:27 am
There is a fat Azov nazi guarding Mariupol and it glorious mayor. The city is safe.


You underestimate the power of wolfsangel, you bear the symbol and it magically gives you the speed and agility to overwhelm your enemies....as long you don't invade Russia.

Slava Ukraini.

Fuck the redsox
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 13, 2015, 09:26:23 am
There is a fat Azov nazi guarding Mariupol and it glorious mayor. The city is safe.


You underestimate the power of wolfsangel, you bear the symbol and it magically gives you the speed and agility to overwhelm your enemies....as long you don't invade Russia.

Slava Ukraini.

Fuck the redsox
fuck any color socks #FreeFeet
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 13, 2015, 03:14:47 pm
Hooray, he is back!

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frt.com%2Ffiles%2Fpolitics%2Fvladimir-putin-room-joke%2Fputin-823.jpg&hash=07d5843f1fe321fc43dc4f91863cef657cdb7368)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 13, 2015, 03:15:53 pm
Death to ukraine I hope they kill all the fasicst soldier POWs
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on March 13, 2015, 03:28:00 pm
You're retarded.

I hope the POWs are getting payed.

"There are detailed rules in international law for the treatment of prisoners of war set out in the Third Geneva Convention of 1949. Most of the restrictions on civilian employment detailed above also apply to them; beyond this, the Geneva Conventions specify that POWs forced to work must be paid a wage, unless their work involves only the maintenance or administration of their place of detention. They cannot be forced to do degrading, unhealthy, or dangerous work. Military officers cannot be forced to work."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 13, 2015, 03:28:43 pm
execute all ukraine fascists and civilians
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 13, 2015, 03:47:36 pm
Let's take it down a notch.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 13, 2015, 03:48:15 pm
You're retarded.

I hope the POWs are getting payed.

"There are detailed rules in international law for the treatment of prisoners of war set out in the Third Geneva Convention of 1949. Most of the restrictions on civilian employment detailed above also apply to them; beyond this, the Geneva Conventions specify that POWs forced to work must be paid a wage, unless their work involves only the maintenance or administration of their place of detention. They cannot be forced to do degrading, unhealthy, or dangerous work. Military officers cannot be forced to work."

Which moron thought this would be a good idea?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 13, 2015, 03:49:57 pm
How is it moronic to prohibit the subjection of POWs to slavery?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 13, 2015, 03:55:29 pm
And since when has the US cared about this in the past, to name a country?
I recall gitmo, which I think you could see as degrading.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 13, 2015, 03:59:55 pm
Who ever mentioned the US? Would you like to view a list of countries who have signed the geneva conventions?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on March 13, 2015, 04:00:08 pm
And since when has the US cared about this in the past, to name a country?
I recall gitmo, which I think you could see as degrading.

Er. Are we going to differentiate between POWs and Terrorists? Anyway this is a tad bit off topic... Sorry.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 13, 2015, 04:02:04 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.

Even so, the US treatment of prisoners at gito is completely irrelevant here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 13, 2015, 04:04:30 pm
You're retarded.

I hope the POWs are getting payed.

"There are detailed rules in international law for the treatment of prisoners of war set out in the Third Geneva Convention of 1949. Most of the restrictions on civilian employment detailed above also apply to them; beyond this, the Geneva Conventions specify that POWs forced to work must be paid a wage, unless their work involves only the maintenance or administration of their place of detention. They cannot be forced to do degrading, unhealthy, or dangerous work. Military officers cannot be forced to work."
I doubt they have signed it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 13, 2015, 04:19:47 pm
I am not sure about the law in regards to POWs. Bluehawk from Taleworlds posted this in regards to the same issue:


Quote
Non-state actors are not expected to fulfill human rights obligations to the same extent as states, and the situation around the Donetsk airport could constitute (or be made to appear to constitute) a lack of resources that would necessitate the full utilization of available manpower, prisoners of war included. If it comes to pass that they can excavate all the dead without suffering casualties, all the while being fed and clothed and secure from the elements, then the case against the insurgents would be more difficult to make. It's curious to see how they'll be "paid" for their labour though.

Also for what it's worth, The Donetsk People's Republic and/or Novorossiya - in so far as they constitute states - are not signatories of the Geneva Conventions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 13, 2015, 04:21:43 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people who get abducted from their home countries against international law and then are tortured like we did it in the middle ages.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on March 13, 2015, 04:25:36 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people that get abducted from their home countries against international law.

You see, I would almost feel bad for them if it wasn't for, you know, all the terrorist attacks and loss of innocent life... But what do I know, right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 13, 2015, 04:28:49 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people that get abducted from their home countries against international law.

You see, I would almost feel bad for them if it wasn't for, you know, all the terrorist attacks and loss of innocent life... But what do I know, right?
Islamic extremism is a product of western imperialism. And it's not like these people are proven to be terrorists.

Spoiler
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BksJgThCEAA94HR.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 13, 2015, 04:32:20 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people who get abducted from their home countries against international law and then are tortured like we did it in the middle ages.

Sure, I agree with you. Now explain how the US has anything to do with the DNR following the guidelines of the geneva conventions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 13, 2015, 04:34:23 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people who get abducted from their home countries against international law and then are tortured like we did it in the middle ages.

Sure, I agree with you. Now explain how the US has anything to do with the DNR following the guidelines of the geneva conventions.
Nothing at all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on March 13, 2015, 04:34:54 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people that get abducted from their home countries against international law.

You see, I would almost feel bad for them if it wasn't for, you know, all the terrorist attacks and loss of innocent life... But what do I know, right?
Islamic extremism is a product of western imperialism. And it's not like these people are proven to be terrorists.

Spoiler
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BksJgThCEAA94HR.jpg)
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So, innocent people deserve to die now because of pricks from past generations? Anyway, this is incredibly off topic, can we drop this?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 13, 2015, 04:36:23 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people who get abducted from their home countries against international law and then are tortured like we did it in the middle ages.

Sure, I agree with you. Now explain how the US has anything to do with the DNR following the guidelines of the geneva conventions.
Nothing at all.

Sorry, I assumed you agreed with Riddlez.

Quote
So, innocent people deserve to die now because of pricks from past generations? Anyway, this is incredibly off topic, can we drop this?

Anyway can we drop this, it's incredibly of

#justsmartphonethings
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 13, 2015, 04:37:16 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people that get abducted from their home countries against international law.

You see, I would almost feel bad for them if it wasn't for, you know, all the terrorist attacks and loss of innocent life... But what do I know, right?
Islamic extremism is a product of western imperialism. And it's not like these people are proven to be terrorists.

Spoiler
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BksJgThCEAA94HR.jpg)
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So, innocent people deserve to die now because of pricks from past generations?
At first I was wondering why you were talking about past generations. Then I realized you really thought I meant former European colonialism.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 13, 2015, 04:41:05 pm
You realize people from different generations can be alive at the same time, right?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 13, 2015, 04:52:37 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people who get abducted from their home countries against international law and then are tortured like we did it in the middle ages.

Sure, I agree with you. Now explain how the US has anything to do with the DNR following the guidelines of the geneva conventions.

I meant that because there is a Geneva convention, doesn't mean that anyone cares. I just think it's hypocritical to accuse states of violating it while you've done it yourself.
(and the US is indeed a Geneva convention signatory)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on March 13, 2015, 04:59:40 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people who get abducted from their home countries against international law and then are tortured like we did it in the middle ages.

Sure, I agree with you. Now explain how the US has anything to do with the DNR following the guidelines of the geneva conventions.

I meant that because there is a Geneva convention, doesn't mean that anyone cares. I just think it's hypocritical to accuse states of violating it while you've done it yourself.
(and the US is indeed a Geneva convention signatory)

Since when is every citizen responsible for the actions of their government?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 13, 2015, 05:00:41 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people who get abducted from their home countries against international law and then are tortured like we did it in the middle ages.

Sure, I agree with you. Now explain how the US has anything to do with the DNR following the guidelines of the geneva conventions.

I meant that because there is a Geneva convention, doesn't mean that anyone cares. I just think it's hypocritical to accuse states of violating it while you've done it yourself.
(and the US is indeed a Geneva convention signatory)

Since when is every citizen responsible for the actions of their government?

Never, since when did I say?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ryner on March 13, 2015, 05:07:19 pm
Spoiler
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people who get abducted from their home countries against international law and then are tortured like we did it in the middle ages.

Sure, I agree with you. Now explain how the US has anything to do with the DNR following the guidelines of the geneva conventions.

I meant that because there is a Geneva convention, doesn't mean that anyone cares. I just think it's hypocritical to accuse states of violating it while you've done it yourself.
(and the US is indeed a Geneva convention signatory)

Since when is every citizen responsible for the actions of their government?

Never, since when did I say?
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@Bold

Nipple is just an average citizen of the United Stetes and as such has very little say in the goings on of his government outside of elections where is vote is arguably meaningless. Therefore he shouldn't be held directly responsible for the actions of some old pricks that other old pricks voted into office.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 13, 2015, 05:25:38 pm
Terrorism suspects are in no way covered by the geneva conventions. They're international criminals, not soldiers.
No, they are people who get abducted from their home countries against international law and then are tortured like we did it in the middle ages.

Sure, I agree with you. Now explain how the US has anything to do with the DNR following the guidelines of the geneva conventions.

I meant that because there is a Geneva convention, doesn't mean that anyone cares. I just think it's hypocritical to accuse states of violating it while you've done it yourself.
(and the US is indeed a Geneva convention signatory)

Name times that the US has violated the geneva convention.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 13, 2015, 06:10:16 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/petraeus-says-us-violated_b_209215.html

http://baltimorechronicle.com/geneva_feb02.shtml

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/antiterrorism/i/geneva_conv_2.htm
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 13, 2015, 06:14:02 pm
Those all refer to the same claims, and those claims are ambiguous anyway. There's no consensus on whether or not terrorists quality as conventional soldiers, but considering it's not written in the text of the treaties, it comes down to interpretation, none of which has been agreed upon in the international community.

That's not to say torture is acceptable, but a few people saying they think it's a breach of the geneva conventions is not enough to mean anything concrete.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 13, 2015, 06:38:40 pm
Soldiers are to be visually recognizable as soldiers, for one.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 13, 2015, 07:28:28 pm
Those all refer to the same claims, and those claims are ambiguous anyway. There's no consensus on whether or not terrorists quality as conventional soldiers, but considering it's not written in the text of the treaties, it comes down to interpretation, none of which has been agreed upon in the international community.

That's not to say torture is acceptable, but a few people saying they think it's a breach of the geneva conventions is not enough to mean anything concrete.

That's because only a few people can fully witness Guantanamo Bay.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/un-torture-expert-refused-access-to-guantanamo-bay-and-us-federal-prisons/203296/

General Petraeus thinks the U.S hasn't followed through on it while the U.S denies U.N inspectors into the facility. It's a bit more of a concern then just  "a few people thinking it's a breach".

Then we also have this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 14, 2015, 03:19:15 am
Soldiers are to be visually recognizable as soldiers, for one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_company
They're also not supposed to be mercenaries like Blackwater etc the use of which are also unlawful combatants under the Geneva convention. Mentioning this because its related to below:

Name times that the US has violated the geneva convention.


In what time frame and on what subject? If we're talking simply about Gitmo then the Supreme court of the United States already ruled that Gitmo is in violation of the Geneva convention (Humdan vs Rumsfeld). However there is some criticism over this ruling because the government feels that terrorists do not qualify for the same rights as POWs and to some extent this is true. However an insurgent may not necessarily be a terrorist and given the large scale incompetence we've seen in our War on Terror (eg: offering a few thousand dollars to turn in a terrorist in a third world country to every Tom Dick and Harry or Achmed) there is just to much gross negligence.

Regardless of which, proponents of the view that Gitmo is in violation of the Geneva convention might argue that all unlawful combatants, regardless of their nationality, where they were captured, and whether they are covered by the Fourth Convention, are entitled to the guarantees of article 75 at all times.
https://www.icrc.org/ihl/WebART/470-750096
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Bluehawk on March 14, 2015, 04:49:12 am
Islamic extremism is a product of western imperialism. And it's not like these people are proven to be terrorists.

Spoiler
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BksJgThCEAA94HR.jpg)
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Neither is a viable target, the Afghan National Army is a NATO ally, but then the US always had trouble telling friend from foe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarnak_Farm_incident).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 14, 2015, 05:19:04 am

Oh didn't realize you frequent this forum (Haven't been paying enough attention). I always think of your avatar when I think Bluehawk (Russian Napoleonic soldier?).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on March 14, 2015, 03:47:13 pm
Gentlemen! This shit is so off topic it looks like a Fox News tangent! Move along!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Krotan on March 16, 2015, 07:57:43 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/IeLRocy.gif)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 16, 2015, 08:08:35 pm
Our boy Putin back in business. Wooo
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 16, 2015, 10:01:45 pm
Our boy Putin back in business. Wooo
god bless

the orthodox shamans did their duty
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 17, 2015, 01:19:31 pm
Not sure if anyone has posted this in its entirety but its the VICE news investigation into Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine (originally 3 parts and now 1 full length):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C66mAkS1ZfM
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 17, 2015, 07:05:15 pm
Good background music.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 17, 2015, 09:29:42 pm
Haha, I found this one:

(https://scontent-vie.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/t31.0-8/s720x720/10628893_799916370054825_4234013169517579318_o.png)

They did not even bother to create new propaganda pictures.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 17, 2015, 09:39:09 pm
Holy shit, I'm actually lost for words. Yeah, a tongue in cheek joke highlighting the fact that we've come a full circle since the end of WW2 and the beginning of the cold war is totally propaganda. Jesus christ, use your brain.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 17, 2015, 09:43:46 pm
Holy shit, I'm actually lost for words. Yeah, a tongue in cheek joke highlighting the fact that we've come a full circle since the end of WW2 and the beginning of the cold war is totally propaganda. Jesus christ, use your brain.
Nobody still remembers these posters. And even if somebody does, this would be very tasteless.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 17, 2015, 09:47:08 pm
You don't think they looked through Nazi propaganda posters to find one to make a joke out of? That really didn't cross your mind?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 17, 2015, 09:50:05 pm
You don't think they looked through Nazi propaganda posters to find one to make a joke out of? That really didn't cross your mind?
This is not Nazi propaganda but postwar German propaganda.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 17, 2015, 09:51:10 pm
Alright, then what's the problem?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 17, 2015, 09:53:13 pm
Alright, then what's the problem?
Propaganda is a general problem. But I found it interesting that they used ideologically fixated propaganda from the 60s as a template.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 17, 2015, 09:54:07 pm
Again, it's symbolic in its irony. Can you really not see that?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 17, 2015, 09:56:06 pm
I actually don't know if that was the intention.

But propaganda that refers ironically to other propaganda is kinda strange.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 17, 2015, 09:59:10 pm
The irony is that we've seen all this before. It's a return to an older era that we all thought was past us. Sure, it probably is propagandistic in nature, or at least to a certain extent - but the poster itself and its use of old art is based in humor, not persuasion.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 17, 2015, 10:50:25 pm
Turin, just admit you're trying to look for angle to speak shit about the west.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 17, 2015, 10:51:48 pm
No, there are already so many angles presenting themselves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 17, 2015, 10:54:22 pm
Grow up.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 17, 2015, 11:04:23 pm
Grow up.
I'm already 1.85m!!!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 18, 2015, 01:52:40 am
The irony is that we've seen all this before. It's a return to an older era that we all thought was past us. Sure, it probably is propagandistic in nature, or at least to a certain extent - but the poster itself and its use of old art is based in humor, not persuasion.

The front cover of a magazine usually attempts to persuade the reader to buy it. The more sensationalist it is the more likely it will attract attention or get the reader to purchase it. Whether or not its propaganda can be debated but it wouldn't be the first time Der Spiegel has been openly criticized for a lack of objectivity and it wouldn't be the first time that Der Spiegel's front cover has moved from investigative journalism to impassioned calls for action:

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frussia-insider.com%2Fsites%2Finsider%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fs400%2Fpublic%2Fstpj_63d82db33c.jpg%3Fitok%3DBNQsr6Vg&hash=b8c598f0dd834305c23601e951a5472838fc897f)
[close]

Turin, just admit you're trying to look for angle to speak shit about the west.

You do the same thing with Russia and yes many angles present themselves there as well. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 18, 2015, 07:06:05 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epz-eBXHKIQ
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 18, 2015, 07:31:49 pm
Oh my fascist comrade from France. I missed him.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 18, 2015, 10:58:58 pm
Putin obviously had autism before it was cool.
Autism definitely is what Czar Putin is made up of. Fuck you Donetsk supporters.  Baggits
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ser Thomas on March 18, 2015, 11:32:26 pm
Putin obviously had autism before it was cool.
Autism definitely is what Czar Putin is made up of. Fuck you Donetsk supporters.  Baggits
pls be b8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 19, 2015, 02:29:02 am
Putin obviously had autism before it was cool.
Autism definitely is what Czar Putin is made up of. Fuck you Donetsk supporters.  Baggits

Your mother tried to give me AIDS
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 19, 2015, 03:31:36 pm
Putin obviously had autism before it was cool.
Autism definitely is what Czar Putin is made up of. Fuck you Donetsk supporters.  Baggits
I just love you, man.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 21, 2015, 12:24:35 am
Putin obviously had autism before it was cool.
Autism definitely is what Czar Putin is made up of. Fuck you Donetsk supporters.  Baggits
Baggits?
Are you trying to be politically correct and insult a group of people?

Triggered
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 21, 2015, 12:55:22 am
This thread makes me go in a fetal position and cry
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 21, 2015, 12:59:04 am
Putin obviously had autism before it was cool.
Autism definitely is what Czar Putin is made up of. Fuck you Donetsk supporters.  Baggits
Baggits?
Are you trying to be politically correct and insult a group of people?

Triggered
In our days most of the time this is exactly the same thing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 21, 2015, 01:00:35 am
Germany should be divided into 4 parts again because they're pigs Ukraine gets 1 piece USA gets 1 Russia gets 1 and 4chan gets 1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 21, 2015, 01:09:26 am
Germany should be divided into 4 parts again because they're pigs Ukraine gets 1 piece USA gets 1 Russia gets 1 and 4chan gets 1

I want to live in the 4chan or the Russian piece please.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 21, 2015, 01:09:53 am
:D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 21, 2015, 01:18:27 am
Germany should be divided into 4 parts again because they're pigs Ukraine gets 1 piece USA gets 1 Russia gets 1 and 4chan gets 1

I want to live in the 4chan or the Russian piece please.

no u get placed in american sector
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 21, 2015, 01:27:23 am
Germany should be divided into 4 parts again because they're pigs Ukraine gets 1 piece USA gets 1 Russia gets 1 and 4chan gets 1

I want to live in the 4chan or the Russian piece please.

no u get placed in american sector
I already live in the American sector.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 21, 2015, 01:36:10 am
Good
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 21, 2015, 06:44:37 am
*Whipcrack sound*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 21, 2015, 07:16:08 am
 Allah Akbar
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 21, 2015, 07:51:13 am
I think edward was bashed in the head by a Long Island WASP biker gang. That's the only explanation for his erratic behavior in recent months.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 24, 2015, 03:12:14 am
So no Allah Akbar?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 24, 2015, 03:16:20 am
Edward converted to Islam and will join ISIS. Before he does so, he spreads his extremist propaganda on this forum.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 24, 2015, 03:19:01 am
islamic republic of ukraine
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 24, 2015, 12:56:10 pm
Interesting article from the Guardian about the growing spate of suicides among prominent figures in the Party of Regions who are under investigation.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/23/ukraine-party-of-regions-members-apparent-suicides-viktor-yanukovych
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on March 24, 2015, 01:55:43 pm
Probably the same kind of suicide the policeman involved in the Charlie Hebdo affair "commited".
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 28, 2015, 01:49:36 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBdtZRmB0n4

Vice news on whether or not US should supply Ukraine with lethal aid etc.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 28, 2015, 07:55:18 pm
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F03%2F28%2F3538899325f7c458445cab587bae8cf8.jpg&hash=b9ef48f4e3b32c461c5229367d19a287554fd4ce)

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 28, 2015, 09:10:16 pm
Stop being a retard soon please Edward.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 29, 2015, 12:22:29 am


Stop being a retard soon please Nipplestockings.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 29, 2015, 12:29:22 am
ooooo that comeback should have been used with branches it's so snappy
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 29, 2015, 12:55:26 am
snibetty SNAPPP
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on March 29, 2015, 01:07:57 am


Stop being a retard soon please Nipplestockings.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dpchallenge.com%2Fimages_challenge%2F0-999%2F259%2F1200%2FCopyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_106943.jpg&hash=ef43328dad8c1be1a47dd213d71d3163e9922dc3)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 29, 2015, 07:40:38 pm


Stop being a retard soon please Nipplestockings.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.dpchallenge.com%2Fimages_challenge%2F0-999%2F259%2F1200%2FCopyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_106943.jpg&hash=ef43328dad8c1be1a47dd213d71d3163e9922dc3)
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F03%2F29%2Fdb580d9887812caad44aba2b4034fc4c.jpg&hash=f69452138bf543cf3b3ca22b723bd0425524d87c)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 29, 2015, 08:41:41 pm
guys, if i ever become as big of a retard as edward, please make sure i cease to live
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 29, 2015, 09:19:00 pm
guys, if i ever become as big of a retard as edward, please make sure i cease to live

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fm.memegen.com%2Fg6jle9.jpg&hash=f4beaea1417361120e48b1807cac25800d2cc6a9)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on March 29, 2015, 10:45:56 pm
guys, if i ever become as big of a retard as edward, please make sure i cease to live

yeah you do
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 29, 2015, 10:49:40 pm
guys, if i ever become as big of a retard as edward, please make sure i cease to live
Lol everyone's taking my posting so seriously. RIP. I can care less about what I post on here, I just come here if bored.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 29, 2015, 10:54:31 pm
guys, if i ever become as big of a retard as edward, please make sure i cease to live
Lol everyone's taking my posting so seriously. RIP. I can care less about what I post on here, I just come here if bored.

boredom and autism are not the same thing
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 29, 2015, 11:55:31 pm
guys, if i ever become as big of a retard as edward, please make sure i cease to live
Lol everyone's taking my posting so seriously. RIP. I can care less about what I post on here, I just come here if bored.

boredom and autism are not the same thing
Lol, Boredom can make you do things that you find funny.  It's funny seeing how you guys react.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 30, 2015, 12:00:04 am
guys, if i ever become as big of a retard as edward, please make sure i cease to live
Lol everyone's taking my posting so seriously. RIP. I can care less about what I post on here, I just come here if bored.

Stop doing that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 30, 2015, 12:03:39 am
of
Stop doing that.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F03%2F29%2F8bf298cdb27856c6c6556911d448a622.jpg&hash=a40b47f296727b89c60c62d4860d8799d793c2f6)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 30, 2015, 12:05:34 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ftapatalk.imageshack.com%2Fv2%2F15%2F03%2F29%2F79d9bef6da96bb497e53bc1c0d0e19b7.jpg&hash=86d70a48ebb018b0f4465d3d8f37a822de165eb2)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 30, 2015, 12:06:17 am
I'm gonna need to disagree with Nipple on this one

Don't stop coming here

Stop existing
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 30, 2015, 12:39:33 am


I'm gonna need to disagree with Nipple on this one

Keep coming here <3

Keep existing ♡

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 30, 2015, 01:23:54 am
Lol, Boredom can make you do things that you find funny.  It's funny seeing how you guys react.

Since admins love me they will hand out spam to at any given chance.
For some reason they seem to enjoy your shit posts which bother more people then my super important threads like which condiment is most superior.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on March 30, 2015, 05:39:31 am
Lol, Boredom can make you do things that you find funny.  It's funny seeing how you guys react.

Since admins love me they will hand out spam to at any given chance.
For some reason they seem to enjoy your shit posts which bother more people then my super important threads like which condiment is most superior.
Isn't being an idiot for the sake of getting an angry reaction trolling?

Isn't trolling punished on this forum?

Admins not correctly using their power to collectively buttrape edward and this perturbs me
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 30, 2015, 05:55:07 am
Instead Duuring has to close Turban thread because Glukautismy was getting too butthurt. So sad
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 30, 2015, 09:03:20 am
Instead Duuring has to close Turban thread because Glukautismy was getting too butthurt. So sad

+1

Also nazi government of Ukraine is getting Humvees from America? I hope theyre rigged with explosives to screw over the people inside or else its a waste of money
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on March 30, 2015, 09:34:29 am
Instead Duuring has to close Turban thread because Glukautismy was getting too butthurt. So sad

+1

Also nazi government of Ukraine is getting Humvees from America? I hope theyre rigged with explosives to screw over the people inside or else its a waste of money

Fuck off troll.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on March 30, 2015, 10:51:13 am
guys, if i ever become as big of a retard as edward, please make sure i cease to live
Lol everyone's taking my posting so seriously. RIP. I can care less about what I post on here, I just come here if bored.

You better quit that. This is a super serious forum and we don't tolerate this kind of behaviour, pleb.

(https://i.imgur.com/dh5sOHo.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on March 30, 2015, 12:00:19 pm
Instead Duuring has to close Turban thread because Glukautismy was getting too butthurt. So sad

+1

Also nazi government of Ukraine is getting Humvees from America? I hope theyre rigged with explosives to screw over the people inside or else its a waste of money

+1
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 30, 2015, 01:10:45 pm
Instead Duuring has to close Turban thread because Glukautismy was getting too butthurt. So sad

+1

Also nazi government of Ukraine is getting Humvees from America? I hope theyre rigged with explosives to screw over the people inside or else its a waste of money

Fuck off troll.

You must not be American therefore this doesn't apply to you. I honestly hope the freedom fighters in Donetsk get ahold of these and use them against the ukrainian pigs.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on March 30, 2015, 01:45:49 pm
KurrasierNixon please do a Trust Fall with a train, it would be best for all of us.....
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 30, 2015, 01:52:18 pm
KurrasierNixon please do a Trust Fall with a train, it would be best for all of us.....

Just because you disagree with me doesn't mean I should commit suicide. If you think suicide (Which claims over 800,000 lives worldwide a year) is a respectable outlet for dealing with emotions I provide you with a list of suicide hotlines from all over the globe http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html. Suicide is nothing to joke about since we have alot of people facing depression in this community (E.G. The Feels thread here- https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/index.php?topic=22471.0)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on March 30, 2015, 02:08:33 pm
KurrasierNixon please do a Trust Fall with a train, it would be best for all of us.....

reported for suidide threats m81
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 30, 2015, 02:46:56 pm
Alright. That's enough. Get back on the subject or just stop posting. Continue with this crap and I'll start handing out mutes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on March 30, 2015, 04:08:29 pm
duuring pooped his pants
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 30, 2015, 04:37:55 pm
duuring pooped his pants

Only when other people than Edward started breaking the rules. Oh well, at least we have discovered the source of the Autism around here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on March 30, 2015, 04:44:05 pm
Rules?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 30, 2015, 04:45:40 pm
Rules?

Good point.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 30, 2015, 04:46:00 pm
Anyone else find it fishy how MH 17 gets shot down over a war zone? its almost like the dutch/EU wanted bad publicity against Russia. Just speculation.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 30, 2015, 04:49:39 pm
Anyone else find it fishy how MH 17 gets shot down over a war zone? its almost like the dutch/EU wanted bad publicity against Russia. Just speculation.

Sure, a commerical airline, the flightpath not at all being under the jurisdiction of the Dutch government or the EU, for that matter, was shto down over a warzone while actually already flying higher than usual... Very fishy indeed, please explain more how the EU and Dutch government are actually run by the Illuminati.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 30, 2015, 04:50:44 pm
Anyone else find it fishy how MH 17 gets shot down over a war zone? its almost like the dutch/EU wanted bad publicity against Russia. Just speculation.

Sure, a commerical airline, the flightpath not at all being under the jurisdiction of the Dutch government or the EU, for that matter, was shto down over a warzone while actually already flying higher than usual... Very fishy indeed, please explain more how the EU and Dutch government are actually run by the Illuminati.

Im just saying I have no sympathy for a plane that flies over an active warzone
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 30, 2015, 04:51:30 pm
Anyone else find it fishy how MH 17 gets shot down over a war zone? its almost like the dutch/EU wanted bad publicity against Russia. Just speculation.

Sure, a commerical airline, the flightpath not at all being under the jurisdiction of the Dutch government or the EU, for that matter, was shto down over a warzone while actually already flying higher than usual... Very fishy indeed, please explain more how the EU and Dutch government are actually run by the Illuminati.

Im just saying I have no sympathy for a plane that flies over an active warzone

Why would you have sympathy for a plane?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 30, 2015, 04:52:44 pm
Anyone else find it fishy how MH 17 gets shot down over a war zone? its almost like the dutch/EU wanted bad publicity against Russia. Just speculation.

Sure, a commerical airline, the flightpath not at all being under the jurisdiction of the Dutch government or the EU, for that matter, was shto down over a warzone while actually already flying higher than usual... Very fishy indeed, please explain more how the EU and Dutch government are actually run by the Illuminati.

Im just saying I have no sympathy for a plane that flies over an active warzone

Why would you have sympathy for a plane?

Lol so funny ayy lmao
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 30, 2015, 04:53:39 pm
Glad I amused you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 30, 2015, 04:58:53 pm
http://www.leurenmoret.info/waves/dutch-apologize-for-mh-17.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 30, 2015, 06:26:57 pm
Soory - Dutchmane ft. Kendrick Donetsk.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on March 30, 2015, 06:45:33 pm
It may just be me, but I thought the Dutch government always stuck to waiting for the results of the investigation. While it is true the media were immediately keen to point fingers, I haven't seen my goverment doing so.

But about the double standards is true.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 30, 2015, 07:36:26 pm
http://www.leurenmoret.info/waves/dutch-apologize-for-mh-17.html

Cees Hamelink never wrote that letter and it's unknown why anyone ever bothered to put his name under it. He's a professor of International Communications at the university of Amsterdam, for heaven's sake. For the non-dutchies under us who don't get the joke: UvA has a pretty bad reputation.

Both the Dutch government and the media have been INSANELY scared of pointing ANY fingers. Still they're saying 'well we don't know anything for sure', while the Russians were already saying the Ukrainians shot it down the day on the same fucking day that it was shot down. Yet somehow the Ruski's still have the nerve of saying we're biased by merely stating that we found proof supporting the Bug-theory. What are we supposed to say?

"We found evidence that the plane may have been shot down by a BUG-rocket, yet Russia would of course never do anything like that, so we'll just throw it away."
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 30, 2015, 07:52:32 pm
http://www.leurenmoret.info/waves/dutch-apologize-for-mh-17.html

Cees Hamelink never wrote that letter and it's unknown why anyone ever bothered to put his name under it. He's a professor of International Communications at the university of Amsterdam, for heaven's sake. For the non-dutchies under us who don't get the joke: UvA has a pretty bad reputation.

Both the Dutch government and the media have been INSANELY scared of pointing ANY fingers. Still they're saying 'well we don't know anything for sure', while the Russians were already saying the Ukrainians shot it down the day on the same fucking day that it was shot down. Yet somehow the Ruski's still have the nerve of saying we're biased by merely stating that we found proof supporting the Bug-theory. What are we supposed to say?

"We found evidence that the plane may have been shot down by a BUG-rocket, yet Russia would of course never do anything like that, so we'll just throw it away."

Isnt it pretty clear the EU shot it down?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 30, 2015, 07:55:53 pm
Yes, we borrowed the BUG from the Russians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on March 30, 2015, 08:35:38 pm
So dense
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on March 30, 2015, 08:56:59 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3is49vWMwFI
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on March 30, 2015, 09:29:37 pm
slavs are literal filth.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on March 30, 2015, 10:27:59 pm
slavs are literal filth.
But Ukrainians are the best around, no one's ever gotta bomb your town.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 31, 2015, 05:27:05 am
...while the Russians were already saying the Ukrainians shot it down the day on the same fucking day that it was shot down.

Accusations weren't just being made by the Russians on day 1. We were already being treated to headlines such as "Putin's missile" right after the crash and pretty much every belligerent accused the other prior to any investigation. 

Quote
Yet somehow the Ruski's still have the nerve of saying we're biased by merely stating that we found proof supporting the Bug-theory. What are we supposed to say?

Iirc the main recent forensic proof comes from fragment(s) that were picked up by a journalist Jeroen Akkermans 4 months after the crash and not the Dutch investigation team. Usually this would be considered a criminal offense (to remove wreckage from a crash site and would result in the evidence being inadmissible if it wasn't for the fact that the plane is located in a war-zone). The DSB maintains that a relationship between the fragments and the plane itself must be proven. I doubt the DBS will rely on the evidence as a main finding but may use it to complement their own findings.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on March 31, 2015, 11:46:16 am
It really doesn't matter what will come out of the investigation. If it puts blame on the Ruskis, they'll just deny it, call it biased and take all the men guilty in protection.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on March 31, 2015, 12:49:48 pm
Most likely yes. The same would, and has happened (in previous air disasters) the other way around ie: Iran Air Flight 655 and Siberian Airlines Flight SB 1812. In both cases payments where made to families in settlement but legal liability was denied and it was made clear that the payments where not intended as an admission of guilt.

I doubt Russia will be any different except that they will be unlikely to make payments at all as court cases and liability will likely pass to Malaysia Airlines and/or Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 01, 2015, 10:29:32 pm
https://news.vice.com/article/russian-soldiers-have-given-up-pretending-they-are-not-fighting-in-ukraine?utm_source=vicenewsfb

o word
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 01, 2015, 10:38:46 pm
https://news.vice.com/article/russian-soldiers-have-given-up-pretending-they-are-not-fighting-in-ukraine?utm_source=vicenewsfb

o word

I thought is was pretty apparent to everyone that those soldiers were Russian. You'd have to be fucking stupid or the Kremlin to deny that those soldiers were Russian.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 01, 2015, 11:50:33 pm
inb4 turin
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 02, 2015, 01:25:56 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=laJOpWWh4e4

Dispatch 103

https://news.vice.com/article/russian-soldiers-have-given-up-pretending-they-are-not-fighting-in-ukraine?utm_source=vicenewsfb

o word

I thought is was pretty apparent to everyone that those soldiers were Russian. You'd have to be fucking stupid or the Kremlin to deny that those soldiers were Russian.

While its known there are Russians on the ground it has been difficult to prove the nature of these formations or the scale. Ie: are they volunteers, Russian military pressed into volunteering, special forces/support units for isolated support missions or Russian regular units under a Russian military command hierarchy. Judging by the sources it is looking like the latter.

As it stands even the Ukrainian General Staff claimed not to be fighting regular Russian units and given some of the ways in which Ukrainian politicians have attempted to prove links to the Russian military (such as using photos from the Georgian conflict) it has made the situation even more muddled than it should be.

 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 02, 2015, 02:38:50 pm
Maybe if Russian media and politicians actually didn't actively call up Russians to go to east Ukraine and fight, there wouldn't be so many 'volunteers'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: hunter491 on April 02, 2015, 03:33:10 pm
I havent read all of your previous posts but i can say that as polish guy im afraid of  a possibility of russia's attack.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on April 02, 2015, 03:55:28 pm
I havent read all of your previous posts but i can say that as polish guy im afraid of  a possibility of russia's attack.

Rest assured, Putin does not have the capabilities to conquer Poland, for we cna be sure NATO would intervene (the American way).
No, your country won't be conquered... Destroyed, more likely.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 02, 2015, 04:53:14 pm
Maybe if Russian media and politicians actually didn't actively call up Russians to go to east Ukraine and fight, there wouldn't be so many 'volunteers'.

Do you have a source where the Russian media openly calls for volunteers to go to Donetsk?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 02, 2015, 05:06:12 pm
Peter D'Hamecourt, a Dutch correspondent in Russia, mentions a few times in his book 'Russia at war - with itself and the world' how the Russian media reports about the conflict are pretty much made to invoke 'volunteerism' without, of course, specifically saying 'Go to Donetsk'. That job is for 'non-state' media-outlets, like internet sites. Ukrainians are called 'fascist', civilian casualties are shown 24/7, et cetera. A bit like this:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29078465

He does mention a politician calling up Russians to volunteer.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: junedragon on April 02, 2015, 05:23:35 pm
I havent read all of your previous posts but i can say that as polish guy im afraid of  a possibility of russia's attack.

Rest assured, Putin does not have the capabilities to conquer Poland, for we cna be sure NATO would intervene (the American way).
No, your country won't be conquered... Destroyed, more likely.

Russia invade Poland?

What, is it time for a reenactment?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 02, 2015, 05:36:09 pm
Peter D'Hamecourt, a Dutch correspondent in Russia, mentions a few times in his book 'Russia at war - with itself and the world' how the Russian media reports about the conflict are pretty much made to invoke 'volunteerism' without, of course, specifically saying 'Go to Donetsk'. That job is for 'non-state' media-outlets, like internet sites. Ukrainians are called 'fascist', civilian casualties are shown 24/7, et cetera. A bit like this:

He does mention a politician calling up Russians to volunteer.

In most cases the 3 main government media channels frame the conflict in a positive light for anything pro-seperatist related and paint the Ukrainian government in a negative light.

This may invoke volunteerism or even terror attacks, domestic consensus, unity, deflection, confusion or anything else we would like to ascribe to the side effects of propaganda. While I have no doubt the government desires volunteers to fight in the Ukraine; its still not an active call for volunteers as you previously stated.

The internet recruitment I heard of was done through social media like VKontakt etc but there's no link to the media afaik.
As for politicians, they often say stupid things and seemingly manage to get away with it, if its a high ranking official close to Putin's party it would certainly betray their intent or at least desire.

Quote
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29078465

I've seen this article before but like we said above; no open calls for volunteers just airtime for pro-volunteer veterans and praise for volunteers. The media taking sides or giving questionable praise is nothing new.
 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 02, 2015, 06:59:05 pm
Will you ever be convinced of anything, Reje?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on April 02, 2015, 07:19:39 pm
Will you ever be convinced of anything, Reje?

I encourage others to consider things as much as he does before having an opinion on something or offering solutions to a problem.
His posts are always informative and a pleasure to read.

Spoiler
I'm sure hes convinced about how shitty your post was.
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Until Russia releases a movie called Russian Sniper based in Donetsk.
I won't think much of the media in Russia compared to the one from the U.S.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 02, 2015, 07:51:59 pm
I havent read all of your previous posts but i can say that as polish guy im afraid of  a possibility of russia's attack.

Rest assured, Putin does not have the capabilities to conquer Poland, for we cna be sure NATO would intervene (the American way).
No, your country won't be conquered... Destroyed, more likely.

Russia invade Poland?

What, is it time for a reenactment?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920)

They say history always repeats itself. Maybe we'd better get a headstart.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: hunter491 on April 02, 2015, 08:02:02 pm
yeah but that day we kicked their asses, im not sure whetevr we can repeat this feat. lel
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: hunter491 on April 02, 2015, 08:06:11 pm
I havent read all of your previous posts but i can say that as polish guy im afraid of  a possibility of russia's attack.

Rest assured, Putin does not have the capabilities to conquer Poland, for we cna be sure NATO would intervene (the American way).
No, your country won't be conquered... Destroyed, more likely.

Thanks for summing that up, i feel much better now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 02, 2015, 09:09:50 pm
Will you ever be convinced of anything, Reje?


He's an intellectual chap. I think its good he spends time considering these things as he gives balance to our autistic EULOLZ vs RUSIELAND arguments.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on April 02, 2015, 10:10:39 pm
Spoiler
I think its good he spends time considering these things as he gives balance to our autistic EULOLZ vs RUSIELAND arguments.
[close]

So much wrong.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 02, 2015, 10:45:00 pm
Burn ukraine to the ground long live DPR
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on April 02, 2015, 11:08:58 pm
Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.degaray.com%2Fpic%2F183-Ukraine-1.jpg&hash=f7e61ba72dab69b4d1b1db15c388c0449dccc050)
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Real or Fake?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 02, 2015, 11:28:52 pm
What's the problem here? That's a civilian US army souvenir hat. Pretty sure they don't issue those in the military.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Tammo on April 03, 2015, 12:08:51 am
(https://i.imgur.com/8N79SPD.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 03, 2015, 12:45:10 am
Will you ever be convinced of anything, Reje?

Depends if you can make a convincing case rather than a statement that you yourself end up going back on  :P

If you had initially said that the Russian media is creating an air of volunteerism through propaganda I would have definitely agreed but you went beyond what the evidence supported (at least initially).


What's the problem here? That's a civilian US army souvenir hat. Pretty sure they don't issue those in the military.

This is true. You can buy that hat or a black version of it online. There are a number of US stores that stock military supplies as well such as chemlights, knives etc. They even have/had one in Iraq in the green zone I believe.

Equipment in this hybrid war is no longer a reliable indicator of nationality (except helping to illustrate what side your on) or indicator of belonging to a foreign military.  :(

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 03, 2015, 01:11:28 am
Quote
(except helping to illustrate what side your on)
I wouldn't even go as far as to say this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 03, 2015, 01:56:33 am
Your probably right given that many volunteers don't even wear uniforms.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 03, 2015, 02:07:13 am
I remember the whole thing about German soldiers in Ukraine. A bunch of guys dressed in surplus flecktarn that happened to have a German flag on the sleeve. They were holding fucking axes and Russian propaganda sites blamed them for slaughtering civilians (I don't know if the whole thing about killing civilians was true, but saying that German soldiers are killing civilians in Ukraine is a load of horseshit.) . If you really read and watch RT you will see some really blatant bullshit. I still cannot believe how people watch RT without falling out of their chair in laughter or punching their computer screen.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 03, 2015, 02:12:29 am
Gullible, impressionable, etc.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 03, 2015, 02:26:17 am
Gullible, impressionable, etc.

I personally think it's the aurora of the Putin hype train and this new phenomenon of Slavaboos. Apparently we emit some sort of drug or some shit that makes people obsessed with us.   :o
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 03, 2015, 02:30:08 am
Because the western world is boring. Why? Because it's rich and peaceful. Teenagers don't like that. Russia is far more interesting with its mystical, hawkish leader and its mysterious vodka drinking people. Also Russia is still pretty unpopular in western public opinion, so of course the edgy contrarians flock to it for that reason.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 03, 2015, 02:32:49 am
RT is respectable and tries so you have to appreciate their effort
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 03, 2015, 02:37:05 am
RT is respectable and tries so you have to appreciate their effort

RT is the definition of horseshit state controlled news.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 03, 2015, 02:55:39 am
RT is respectable and tries so you have to appreciate their effort

RT is the definition of horseshit state controlled news.

I bet you support fascist ukraine too
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 03, 2015, 03:07:59 am
I remember the whole thing about German soldiers in Ukraine. A bunch of guys dressed in surplus flecktarn that happened to have a German flag on the sleeve. They were holding fucking axes and Russian propaganda sites blamed them for slaughtering civilians (I don't know if the whole thing about killing civilians was true, but saying that German soldiers are killing civilians in Ukraine is a load of horseshit.) . If you really read and watch RT you will see some really blatant bullshit. I still cannot believe how people watch RT without falling out of their chair in laughter or punching their computer screen.

Do you have a link to the source? Or at least remember the title? I tried searching a few terms on Google to see if it would pop up since it would be a pretty sensationalist headline but couldn't find anything. Also tried checking RT but didn't see anything.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 03, 2015, 10:29:15 am
What impresses me is that atrocities are believed in or disbelieved in solely on grounds of political predilection. Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 03, 2015, 10:36:18 am
Ukraine deserves to be annexed by hawaii
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 03, 2015, 11:23:19 am
What impresses me is that atrocities are believed in or disbelieved in solely on grounds of political predilection. Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.

That's how its always been and governments tend to reinforce this position by ignoring the atrocities of its own or allied troops while amplifying the atrocities of their enemy. We've been doing that in almost every war we've fought or helped fight same as other countries. Most people don't have time to check the facts and most people prefer to believe their country is the good guy and the enemy is the bad guy. In fact people will get hostile if you suggest that maybe.... just maybe they don't have the moral high ground lol.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 03, 2015, 11:29:16 am
Remember the discussion about the terror acts performed by Spanish Anarchists? Remember how you felt? That's why.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 03, 2015, 01:05:47 pm
Hostile Duuring alert. :P

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 03, 2015, 01:11:27 pm
Remember the discussion about the terror acts performed by Spanish Anarchists? Remember how you felt? That's why.

lmao, you probably saw that very selective dutch documentary on the civil war, where they spend half the docu talking to some old nun.

Statistics from the period between February 16 and June 15, 1936 show that  a  class  war  was  breaking  out: 
“One  hundred  sixty  churches  burned down;  269  deaths;  1,287  injured;  113  general  strikes,  228  partial  strikes,
and 145 bombings.”

The political make-up of the country was: “UGT, 1,447,000  members;  CNT,  1,577,000  members.” 
These  numbers  totaled more than three million, indicating that more than a third of the country’s eight million workers were unionized.

The  Right  “had  549,000  enrolled  in  its  diverse  organizations;  from 20,000 to 30,000 retired soldiers; 50,000 falangists; 50,000 priests, and millions and millions of pesetas.”

When the army officers rebelled, Peoples Defence Committees defeated them in all major cities but two.
People who were roaming the streets were shot from church bell  towers,  bourgeois  homes,  or  rightwing  centers. 
Workers also erected barricades and patrolled the streets in areas outside the main centers of the struggle.
When they found someone shooting from a house, church, or clerical center they attacked the building on their own initiative.
They burned down churches when they found a priest or priests inside firing.

Here's an anecdote from Durruti to see how bad life is in Ancom society,
Spoiler
Durruti stopped his car at a checkpoint at a town in the Lérida province.
He  portrayed  himself  as  a  militiaman  leaving  the  front  for  the  rearguard and requested gasoline for his vehicle.

By doing this, he wanted to see how the  peasant’s  behavior  had  changed  in  that  town  of  some  three  thousand residents.
A militiaman told him that he should speak to the Revolutionary Committee  in  the  old  mayor’s  office.  They’d  give  him  the  “OK”  that  he needed to fill his car with gas.

Durruti crossed the town’s main square. It was around noon. The square was empty except for some women leaving the church with a basket of goods.
Durruti asked them how to get to the Committee and also if mass was being officiated in the church.
“No, no,” they responded. “There’s no priest. The priest is working in the field with the other men. Kill him? Why kill him? He isn’t dangerous.
He even talks about going to live with a town girl. Besides, he’s very happy with everything that’s happening.
“But the church is right there,” said Durruti, while pointing.

“Ah,  yes,  the  church.  Why  destroy  it?  The  statues  were  removed  and burned in the square. God no longer exists. He’s been expelled from here.
And, since God doesn’t exist, the assembly decided to replace the word “adios” [with God] with “Salud” [cheers].
The Cooperative now occupies the church and, because everything is collectivized, it supplies the town.”

Durruti  came  across  an  elderly  man  when  he  entered  what  was  once the  mayor’s  office. 
It  was  the  town’s  former  schoolteacher,  who  had  been replaced by a young teacher from Lérida three months earlier.

The old man had been inactive during those months but, when the revolution broke out, he volunteered to look after the town’s administrative needs and assure the
continued  operation  of  the  Town  Committee. 

The  other  members  of  the Committee were working in the fields. They gathered at nightfall to discuss pressing matters that had come up during the day or tasks that they needed
to accomplish the next day. At the time, they had to focus on taking in the harvest.
Since the town’s young people had volunteered to go fight on the front, the remaining residents had to do the work.
“But  don’t  think,”  the  retired  teacher  said,  “that  the  work  weighs  on anyone. We work for ourselves now, for everyone.”
Durruti asked him how they had selected the members of the Committee. Durruti’s straightforward and simple air inspired the teacher’s trust, who took him as one of the many curious militiamen
from the city who wanted to see what was happening in the towns.

“We held a town assembly,” he said, “and considered everyone’s abilities and also their conduct before the revolution.
That’s how we appointed the Committee.” “And what about the political parties?” Durruti said.

“Parties? There are some old Republicans like myself and some Socialists too; but no, the political parties haven’t played any role.
During our assembly, we considered a person’s ability and conduct and appointed those who seemed best to us. It was no more complicated than that.
The Committee represents the people and it’s to the people that it has to answer.”

Durruti asked about the parties again. “The parties?” the teacher replied, intrigued by his insistence. “Why do we need political parties? You work to eat and eat if you work.
Party politics don’t sow wheat, gather olives, or tan animal hides. No, our problems are collective  and  we  have  to  solve  them  collectively. 

Politics  divides  and  our town wants to be united, in total community.” “By all appearances, everyone is happy here.
But what about the old landowners?” Durruti inquired. “They aren’t happy,” the teacher responded. “They don’t say so outright, because they’re afraid, but you can see it on their faces.
Some have joined the community, others have chosen what we now call ‘individualism.’ They’ve kept their land but have to cultivate it themselves, because the exploitation of man by man no longer exists here, and so they won’t find any employees.

“But what happens if they can’t cultivate their land themselves?”“That  simply  shows  that  they  have  too  much  land  and  the  town  takes possession of what they can’t tend to.
Leaving the land uncultivated would be an attack on all of us.”

Durruti said goodbye to the teacher and, when he returned to the checkpoint, the workers on guard asked him if he’d received the gasoline that he needed. He told them yes with a smile and threw them a “Salud!” from the car as he took off for Barcelona.
[close]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 03, 2015, 01:19:25 pm
I've never watched any docu about the Spanish civil war. My point is that when the side one identifies with, is accused of crimes, the usual reaction is always to defend one's side. Why? Because we never think of ourselves as 'evil' or 'wrongdoers', and we feel like saying that 'our' side did something wrong is like saying 'we' did something wrong. The reaction is always either to deny the crimes, or deny that the ones who performed these crimes are part of 'our side'.

You see that massive post you just made? That kinda just proves my point.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 03, 2015, 03:03:07 pm
I like that explanation.

Its very difficult to view the world through an unbias lens since we are after-all human and not without emotional wants and impulses that affect the way we see or judge the world, not to mention the million other factors that have shaped us along the way.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 03, 2015, 03:03:59 pm
Long live Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 03, 2015, 09:07:24 pm
Poroshenko recently forbid all films that paint a positive picture of Russia.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 03, 2015, 09:08:29 pm
Cool. Now he's just like Putin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 03, 2015, 09:20:52 pm
No, Poroshenko can't do this:

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffun-photoshop.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2F5TNea2kh3_g.jpg&hash=64ea1077edb67db3f026d75657079af5b2e16c37)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 03, 2015, 10:35:02 pm
Well, you got us there. No denying that.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 03, 2015, 10:37:15 pm
Quote
Here's an anecdote from Durruti to see how bad life is in Ancom society,
Spoiler
Durruti stopped his car at a checkpoint at a town in the Lérida province.
He  portrayed  himself  as  a  militiaman  leaving  the  front  for  the  rearguard and requested gasoline for his vehicle.

By doing this, he wanted to see how the  peasant’s  behavior  had  changed  in  that  town  of  some  three  thousand residents.
A militiaman told him that he should speak to the Revolutionary Committee  in  the  old  mayor’s  office.  They’d  give  him  the  “OK”  that  he needed to fill his car with gas.

Durruti crossed the town’s main square. It was around noon. The square was empty except for some women leaving the church with a basket of goods.
Durruti asked them how to get to the Committee and also if mass was being officiated in the church.
“No, no,” they responded. “There’s no priest. The priest is working in the field with the other men. Kill him? Why kill him? He isn’t dangerous.
He even talks about going to live with a town girl. Besides, he’s very happy with everything that’s happening.
“But the church is right there,” said Durruti, while pointing.

“Ah,  yes,  the  church.  Why  destroy  it?  The  statues  were  removed  and burned in the square. God no longer exists. He’s been expelled from here.
And, since God doesn’t exist, the assembly decided to replace the word “adios” [with God] with “Salud” [cheers].
The Cooperative now occupies the church and, because everything is collectivized, it supplies the town.”

Durruti  came  across  an  elderly  man  when  he  entered  what  was  once the  mayor’s  office. 
It  was  the  town’s  former  schoolteacher,  who  had  been replaced by a young teacher from Lérida three months earlier.

The old man had been inactive during those months but, when the revolution broke out, he volunteered to look after the town’s administrative needs and assure the
continued  operation  of  the  Town  Committee. 

The  other  members  of  the Committee were working in the fields. They gathered at nightfall to discuss pressing matters that had come up during the day or tasks that they needed
to accomplish the next day. At the time, they had to focus on taking in the harvest.
Since the town’s young people had volunteered to go fight on the front, the remaining residents had to do the work.
“But  don’t  think,”  the  retired  teacher  said,  “that  the  work  weighs  on anyone. We work for ourselves now, for everyone.”
Durruti asked him how they had selected the members of the Committee. Durruti’s straightforward and simple air inspired the teacher’s trust, who took him as one of the many curious militiamen
from the city who wanted to see what was happening in the towns.

“We held a town assembly,” he said, “and considered everyone’s abilities and also their conduct before the revolution.
That’s how we appointed the Committee.” “And what about the political parties?” Durruti said.

“Parties? There are some old Republicans like myself and some Socialists too; but no, the political parties haven’t played any role.
During our assembly, we considered a person’s ability and conduct and appointed those who seemed best to us. It was no more complicated than that.
The Committee represents the people and it’s to the people that it has to answer.”

Durruti asked about the parties again. “The parties?” the teacher replied, intrigued by his insistence. “Why do we need political parties? You work to eat and eat if you work.
Party politics don’t sow wheat, gather olives, or tan animal hides. No, our problems are collective  and  we  have  to  solve  them  collectively. 

Politics  divides  and  our town wants to be united, in total community.” “By all appearances, everyone is happy here.
But what about the old landowners?” Durruti inquired. “They aren’t happy,” the teacher responded. “They don’t say so outright, because they’re afraid, but you can see it on their faces.
Some have joined the community, others have chosen what we now call ‘individualism.’ They’ve kept their land but have to cultivate it themselves, because the exploitation of man by man no longer exists here, and so they won’t find any employees.

“But what happens if they can’t cultivate their land themselves?”“That  simply  shows  that  they  have  too  much  land  and  the  town  takes possession of what they can’t tend to.
Leaving the land uncultivated would be an attack on all of us.”

Durruti said goodbye to the teacher and, when he returned to the checkpoint, the workers on guard asked him if he’d received the gasoline that he needed. He told them yes with a smile and threw them a “Salud!” from the car as he took off for Barcelona.
[close]

This doesn't really make any sense to me. Are you against anarcho-communism? I thought that's what you are? Or is this sarcastic? Please explain your point here.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 03, 2015, 10:39:05 pm
Quote
Here's an anecdote from Durruti to see how bad life is in Ancom society,
Spoiler
Durruti stopped his car at a checkpoint at a town in the Lérida province.
He  portrayed  himself  as  a  militiaman  leaving  the  front  for  the  rearguard and requested gasoline for his vehicle.

By doing this, he wanted to see how the  peasant’s  behavior  had  changed  in  that  town  of  some  three  thousand residents.
A militiaman told him that he should speak to the Revolutionary Committee  in  the  old  mayor’s  office.  They’d  give  him  the  “OK”  that  he needed to fill his car with gas.

Durruti crossed the town’s main square. It was around noon. The square was empty except for some women leaving the church with a basket of goods.
Durruti asked them how to get to the Committee and also if mass was being officiated in the church.
“No, no,” they responded. “There’s no priest. The priest is working in the field with the other men. Kill him? Why kill him? He isn’t dangerous.
He even talks about going to live with a town girl. Besides, he’s very happy with everything that’s happening.
“But the church is right there,” said Durruti, while pointing.

“Ah,  yes,  the  church.  Why  destroy  it?  The  statues  were  removed  and burned in the square. God no longer exists. He’s been expelled from here.
And, since God doesn’t exist, the assembly decided to replace the word “adios” [with God] with “Salud” [cheers].
The Cooperative now occupies the church and, because everything is collectivized, it supplies the town.”

Durruti  came  across  an  elderly  man  when  he  entered  what  was  once the  mayor’s  office. 
It  was  the  town’s  former  schoolteacher,  who  had  been replaced by a young teacher from Lérida three months earlier.

The old man had been inactive during those months but, when the revolution broke out, he volunteered to look after the town’s administrative needs and assure the
continued  operation  of  the  Town  Committee. 

The  other  members  of  the Committee were working in the fields. They gathered at nightfall to discuss pressing matters that had come up during the day or tasks that they needed
to accomplish the next day. At the time, they had to focus on taking in the harvest.
Since the town’s young people had volunteered to go fight on the front, the remaining residents had to do the work.
“But  don’t  think,”  the  retired  teacher  said,  “that  the  work  weighs  on anyone. We work for ourselves now, for everyone.”
Durruti asked him how they had selected the members of the Committee. Durruti’s straightforward and simple air inspired the teacher’s trust, who took him as one of the many curious militiamen
from the city who wanted to see what was happening in the towns.

“We held a town assembly,” he said, “and considered everyone’s abilities and also their conduct before the revolution.
That’s how we appointed the Committee.” “And what about the political parties?” Durruti said.

“Parties? There are some old Republicans like myself and some Socialists too; but no, the political parties haven’t played any role.
During our assembly, we considered a person’s ability and conduct and appointed those who seemed best to us. It was no more complicated than that.
The Committee represents the people and it’s to the people that it has to answer.”

Durruti asked about the parties again. “The parties?” the teacher replied, intrigued by his insistence. “Why do we need political parties? You work to eat and eat if you work.
Party politics don’t sow wheat, gather olives, or tan animal hides. No, our problems are collective  and  we  have  to  solve  them  collectively. 

Politics  divides  and  our town wants to be united, in total community.” “By all appearances, everyone is happy here.
But what about the old landowners?” Durruti inquired. “They aren’t happy,” the teacher responded. “They don’t say so outright, because they’re afraid, but you can see it on their faces.
Some have joined the community, others have chosen what we now call ‘individualism.’ They’ve kept their land but have to cultivate it themselves, because the exploitation of man by man no longer exists here, and so they won’t find any employees.

“But what happens if they can’t cultivate their land themselves?”“That  simply  shows  that  they  have  too  much  land  and  the  town  takes possession of what they can’t tend to.
Leaving the land uncultivated would be an attack on all of us.”

Durruti said goodbye to the teacher and, when he returned to the checkpoint, the workers on guard asked him if he’d received the gasoline that he needed. He told them yes with a smile and threw them a “Salud!” from the car as he took off for Barcelona.
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This doesn't really make any sense to me. Are you against anarcho-communism? I thought that's what you are? Or is this sarcastic? Please explain your point here.

Sarcasm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 03, 2015, 10:40:32 pm
Alright. So is Durruti not an anarchist and you're making fun of him, or is Durruti himself making fun of those opposing anarchism in this anecdote?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 03, 2015, 11:19:43 pm
Not making fun of everyone, Just wanted to show that there is such a thing as revolutionary order. Behind the lines, people were changing their ways of life and creating new social relationships.

Workers’ control was pervasive in the area's around Barcelona aswel and the rapid transformation of daily life was pretty impressive.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on April 04, 2015, 01:03:33 am
Poroshenko recently forbid all films that paint a positive picture of Russia.
Freedom's just better when you don't have anyone questioning whether they're free

But of course we will be denied Saving Private Nyet. The thrilling tale of a squad of Russian soldiers who save Matt Damon from the clutches of Ukrainian freedom
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 05, 2015, 04:57:01 pm
Poroshenko recently forbid all films that paint a positive picture of Russia.
It's a lie.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 05, 2015, 06:01:34 pm
Poroshenko recently forbid all films that paint a positive picture of Russia.
It's a lie.

No shit lol  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 05, 2015, 06:09:00 pm
http://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/id_73515776/ukraine-regierung-verbietet-filme-mit-positivem-russland-bild.html

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ukraine-verbietet-filme-mit-positivem-russlandbild-a-1026924.html

http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150402/1020355171.html

http://uatoday.tv/news/mashable-ukraine-is-banning-films-and-tv-shows-that-glorify-russia-s-military-419223.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 05, 2015, 06:31:18 pm
Wording is key, comrade. The articles never said all. I read one that even said only a handful were banned and very specific ones at that. Is it right for them to ban movies and shows? Of course not! But is over exaggerating helping the situation? No, it isn't.

http://uatoday.tv/news/ukraine-s-russian-movie-ban-explained-407709.html

Also, I recommend you read up on Russia banning films and shows.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/russia-ban-films-threaten-unity-764333
Sorta unrelated, but hilarious: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/01/russia-bans-swearing-arts
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 05, 2015, 09:31:06 pm
No shit lol  ;)
Yes, if you give this as "Poroshenko recently forbid all films that paint a positive picture of Russia.":
1. 'Poroshenko recently forbid' - no, changes to the law were issued and voted  by Parliament, so literally they forbad it, not him; POP just signed to make it works
2. 'all films that paint a positive picture of' - again no, prohibition relates only to the films and tv-series "which contains popularization, agitation, propaganda etc. of the any actions of law enforcement, armed forces and other armed, military or security forces of a state-occupier" - so only to the some part from all the amount of films.
3. 'Russia' - there isn't a single word 'Russia' in the text of law, however it presents in explanatory note why such changes should be voted, and since Russia is recognized as occupier - yes, their films become prohibited by this changes. Although this changes isn't especially anti-russian inherently (if we recognize f.e. USA as occupier, their films will become forbidden too) - it intended to protect our information environment, so all is ok with this changes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 05, 2015, 09:48:25 pm
It's a pity that they don't forbit Russian gas however.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 05, 2015, 11:09:24 pm
It's a pity that they don't forbit Russian gas however.
I'm actually wondering why Russia is still sending gas to Ukraine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 05, 2015, 11:17:30 pm
It's a pity that they don't forbit Russian gas however.
I'm actually wondering why Russia is still sending gas to Ukraine.

surely you realise that nothing matters in the world more than money
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 05, 2015, 11:42:51 pm
It's a pity that they don't forbit Russian gas however.
I'm actually wondering why Russia is still sending gas to Ukraine.

surely you realise that nothing matters in the world more than money
There are more than enough people who would pay for the oil.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 05, 2015, 11:54:17 pm
It's a pity that they don't forbit Russian gas however.
I'm actually wondering why Russia is still sending gas to Ukraine.

surely you realise that nothing matters in the world more than money
There are more than enough people who would pay for the oil.

when did gas become oil?

they make more profit by selling it to ukraine anyways
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 05, 2015, 11:58:35 pm
It's a pity that they don't forbit Russian gas however.
I'm actually wondering why Russia is still sending gas to Ukraine.

surely you realise that nothing matters in the world more than money
There are more than enough people who would pay for the oil.

when did gas become oil?
I misspelled it by accident.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 06, 2015, 12:04:34 am
I would rather say that the reason is that an important pipeline goes through Ukraine, and through this pipeline they can sell to other European countries like Germany. It would be foolish to stop selling gas to Ukraine as long as they accept to pay.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 06, 2015, 12:46:18 am
The Ukraine still owes Russia/Gazprom a rather large sum of apprx 2 - 5 billion dollars as the Ukraine has been behind in its payments for some time. Russia might be shooting itself in the foot if it ceased deliveries though. I think they still hope to recoup their losses at some point. And as Max stated they wouldn't just be loosing one customer. One of the big problems is that the Ukraine entered into a contract with Russia that obligated it to buy a certain amount of gas per year. The Ukraine recently paid off about 1.65 billion dollars that debt after Russia threatened to shut down the gas supply.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2014/12/24/ukraine-pays-overdue-gazprom-debt-for-russian-gas/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/28/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-gazprom-idUSKBN0E81C720140528

I am wondering that if given the gas supplies to Europe from Russia run through the Ukraine; whether or not Europe might place pressure on the Ukraine to continue its repayments. The EU did offer to pay off half the debt a while back.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 06, 2015, 11:26:05 am
I found this last year and recently discovered it again. It's an interactive map of the war in Ukraine.
http://liveuamap.com/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 06, 2015, 12:01:22 pm
Yep. It's not really very reliable, though. Troop movement reports are dodgy at best and news of renewed offenses and battles often come days after they begin. It's also just not very accurate map-wise. Still interesting tho.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 06, 2015, 05:34:30 pm
Fascist leader Yarosh was appointed recently at the Minisitry of Defense and his militia will now be funded by the Ukrainian state. A perfect body guard for the Chocolate King.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 06, 2015, 06:16:31 pm
Pravy Sektor isn't fascist, Yarosh is an elected MP, he has been appointed advisor, and the Ukrainian Volunteer Corps, the military part of Pravy Sektor, will become part of the Ukrainian Armed forces just like the rest of the volunteer battalions, so that it can be better equipped, trained and controlled. It must be said that the UVC has performed much better then most of the other volunteer batallions, and hasn't even been accused of any sort of misbehavior.

Don't be dramatic, MaxLam.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 06, 2015, 08:27:08 pm
 Pravyi sektor openly pretends to continue the actions of Stepan Bandera, the Ukrainian fascist who collaborated with Nazi Germany and exterminated many Poles, Jews, and partisans. This is sufficient in itself to say that this organization is fascist. But it's even more than that since the so-called Social National Assembly took part in the creation of Pravyi Sector in 2013. The Social National Assembly was a neo-nazi organization which openly upheld national socialist ideology. This is dramatic, and the fact that this criminal organization is paid by the Ukrainian government, and its leader appointed advisior at the Ministry of Defense is even more dramatic. This only proves the stupidity, ignorance and fascization of the Ukrainian society.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 06, 2015, 08:31:47 pm
Could you show me any action done by Pravy Sektor that proves that they are fascist? Other then them liking Bandera?

Pravy Sektor isn't paid by the Ukrainian government. You shout things that are simply not true, present them as facts, and so help fuck up the situation even more.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 06, 2015, 08:43:57 pm
I presented the facts and they are pretty clear: "Fascist leader Yarosh was appointed recently at the Minisitry of Defense and his militia will now be funded by the Ukrainian state." Do you challenge that?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 06, 2015, 08:47:31 pm
Yes. I challenge that he is a fascist and that the DUK will be funded by the Ukrainian state.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 06, 2015, 08:53:02 pm
So this bunch of criminals "will become part of the Ukrainian Armed forces just like the rest of the volunteer battalions" and yet it won't be funded by the state? Then who is funding the Ukrainian military? The CIA? And you haven't dismissed what I said about their ideology either.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 06, 2015, 09:18:01 pm
How does their liking of Bandera make them fascists?

He fought for the independence of Ukraine.

Anyhow, just shouting the word fascist and implying a negative connotation without any real evidence makes you look like a big poo.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 06, 2015, 10:01:47 pm
According to Max, making holocaust jokes is fascist. He even said that what charlie hebdo did was alright while anyone doing the same thing aimed at Jews is an antisemite and must be repressed. There's no logic in his finger pointing. It's just based on emotion, enabled by sketchy internet articles and misleading statistics.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 06, 2015, 10:05:36 pm
I was trying to have a serious discussion with Duuring, if that is possible. So please...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on April 06, 2015, 11:26:02 pm
I was trying to have a serious discussion with Duuring, if that is possible. So please...

Please, you don't have to make explicit the fact you have autism: it is already evident in your general posting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 06, 2015, 11:51:31 pm
Their propaganda speaks for itself,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGLoW_uSV-c

Oh yeah, lets just blatatly forget that they already had thousands of members beat the shit out of people they don't deem fit. Now they are on the front lines roleplaying the SS.
Seriously scary scary scary. In addition to that, they are also very anti-queer as well.  But lets all willfully forget that because they are "pro-eu".

Right Sector are a coalition of different far-right organisations, some of which being UNA-UNSO, Tryzub and C14.  The name comes from Ukranian football scene, referring to the section of the football stadium filled with far-right groups. Here's a video from BBC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayEPstrTG_c

They are like the brownshirts, keeping the lefties of the street for the moderate EU supporting people. So here;s to you wonderfull bastards, the likes of you allowed hitler to rise.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 07, 2015, 12:05:37 am
You're acting like this is uncommon in a country thats at civil war, and your video evidence is a year old when the country was in mid-revolution, of course people are being mongoloids. These are made to stir emotions and gain support, its not an accurate representation of anything.

Other than that i think its safe to assume that the right sector do not represent Ukraines government. If that were the case you might have a point about rightism in Kiev. But going around shouting fascist and denouncing everyone is pretty pointless.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 07, 2015, 01:00:07 am
Spoiler
Their propaganda speaks for itself,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGLoW_uSV-c
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From 1:13 - 1:50 I agree with the video makers. The rest is bullshit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 07, 2015, 03:45:46 am
Just copying and pasting something Bluehawk wrote on TW:

They also made him an adviser to the chief of the General Staff. (http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2015/04/05/general-polkovnik-viktor-muzhenko-ta-providnik-duk-dijshli-zgodi-shhodo-priznachennya-d-yarosha-radnikom-nachalnika-genshtabu--8977/)

Meanwhile the SBU interrogated the head of the Communist Party of Ukraine among others as part of an investigation into Communist violations of national security, including allegations of financing the separatists. (http://tsn.ua/ukrayina/simonenka-dopituyut-schodo-zlochiniv-proti-nacbezpeki-ukrayini-sbu-419817.html) Symonenko has been interrogated for at least seven hours. (https://twitter.com/TarasBerezovets/status/585084598658400256)

In regards to right sector:

Pravy Sector is the product of a merger of groups such as Tryzub, UNA–UNSO, Patriot of Ukraine and Social-National Assembly among a few others.

At least 2 of those have been openly xenophobic/racist and have had neo-nazi leanings such as Social-National Assembly and Patriot of Ukraine. So to assume that right sector doesn't have neo-nazi leanings is absurd, if it speaks on behalf of all the groups.

According to one Right Sector leader, Andriy Tarasenko, the organisation was set up in late November 2013 and includes several small ultra-right groups, among them Trident, Patriot of Ukraine, White Hammer and Ukrainian National Assembly-Ukrainian National Self-Defence. "But most participants are just ordinary citizens having no relation to any organisations," he said.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26001710

The Right Sector is a confederation of several right and far-right organizations and groups such as “Patriots of Ukraine,” the Social-National Assembly, Stepan Bandera’s All-Ukrainian Association “Trident,” Kyiv Organization’s “White Hummer,” and the UNA-UNSO.
http://web.archive.org/web/20140330034819/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/01/can-ukraine-control-its-far-right-ultranationalists.html

Additionally the UNA-UNSO has been actively participating in foreign conflicts against Russia which makes me realize even more why Russia went ballistic after this conglomeration of groups helped push the coup. On a sidenote: when Ukrainian troops where stationed in Iraq they pleaded for the Ukrainian troops to turn their bayonets against the U.S. according to the article below which also mentions they have been known to pursue an anti-Semitic line etc.
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3198&no_cache=1#.VSMxN5OPU-I

Yarosh himself has openly expressed his hatred of Russia and is claimed to have gone as far as to call for attacks against Russia. This has landed him on Interpol's wanted list but there is some concern that Russia may have abused Interpol's Red Notice system.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10764072/Interpols-dilemma-over-Russian-red-notice-request-for-Right-Sektor-leader.html

Yet he did land on their wanted list for incitement to terror activities via social media:
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/interpol-issues-wanted-notice-for-nationalist-leader-yarosh-at-russias-behest-357964.html

Right sector denies the charges claiming their Vkontakt site was hacked at the time according to RT. This is a picture of what RT claims was the call for attacks:

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frt.com%2Ffiles%2Fnews%2F23%2F01%2F40%2F00%2Fvk.jpg&hash=50c231aab6af772da62f6f4286dc7957efcbdc1f)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: FatherDamien on April 07, 2015, 04:48:58 am
Is it still as bad as it was?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 07, 2015, 04:58:21 am
Everytime a ukrainian soldier dies we get a little closer to a perfect world
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on April 07, 2015, 05:39:18 am
Everytime a ukrainian soldier dies we get a little closer to a perfect world

I hope you never get banned.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 07, 2015, 08:09:31 am
Is it still as bad as it was?

While its unlikely anywhere near as bad as Russia claims; the organization's roots and its member groups are questionable and while its ideological front may be more palatable than some of the other right wing groups that are part of it; the overlap and cooperation between them and the mimicking of Germanic symbolism thrown into the night time torch parades, oaths and chanting etc etc only serves to further blur the lines of these murky, political and ideological groups. Additionally, like most right-wing extreme groups; there is always the need to find the devil in society (Russia) who one can blame for the people's woes. This usually means making enemies as they have and can in some cases do more harm then good for the country overall in terms of providing pretexts for other countries to interfere/intervene.

The main differentiation of Right Sector tends to be its supposed guarantees of distancing itself from any xenophobia as well as any overt personal ideologies that its members might have. Yarosh himself has done a lot of PR to assure countries like Israel that it will oppose racism and anti-semitism with all legitimate means and that foreigners should be treated in accordance with Stepan Bandera's principles who apparently helped some Jews during the Nazi occupation and was apparently opposed to his own organization's ethnic cleansing of Poles.
http://forward.com/articles/194014/israel-envoy-meets-with-ukraine-anti-semite-dmitry/

Whether you believe their ideology has anything in common with National Socialism depends on what qualifies as an overlap with National Socialism. The removal of Xenophobia and racial prejudice may be the simplest distinction but then Right Sector's attempt at cleaning RS' image may be more politically pragmatic that ideological:

Spoiler
When Yarosh spoke on the Maidan, he was received with more cheers than his rival Yulia Tymoshenko, partly because his men impressed Ukrainians with their discipline and stamina during the uprising. Even a classified document from Russian security authorities notes, not without admiration, that the Right Sector is "the only organized power" and that it attracts "like a magnet" both extremists and the general populace.

For years, Yarosh has been fighting for the "de-Russification" of Ukraine and has produced manifestos calling for the "spread of the nationalist ideology across the entire territory of our state." Today, Yarosh denies that anti-Semitism is part of that ideology. But in a book, he has written: "I wonder how it came to pass that most of the billionaires in Ukraine are Jews?"

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/ukrainian-militias-prepare-for-possibility-of-russian-invasion-a-964628.html
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Given the complacency or lax way in which some of these parties police/tolerate the expressions of questionable personal ideology while functioning in a military or official capacity; I am not exactly holding my breath but I was previously a bit more concerned over what damage the right parties could do for the Ukraine while armed and organized:

I suspect but am unsure; whether or not a bigger problem might be the willingness of right wing groups to act irrationally on the political stage especially given their resources and ability to organize effectively. Various threats have been traded between the Ukrainian government, Yarosh and vice versa in an attempt to get RS into line as well as military threats between Yarosh and Russia. While I don't like his new post he's been given; its good that the RS has been brought under the military's control. Or so I hope.

Some of the aspirations of the groups themselves are not bad as such but I have a concern that the group may do more harm than good and may eventually be heading into a collision course with the current government in its 'unfinished revolution'.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 07, 2015, 10:19:35 am
There actually are Anarchists fighting in the Right Sectors UVC. Well, two, at least.

Quote
Now they are on the front lines roleplaying the SS.
Seriously scary scary scary. In addition to that, they are also very anti-queer as well.  But lets all willfully forget that because they are "pro-eu".

They are roleplaying the SS? How exactly? Fighting on the frontlines for the defense of your country, on the territory of your country, is how exactly comparable to the SS? Foreign journalists interviewed Right Sector fighters and could discover no hatred against minorities like Jews. Yarosh even proudly wrote on his Facebook how a combined team of Israeli's and Ukrainian doctors patched him up after he got wounded. If he's a nazi, he's doing a terrible job at it.

Right Sector is not pro-EU. They're literally against any foreign influence over Ukraine, and oppose both EU-membership and NATO-membership. Sure, they prefer the west to the East, but that's just a matter of 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. Anyway, you should note the difference between Pravy Sektor as a political party and as a military unit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on April 07, 2015, 10:50:29 am
Very True Duuring, yarosh is known to have Jewish roots on his mothers side too.. so yea even if he is a Nazi he is a terrible fake.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 07, 2015, 11:01:58 am
There actually are Anarchists fighting in the Right Sectors UVC. Well, two, at least.

"National"-anarchists aren't anarchists. Its literally an oxymoron. elcome to brand poisoning. Fascists have been doing it to us all the time. First they invent national-"socialism" , now its national-"anarchism".

I guess something like this was inevitable, though. Fucking right-wingers. Can't they understand that there's no future for the right wing? That there's nothing progressive about it? Like, at all?

The anarchist movement from pretty much its inception has always had people trying to directly and indirectly coopt our language and imagery.
This is really no different and it's just a smaller microcosm. For a very big example check out the historical Falange Party in Spain during the 1930's. For another current example look at ancaps.

*for another current example, many of the younger fascist groups in northern Europe are taking on black bloc imagery and sloganeering.

They are roleplaying the SS? How exactly? Fighting on the frontlines for the defense of your country, on the territory of your country, is how exactly comparable to the SS? Foreign journalists interviewed Right Sector fighters and could discover no hatred against minorities like Jews. Yarosh even proudly wrote on his Facebook how a combined team of Israeli's and Ukrainian doctors patched him up after he got wounded. If he's a nazi, he's doing a terrible job at it.

Right Sector is not pro-EU. They're literally against any foreign influence over Ukraine, and oppose both EU-membership and NATO-membership. Sure, they prefer the west to the East, but that's just a matter of 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. Anyway, you should note the difference between Pravy Sektor as a political party and as a military unit.

Lots of fascists support Israel because they want ethnic tribalism, with seperate "nations" for different races. Right Sector as a party support these notions and know that there is only politics and force in the world. So they have a party and their own military formation. Trying to wrestle control of the police and armed forces is classic fascist handbook too.

There's a frightening short distance between anarchist and many newer nationalist politics, such as autonomy, agitation in the working class, opposition to neo-liberalism, and now environmentalism. Anarchists often (but not always) do not have the ability to speak in ways that seduce like the language of the nationalists because were direct and don't change the meaning of words etc, and politics is always about seduction.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 07, 2015, 11:12:45 am
I honestly have no idea what you are trying to say.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 07, 2015, 11:47:22 am
I love how he puts nations in inverted commas.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on April 07, 2015, 12:27:37 pm
If he's a nazi, he's doing a terrible job at it.

Well, it could always be worse. I once saw a Dutch Neo-Nazi on TV, who said he was both a Jew and a Neo-Nazi.

He claimed he had time to practice both.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 07, 2015, 12:45:26 pm
(https://i.imgur.com/3KgqkbB.gif)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 07, 2015, 12:51:26 pm
Neil Degrasse Tyson really needs to lay off those space drugs. Fugg.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 07, 2015, 01:04:32 pm
Quote from: Rejenorst
Whether you believe their ideology has anything in common with National Socialism depends on what qualifies as an overlap with National Socialism. The removal of Xenophobia and racial prejudice may be the simplest distinction but then Right Sector's attempt at cleaning RS' image may be more politically pragmatic that ideological:
I don't see how they have cleaned anything. There is nothing in the 25 points manifesto with which Yarosh and his bastards would disagree, and yet this manifesto is 100% nazi. Actually, if that wasn't the original Nazi program, some people there would even say that this isn't a Nazi program. Evident lack of culture and political understanding.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 07, 2015, 02:10:30 pm
Foreign journalists interviewed Right Sector fighters and could discover no hatred against minorities like Jews. Yarosh even proudly wrote on his Facebook how a combined team of Israeli's and Ukrainian doctors patched him up after he got wounded. If he's a nazi, he's doing a terrible job at it.

Very True Duuring, yarosh is known to have Jewish roots on his mothers side too.. so yea even if he is a Nazi he is a terrible fake.

Apparently so was Hitler. Not that this proves anything in relation to Yarosh but people can pretend to be something they're not in the pursuit of a violent National idea. Yarosh is apparently Jewish and claims to be thus so its not a secret but openly known.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/7961211/Hitler-had-Jewish-and-African-roots-DNA-tests-show.html

While Antisemitism is certainly closely linked with former Nazi Germany's ideology; it wasn't just Jews that fell victim to Germany's insane eugenics school of thought. Ultimately any ideology that considers one race superior over another would be characteristically mirrored by Nazism.

At this point RS disavows racism and probably considers itself a traditional nationalist group but whether or not RS has Nazi or racist leanings/tendencies or sympathies won't change the fact that they themselves sprung from and are closely allied to groups that do, most probably because its convenient. One such group is a white power group and places great emphasis on racial purity in its manifesto (SNA) and its paramilitary wing (PoU). All this doesn't help to clear the waters so to speak.

Yarosh quotes Bandera in relation to minorities living in the Ukraine:

Do you know the three classic principles that [Stepan] Bandera postulated in relation to all the national minorities living in Ukraine?

“If you help me, reach out your hand to help me create a free Ukraine, you are my brother.” He also added, “However, if you don’t help me, do not reach out your hand to help me, but neither do you hinder me, you can live here. There is enough room here and you can live here.” That was his classic phrase, “There is room here.” But, the conclusion: “If you hinder the process, stick spokes in the wheel, then you are an enemy and you need to be destroyed.” So, it is all very simple.
http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/187217/borislav-bereza

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Right Sector is not pro-EU. They're literally against any foreign influence over Ukraine, and oppose both EU-membership and NATO-membership. Sure, they prefer the west to the East, but that's just a matter of 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'. Anyway, you should note the difference between Pravy Sektor as a political party and as a military unit.

Unlike Svoboda; Pravy Sector is suspicious of the West as well as Russia so this is correct. It just happens that they see Russia as the enemy for now given that the Ukraine has been under the yolk of Russian influence. As for NATO and EU membership; I don't know what their specific stance on that is.

I don't see how they have cleaned anything. There is nothing in the 25 points manifesto with which Yarosh and his bastards would disagree, and yet this manifesto is 100% nazi. Actually, if that wasn't the original Nazi program, some people there would even say that this isn't a Nazi program. Evident lack of culture and political understanding.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm

Like I said; it depends on what qualifies as an overlap with National Socialism. If Antisemitism is the only qualifier being considered then even that is in question.  Yet Yarosh is trying to distance the party's image from perceptions of racism. Whether or not what he says is honest or accurate; I don't know but I am strongly suspicious.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 07, 2015, 02:31:42 pm
Everytime a ukrainian soldier dies we get a little closer to a perfect world

I hope you never get banned.

Thanks bae.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 07, 2015, 02:34:24 pm
Quote from: Rejenorst
While Antisemitism is certainly closely linked with former Nazi Germany's ideology; it wasn't just Jews that fell victim to Germany's insane eugenics school of thought. Ultimately any ideology that considers one race superior over another would be characteristically mirrored by Nazism.
Indeed, and even Jews have their own fascistic far right which strongly believes in their superiority over other populations, such as the Jewish Defense League. Moreover, an important part of the traditional far right has abandoned its traditional anti-jew stance since they view Israel as a rampart against Arabs and Muslims.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on April 07, 2015, 05:58:34 pm
Fucking right-wingers. Can't they understand that there's no future for the right wing?

(https://i.imgur.com/oL6QDyj.gif)


Do not deny the right wing future.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 07, 2015, 09:18:45 pm
The segmentation with "right" and "left" is fucking retarded.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 07, 2015, 10:36:34 pm
The segmentation with "right" and "left" is fucking retarded.

Not really. It's confusing when comparing the American and European political spectrums but beyond that it works fairly well as a concept.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 07, 2015, 10:49:12 pm
The segmentation with "right" and "left" is fucking retarded.

Not really. It's confusing when comparing the American and European political spectrums but beyond that it works fairly well as a concept.

Really? I find it very easy to compare American and European political spectrums. The European one is full of pansies.

(https://i.imgur.com/MOA73Hj.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 07, 2015, 10:52:47 pm
That's true. At least that we can agree on.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 08, 2015, 12:09:37 am
The segmentation with "right" and "left" is fucking retarded.

Not really. It's confusing when comparing the American and European political spectrums but beyond that it works fairly well as a concept.

Was Hitler left or right? He was a totalitarian dictator but a Socialist.
Was Stalin left or right? He was a totalitarian dictator but called himself Communist.
Are feminists left or right? They want equality but supress freedom of speech.
Is Obama left or right? He says he wants to make America more equal but bombs people in other countries and supports neoliberalism which some consider as "right".
Is Merkel left or right? She is in the conservative party and supports lobbyists but also the multiculturalism.
The German Party AfD which is considered as far right critizise the loans for Greece but the left party DIE LINKE does exactly the same for the same reasons.

I personally share many "left" and "right" ideas and leftists are calling me right and right-wings are calling me left.

The media and politicians are calling things left and right to hold the people down in their political trench warfare. This prevents any political dialogue or comprehension.

I mean ... the word "Putinversteher" which describes a person who can understand Putins behaviour is used in Germany to defame people. If you understand the way other human beings work ... you are evil.

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A Russian company used this as their marketing strategy: http://putinversteher.ru/
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 08, 2015, 12:38:50 am
Even Strasser wasn't a Socialist, so Hitler...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 08, 2015, 12:48:44 am
True feminists don't surpress freedom of speech unlike the Jewish media
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 08, 2015, 01:07:29 am
The segmentation with "right" and "left" is fucking retarded.

Not really. It's confusing when comparing the American and European political spectrums but beyond that it works fairly well as a concept.

Was Hitler left or right? He was a totalitarian dictator but a Socialist.
Was Stalin left or right? He was a totalitarian dictator but called himself Communist.
Are feminists left or right? They want equality but supress freedom of speech.
Is Obama left or right? He says he wants to make America more equal but bombs people in other countries and supports neoliberalism which some consider as "right".
Is Merkel left or right? She is in the conservative party and supports lobbyists but also the multiculturalism.
The German Party AfD which is considered as far right critizise the loans for Greece but the left party DIE LINKE does exactly the same for the same reasons.

I personally share many "left" and "right" ideas and leftists are calling me right and right-wings are calling me left.

The media and politicians are calling things left and right to hold the people down in their political trench warfare. This prevents any political dialogue or comprehension.

I mean ... the word "Putinversteher" which describes a person who can understand Putins behaviour is used in Germany to defame people. If you understand the way other human beings work ... you are evil.

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A Russian company used this as their marketing strategy: http://putinversteher.ru/
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Hitler was far right.
Stalin was far right.
Feminists are far left. Also, insulting people on tumblr doesn't count as suppressing freedom of speech.
Obama is a conservative, as are almost all American politicians unless they're actually leftists like Bernie Sanders.
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Merkel was a conservative. Multiculturalism has nothing to do with the political spectrum.
I don't know anything about that German party.

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I mean ... the word "Putinversteher" which describes a person who can understand Putins behaviour is used in Germany to defame people. If you understand the way other human beings work ... you are evil.

Oh please. It's pretty clear they mean Putin sympathizer, not just a person who 'understands' him. Taking things so literally isn't such a great approach. Think critically.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 08, 2015, 01:16:24 am
Please explain to me the words left and right.

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When you describe American presidents as conservative I think you mean corrupt.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 08, 2015, 01:20:58 am
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc09.deviantart.net%2Ffs70%2Fi%2F2013%2F349%2Fe%2F9%2Fleft_hand_vs_right_hand___drawing_challenge_by_tvz_randomness-d6y15cl.png&hash=5780759cd0bc7c74b33e2df171b251fa77dee595)
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When you describe American presidents as conservative I think you mean corrupt.
Go away.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 08, 2015, 01:43:18 am
Turin don't you have some SS Rally to go to or something?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 08, 2015, 01:57:35 am
@Nipplestockings: You can't answer my question as I expected.


Turin don't you have some SS Rally to go to or something?
No, it's only every saturday.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 08, 2015, 02:07:07 am
What do you want me to say? Do you really expect me to indulge you on your narcissistic shit test? Sure, I'll give you some definitions.

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Right-wing politics are political positions or activities that view some forms of social stratification or social difference as either inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable,[1][2][3] typically justifying this position on the basis of tradition.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Within the right-wing spectrum, views differ on whether hierarchy and inequality stem from traditional social differences[10] or from competition in market economies.[11][12] In Europe's history, there have been strong collectivist right-wing movements, such as in the social Catholic Right that has exhibited hostility to all forms of liberalism, including economic liberalism, and has historically advocated for paternalist class harmony involving an organic-hierarchical society where workers are protected while hierarchy of classes remain.[13]
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Left-wing politics are political positions or activities that accept or support social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy and social inequality.[1][2][3][4] They typically involve concern for those in society who are perceived as disadvantaged relative to others and a belief that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be reduced or abolished.[3]
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Now are you going to tell me I still failed because you wanted me to recite a lecture from the bottom of my heart and write you an essay with no references? I don't know what you're even asking of me here. Just say what you mean if it's really that important. This cryptic shit is pretty annoying.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 08, 2015, 02:18:03 am
Turin, how come ur country got rekt twice?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 08, 2015, 02:23:15 am
So.

The original definition of right and left in the politics was that right-wingers think that there are social inequalities even from birth and that these are normal and good.

Left-wingers think that these inequalities exist but that they have to be exterminated.
(Hitler thought that too)


What I critizise is that these two words got perverted by the mass media and others. On the one day right-wingers are Nazis, then they are those who support Putin, on the next day they critizise the Euro and multiculturalism. But right-wingers are also those who protest against the wars in the middle east and who want peace. Every "conspiracy theorist" is a right-winger and patriots as well.

Normally they also add the word extremist to right-winger.


And as I said, politics aren't just left, right, authoritarian or libertarian. But people want to make us believe it's as easy as that.



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Turin, how come ur country got rekt twice?
The kikes.
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 08, 2015, 02:24:33 am
TL;DR  8)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 08, 2015, 07:30:57 am
The left is inherently cool, but conservatism is more or less by definition uncool, being a swathe of ideologies which are designed to support the already powerful. The left, on the other hand, is full of artists, musicians, queers, punks, hippies, and people figuring out how to live their lives as autonomously as possible from white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy. Which is just cool.

Trace coolness back to 19th century bohemia, libertinism, radicalism, romanticism, when artists who were often poor sympathised with the poor and the workers ... the aesthetic of nonchalance, fuck the system, critical thinking, always on the left, since it is against status quo of protecting property.

As un-nuanced as this explanation is, "being cool" in the West has usually been associated with overthrowing established hierarchies. Those hierarchies (rightly and wrongly) have usually taken the names of capitalism or conservatism.

Plus lefties make better music, I'll give 'em that.  Coolness and the status quo tend to be in conflict. Capitalism and other forms of domination appeal to people who are introverted and have little to no humility.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 08, 2015, 07:51:26 am
Augy, as an anarchist why do you insist that certain ways of living cannot exist or work? In an anarchist society, why should everyone be forced to conform to to status quo of socialist-anarchism? If a community wants to set up their own capitalistic society, should they be allowed? What if a community wants to set up a monarchy, with subjects voluntarily entering and living that way?

You're so scornful of any other way of living that's not leftist or socialist, yet your entire ideology is based around personal freedom. I'm actually really interested in anarchism, but the whole thing about only socialist-anarchists being the true anarchists seems ridiculous and hypocritical to me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 08, 2015, 08:05:47 am
Augy, as an anarchist why do you insist that certain ways of living cannot exist or work? In an anarchist society, why should everyone be forced to conform to to status quo of socialist-anarchism? If a community wants to set up their own capitalistic society, should they be allowed? What if a community wants to set up a monarchy, with subjects voluntarily entering and living that way?

You're so scornful of any other way of living that's not leftist or socialist, yet your entire ideology is based around personal freedom. I'm actually really interested in anarchism, but the whole thing about only socialist-anarchists being the true anarchists seems ridiculous and hypocritical to me.

+100000000000

FINALLY!!! Someone said it!  ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 08, 2015, 08:06:19 am
Augy, as an anarchist why do you insist that certain ways of living cannot exist or work? In an anarchist society, why should everyone be forced to conform to to status quo of socialist-anarchism? If a community wants to set up their own capitalistic society, should they be allowed? What if a community wants to set up a monarchy, with subjects voluntarily entering and living that way?

You're so scornful of any other way of living that's not leftist or socialist, yet your entire ideology is based around personal freedom. I'm actually really interested in anarchism, but the whole thing about only socialist-anarchists being the true anarchists seems ridiculous and hypocritical to me.

Sure, go ahead and try but no one will voluntarily become a wage-slave in your company. You don't seem to understand the history of capitalism. Capitalism violates the non-aggression principle. Also, ancaps hypocritically defend and oppose existing capitalism and the social relations that compose it, depending on whether they approve of them or not. All good things are chalked up to capitalism, all bad things are blamed on corporatism or crony capitalism.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 08, 2015, 08:07:21 am
You didn't actually answer my question.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 08, 2015, 08:17:16 am
The left is inherently cool, but conservatism is more or less by definition uncool, being a swathe of ideologies which are designed to support the already powerful. The left, on the other hand, is full of artists, musicians, queers, punks, hippies, and people figuring out how to live their lives as autonomously as possible from white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy. Which is just cool.

Trace coolness back to 19th century bohemia, libertinism, radicalism, romanticism, when artists who were often poor sympathised with the poor and the workers ... the aesthetic of nonchalance, fuck the system, critical thinking, always on the left, since it is against status quo of protecting property.

As un-nuanced as this explanation is, "being cool" in the West has usually been associated with overthrowing established hierarchies. Those hierarchies (rightly and wrongly) have usually taken the names of capitalism or conservatism.

Plus lefties make better music, I'll give 'em that.  Coolness and the status quo tend to be in conflict. Capitalism and other forms of domination appeal to people who are introverted and have little to no humility.

(https://scontent-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/10957145_873128369419268_8094380256955404112_n.jpg?oh=51d945a8590f7374e477017883fb9368&oe=55A059A8)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 08, 2015, 08:29:57 am
You didn't actually answer my question.

Please read "the conquest of bread" by Peter Kropotkin, this is clearly adressed there. To summarise, if there is any concern about a heirarchy being formed, you have failed to create an anarchist society. 

Whether an individual or group wants to become King of Milwaukee is irrelevant. They have no abilities or legitimacy. Do you think everyone in milwaukee will join them? Who would they exploit, if their members quit as soon as they are exploited? Will they exploit non members? Why would these people stay in milwaukee, why would they not go to chicago or detroit?

Do you think any slaves would have stayed in the south if the fugitive slave act had not been passed? If all the slaves flee, who can be masters? If they marshal an army, who will feed it? Capitalist methods are making it such that food, clothing an shelter can only be gotten by selling labor. If I am guaranteed food, clothing and shelter for a fixed quantity of social work (say 20 hours a week) who can force me to sell labor? There are no circumstances I can concieve in which a fully formed anarcho-communist society would ever fear any handful of exploiters, no one could be forced to submit for any length of time

Bear in mind that the dog-eat-dog competitive effects of capitalism and pro-oligarchic legal systems are responsible for generating poverty and sociopathic outlooks. It will be quite funny to see the madman capitalist wander around babbling like an idiot. In a society with a gift economy, that exploits no one, who will listen?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 08, 2015, 08:44:19 am
Holy shit, you're really misunderstanding what I'm asking you. My question is why do you think it can't work, not why you think it shouldn't or wouldn't. If a person wants to become king of Milwaukee, he needs to convince people of his legitimacy. If he does that, people may choose to pledge their allegiance to him. In a truly free society, nobody would be forced to live under him, and if 90% of Milwaukee doesn't recognize him as legitimate nothing will change for those people. If 100 people want to set up a section of their society and close it to anyone else, there is no reason they should not be allowed, or even why it should be frowned upon. If all of Milkwaukee wants to pledge allegiance to a king, then Milwaukee is now a Monarchy. Anyone who does not want to live under the Monarchy is not forced to. Through societal pressure, someone attempting to force their ideas on others has absolutely no power to do so. If there is no ruling hierarchy enforcing injustice, social law prevails.

You seem to think that I'm continuously arguing this from an anarcho-capitalist perspective. I don't think capitalism is necessarily the best system, or even better than socialism in this scenario - only that whatever system one person or a group of people chooses should not be forced upon others. If it's a truly voluntary society, there should be nothing stopping anyone from doing whatever they want as long as it does not affect others who are unwilling to be apart of whatever they're doing. Merely saying "lol but nobody would voluntarily do so and so" doesn't actually mean anything. There will always be people willing to do anything - anything at all. You can't say for sure that there is absolutely nobody on earth who wouldn't prefer living a simple live as a serf, not having to make decisions or hold power that they don't know what to do with. You can't say that there is nobody who would not prefer to work a job for a wage instead of cultivating their own food. Not everyone wants complete control of their own lives. In fact, I'd say that most people prefer someone else to have a certain degree of control over them - comforting. However, this control doesn't need to be forced, as it often is in our societies.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 08, 2015, 09:04:06 am
What prevents me from declaring to the world that I am now Supreme Ruler of the Planet, and then commanding everyone to jump into the ocean? I can do that, but no-one would listen. Just look at Emperor Norton.

If there is already a state, the would-be dictator just needs to take over institutions which are already in place. In anarchy, they would need to conquer a patchwork of autonomous communities and build governing institutions from scratch.

Power is only derived through societal conduits of power, and anarchists seek to destroy . It's more difficult for people to gain power in an anarchist society vs. a statist one simply because there is no conduit for coercive power already in place.

Remember anarchists do not seek utopia, we simply want something better than what we have now.
Communities will come up with their own solutions: anarchism is more of "a radical experiment in democracy" than a precise prescription for society.
Sure you can talk about these hypotheticals but from what i've read about anarchist experiments in history, they never did make crazy votes like electing an emperor.
People have common sense, y'know. Even though a very few with delusions of grandeur think they know better than the people themselves.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 08, 2015, 09:08:06 am
Wow, you really should read my posts instead of just ignoring them and repeating the same shit over and over again. I'm not going to lay it out for you again. Probably look back at what I said before responding again, though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: junedragon on April 08, 2015, 09:16:54 am
This has gone rather off topic but is rather interesting. Why not make a separate thread for it?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 08, 2015, 09:19:09 am
We should make a topic about dead ukrainian soldiers. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 08, 2015, 09:53:46 am
Time will tell who is right, i'm placing my bets on the Rojava Revolution.
http://en.firatajans.com/features/the-rojava-resistance-rebirth-of-the-anti-capitalist-struggle
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 08, 2015, 09:58:39 am
What the hell are you talking about? Holy shit. You still never actually addressed any of my points or inquiries, btw.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 08, 2015, 10:19:09 am
What the hell are you talking about? Holy shit. You still never actually addressed any of my points or inquiries, btw.

Slaves loving their masters don't make slavery desirable or defensible, Mr. Voluntaryist.
I've read my Rothbard and Block regarding voluntary slavery. Anarchists reject hierarchical arrangements.

There's a difference between voluntary hierarchy and institutional hierarchy. Anarchists are opposed to the latter.
I wouldn't even call voluntary hierarchy a "hierarchy." It's a social relation where you choose to subject yourself with regards to another for personal reasons.

Institutional hierarchy - hierarchy that most people come in contact with as a fact of life/ unavoidable hierarchy. For instance, the state or the worker-boss relationship.

Voluntary hierarchy - "hierarchy" based on consenting individuals as a social relation. Example: BDSM. You can create or destroy a "voluntary hierarchy" with complete ease.

The issue here is whether or not the slavery is institutionalized. If a slave loves his master but is still threatened with some kind of coercive force it is indefensible.
If some fool decides to be subservient to someone else out of their own free will then that is all fine and dandy.

This has gone rather off topic but is rather interesting. Why not make a separate thread for it?

It has gone off-topic many times in the past, i believe there's been three Ukraine threads already. Just let it run its course, we'll get to Ukraine when stuff happens.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 08, 2015, 10:44:25 am
The left is inherently cool, but conservatism is more or less by definition uncool, being a swathe of ideologies which are designed to support the already powerful. The left, on the other hand, is full of artists, musicians, queers, punks, hippies, and people figuring out how to live their lives as autonomously as possible from white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy. Which is just cool.

Trace coolness back to 19th century bohemia, libertinism, radicalism, romanticism, when artists who were often poor sympathised with the poor and the workers ... the aesthetic of nonchalance, fuck the system, critical thinking, always on the left, since it is against status quo of protecting property.

As un-nuanced as this explanation is, "being cool" in the West has usually been associated with overthrowing established hierarchies. Those hierarchies (rightly and wrongly) have usually taken the names of capitalism or conservatism.

Plus lefties make better music, I'll give 'em that.  Coolness and the status quo tend to be in conflict. Capitalism and other forms of domination appeal to people who are introverted and have little to no humility.

Conservatism = conserving the things that are good = good

Left artists, musicians, queers, punks, hippies = degeneration


But I don't know much about capitalist music.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 08, 2015, 11:03:43 am
100% aids
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 08, 2015, 11:04:38 am
This has gone rather off topic but is rather interesting. Why not make a separate thread for it?

A Socialist thread would be nice. We could formulate our plans for a revolution.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 08, 2015, 11:07:18 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnaY0l4XsM
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 08, 2015, 11:24:42 am
Rather just take it to the political thread.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 08, 2015, 01:33:28 pm
I hope ukraine gets wiped off the map along with poland
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 08, 2015, 02:27:04 pm
I hope ukraine gets wiped off the map along with poland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icwTaieq6xI
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 08, 2015, 02:33:17 pm
Kurwa!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on April 08, 2015, 03:01:30 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnaY0l4XsM
Trevor Moore is bae
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: junedragon on April 08, 2015, 05:42:12 pm
Kurwa!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 09, 2015, 03:13:38 pm
Interesting Vice article on Greeko Russian relations and the recent meeting.
https://news.vice.com/article/the-greek-prime-ministers-meeting-with-putin-sent-a-message-to-the-eu
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 09, 2015, 03:39:54 pm
Today Parliament voted for a law about recognizing organizations that fought for the independence of Ukraine in the twentieth century.

All the people, who were fighting for independence in the military, paramilitary or political organizations, or their struggle were individually, recognized as fighters for independence of Ukraine.

The law provides recognition of organizations such as the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine, Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, UNR, Hetmanate, ZUNR, Ukrainian guerrilla and rebel groups in 1917-1930, Carpathian Sich, UPA, OUN, Sojm of the Carpathian Ukraine, Ukrainian Helsinki Group and so on.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 09, 2015, 03:43:05 pm
Today Parliament voted for a law about recognizing organizations that fought for the independence of Ukraine in the twentieth century.

All the people, who were fighting for independence in the military, paramilitary or political organizations, or their struggle were individually, recognized as fighters for independence of Ukraine.

The law provides recognition of organizations such as the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine, Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, UNR, Hetmanate, ZUNR, Ukrainian guerrilla and rebel groups in 1917-1930, Carpathian Sich, UPA, OUN, Sojm of the Carpathian Ukraine, Ukrainian Helsinki Group and so on.

Even the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on April 09, 2015, 03:44:23 pm
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I can imagine them holding hands outside the photo, it's a lovely image.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 09, 2015, 04:06:33 pm
Quote from: Augy
Even the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine?
That would be as if Germany recognized the Werwolf as an organization that fought for its independance.  ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 09, 2015, 04:06:57 pm
Even the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine?
There is some Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine in the list, probably it is them.
Also, point e) relates to:
e) insurgency, guerrilla groups that operated in Ukraine in 1917-1930 years and the aim of which was a struggle for obtaining, protection or restoration of independence of Ukraine, including groups of Kholodny Yar, Medvynska Republics, Volyn rebel army;
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on April 09, 2015, 04:08:15 pm
MaxLam, he meant Nestor Makno's army, not that

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 09, 2015, 04:10:08 pm
What? Makhno fought for the independance of Ukraine?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 09, 2015, 04:15:03 pm
The most independent and free ukraine you could ever imagine.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 09, 2015, 04:47:35 pm
While fighting the states that modern Ukraine sees as its predecessors. Didn't it mostly consist of Russian Anarchists who had fled/emigrated from the increasingly hostile communist Russia anyway?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 09, 2015, 05:11:32 pm
Today Parliament voted for a law about recognizing organizations that fought for the independence of Ukraine in the twentieth century.

All the people, who were fighting for independence in the military, paramilitary or political organizations, or their struggle were individually, recognized as fighters for independence of Ukraine.

The law provides recognition of organizations such as the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine, Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, UNR, Hetmanate, ZUNR, Ukrainian guerrilla and rebel groups in 1917-1930, Carpathian Sich, UPA, OUN, Sojm of the Carpathian Ukraine, Ukrainian Helsinki Group and so on.

That is very delightful to hear.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 09, 2015, 09:59:47 pm
All lefty's should read this.

http://m.krytyka.com/en/solutions/opinions/leftists-liberals-and-ukraine-tale-double-standards
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 09, 2015, 10:18:13 pm
Wow they guy is saying that Marxist.com "[echoes] the Kremlin’s anti-Ukrainian propaganda"... LMAO, this is a trotskyite website from a well-known trotskyite movement which has member organizations in many countries. This proves in itself the author's complete lack of political culture. I don't know who finances this website, but that's certainly not the Kremlin.

He says that according to Marxism some national movements were objectively progressive ("a capitalist national state provided a better context for development than the old empire" ) and concludes that "these factors should play a similar role today". A ridiculous assumption for there is two things: factors and context. And if the context isn't the same it's obvious that the factors won't play a similar role. Dialectics my friends... Even a child should understand that. Marx must be turning in his grave. ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on April 10, 2015, 03:29:58 am
Ukraine sucks
The Kremlin sucks
Both sides of the political spectrum have double standards

And frankly, the nationalistic drive on both sides in which they call the other the enemy of whatever have you is a sickening repeat

I'm curious to know how many more young men and women will have to die until "democracy" is safe for the world
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 10, 2015, 07:37:38 am
How about... All of them?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 10, 2015, 11:42:02 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6c1r5ol7cw&feature=share
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on April 10, 2015, 12:43:07 pm
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/35/00/bd/3500bd941840ab785b83ea6c69ed5c35.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 10, 2015, 01:57:12 pm
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/35/00/bd/3500bd941840ab785b83ea6c69ed5c35.jpg)

Before that you have to call in the Kindergarten opolcheni
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/q9Hn6nP.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 10, 2015, 02:01:51 pm
That kid with the helmet and AT grenade looks smug as fuck. Lil' niggas ready to bust some filthy Ukie ass fo sho
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on April 10, 2015, 02:18:26 pm
That kid with the helmet and AT grenade looks smug as fuck. Lil' niggas ready to bust some filthy Ukie ass fo sho
Children's Crusade: Boyz in the Hood edition
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 10, 2015, 02:34:34 pm
Oh man. Russia, will you ever stop amazing me with your Slav-ness?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: junedragon on April 13, 2015, 05:17:44 am
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/10/russia-just-made-a-ton-of-internet-memes-illegal/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on April 13, 2015, 06:47:07 am
Oh man. Russia, will you ever stop amazing me with your Slav-ness?

Yup, teaching kids how to shoot themselves in the foot since 862 AD. On a serious note, whoever taught those kids to handle a gun like that is an idiot and deserves a beating.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Llama on April 13, 2015, 07:57:15 am
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/10/russia-just-made-a-ton-of-internet-memes-illegal/

How do they plan on enforcing these laws lol
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on April 13, 2015, 06:45:01 pm
Quote from: Llama
How do they plan on enforcing these laws lol
If you are arrested for whatever reason and published a meme against Putin, this law will give them a pretext to accuse you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 13, 2015, 07:36:31 pm
Come on guys. You were all pissed when 'Poroshenko banned Russian movies'. Where's your anger now?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KurassierNixon on April 13, 2015, 07:39:11 pm
Come on guys. You were all pissed when 'Poroshenko banned Russian movies'. Where's your anger now?

Herp derp death to memes long live poutine such wow many rekt
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: junedragon on April 13, 2015, 08:34:48 pm
Come on guys. You were all pissed when 'Poroshenko banned Russian movies'. Where's your anger now?

Its only wrong if "fascists" or capitalists do it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on April 13, 2015, 10:28:38 pm
Come on guys. You were all pissed when 'Poroshenko banned Russian movies'. Where's your anger now?

Ran out
Also Putin is not fascist enuf.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on April 14, 2015, 12:17:40 am
Come on guys. You were all pissed when 'Poroshenko banned Russian movies'. Where's your anger now?
This is equally as disgusting as anything Poroshenko outlawed

Though, how they will go about enforcing remains to be seen.

Prohibition 2.0
Memeibition
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on April 14, 2015, 07:49:43 am
https://youtu.be/lM9xdLVQZJY
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 14, 2015, 10:51:06 am
Come on guys. You were all pissed when 'Poroshenko banned Russian movies'. Where's your anger now?

I didn't see anyone being pissed off after Turin posted the link.  :o

Its an already existing law where clarification has been presented by Roskomnadzor in regards to the use of personal data.
This came about due to Valery Sjutkin (celebrity) suing Lurkomore (online humorous(?) encyclopedia) for posting a meme that said an abbreviation of smack that bitch up (or something along those lines which are lyrics from another artist's song).

 Either way its an absurdly broad interpretation of the law that allows public figures to sue web hosts for suspected defamatory content and should really not extend to memes. Ironically the announcement was made using a meme which leaves me to wonder whether they have provided a sufficient legal interpretation. 

The announcement source (Roskomnadzor) is here:
https://vk.com/wall-76229642_37568

Translation of meme: "And what if I told you that you're fake"
Translation:

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Violation of legislation on personal data in relation to public figures includes:

· Creating the fake account on behalf of a public person (name, position, date of birth, photo and others.). and its use (posts, comments).

· Create a site feykovogo public personality. dedicated professional and social activities of public personality.

· Use the photo as a public person impersonation popular Internet meme, unrelated to the identity of "celebrity".

These methods of processing of personal data violate the requirements of the legislation on personal data and discredit honor, dignity and business reputation of public figures.

Roscomnadzor refers to the administration of resources with the demand to remove illegal information, if it does not - to sue.

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on April 15, 2015, 04:47:59 am
https://youtu.be/prW2HzQfz3g

Keyboard Warrior mode activated, lol just kidding
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on April 15, 2015, 05:56:45 am
It was Kim Il-sung's birthday today. Cheers everyone!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 15, 2015, 10:30:13 am
Don't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 15, 2015, 04:30:30 pm
Nope

people think i'm celebrating 4/20 when i smoke pot that day...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 15, 2015, 06:10:15 pm
These bitches tryna roll up with me on 4/20, but they don't really know what I'm burning today. Last week i took a visit down to the local Hebrew morgue in my neighborhoood. Mmmm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 15, 2015, 06:23:45 pm
Don't. Keep it on-topic.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 15, 2015, 06:33:38 pm
Haha, great. :D

"You have received a warning"

You have received a warning for posting content which breaches German law.

11. No posting of National Socialist imagery, symbols or right wing opinions or representation that may glorify or seek to represent elements of former Nazi Germany.


Apparantly it breaches German law to tell people the date of the birthday of Adolf Hitler.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 15, 2015, 06:43:59 pm
No, we would kinda like to keep this forum Hitler-free, just in general. I could have also given you that warning for off-topic, if that makes you feel better.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on April 15, 2015, 07:58:54 pm
I could have also given you that warning for off-topic, if that makes you feel better.

Coming from you? Hardly convincing.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 15, 2015, 07:59:38 pm
I do a lot, but posting Hitler images is not really one of them.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on April 15, 2015, 08:00:14 pm
Sorry, forgot to edit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 15, 2015, 08:13:11 pm
duuring poo'ed his socialist panties again
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 15, 2015, 08:16:46 pm
duuring poo'ed his socialist panties again

My panties are free of shit, rest assured.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 15, 2015, 08:23:50 pm
HAHA

thou just admitted you wear panties

#LeBait
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 15, 2015, 08:24:47 pm
Wait... you don't wear panties Sven?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 15, 2015, 08:27:59 pm
Wait... you don't wear panties Sven?

am i missing something here?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on April 16, 2015, 12:12:15 am
i wear panties

they're duuring's

silk
lace
mmm
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 16, 2015, 05:02:17 pm
Another party of regions member dies making it six in the past 2 months:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/15/ousted-ukraine-president-ally-shot-dead
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 17, 2015, 07:27:12 pm
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2015/04/16/the-murderers-of-kiev/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 17, 2015, 10:21:26 pm
That author makes the assumption that they were all killed by Ukrainians.

I also love how he takes the time to try and sell the reader some of his books.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on April 17, 2015, 10:58:45 pm
Read through that source. No bias.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 17, 2015, 11:13:13 pm
Read through that source. No bias.
Thanks. It's now Klarinogampros-proved.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on April 17, 2015, 11:15:10 pm
I'll make me a stamp later, thanks Turin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 27, 2015, 11:04:03 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m15M4VimuM
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 27, 2015, 11:16:40 pm
Heil Putin.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on April 28, 2015, 07:58:38 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy-D6xqXyH0

How I love pizza. mm  ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on April 29, 2015, 01:06:50 am
Not sure how many can understand German, but I found this interesting:
http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/6652042/28480099/duitsers_debunken_timmerfrans.html
(And yes, I'm aware of the reputation of the website, but obviously it was just reposted there from the original source)

Essentially, a still was used (from one of Vice's videos I believe) to make it look like a Russian was stealing a ring from one of the deceased, when in fact he was putting it into a box to be shipped back.
Just thought I'd post it to illustrate the use of propaganda used by the victims.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 29, 2015, 01:10:03 am
The same happened when MH17 crashed and the media talked about rebels "disgracing" the corpses with picures which were divorced from its context.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on April 29, 2015, 01:20:38 am
But at the same time Russian media circulated a story claiming that Ukrainian soldiers were 'crucifying' captured separatists. War is war, dude. The prevalence of propaganda is not something that anyone should be surprised by.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 29, 2015, 01:54:03 am
I heared this crucifying story as well. Does anybody have information about this incident?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on April 29, 2015, 09:25:55 am
I only know about the more recent burning/crucifixion (tied to a cross and burned). The source for that was the DPR's media which was promptly picked up by Russian sources. It cuts out just as the flames reach the guys boots and he's not exactly vocally pleading for his life.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 30, 2015, 08:33:27 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGqi-k213eE
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 30, 2015, 09:04:52 pm
Russia Today? Nope. Using one extremely biased newssource to say another one is biased is stoopit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on April 30, 2015, 09:06:57 pm
Russia Today? Nope. Using one extremely biased newssource to say another one is biased is stoopit.

The Cognitive dissonance is strong in this one.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on April 30, 2015, 09:26:58 pm
stoopit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 30, 2015, 09:38:57 pm
I read Ulfkotte's book Gekaufte Journalisten. It gives a deep insight in the world of corrupt journalists and politicians and I highly recommend it. It was a bestseller in Germany for quite some time.

Unfortunately it is only available in German currently.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 30, 2015, 09:48:38 pm
its ok turin they will have to learn german someday

Heute Deutschland, morgen die Welt!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on April 30, 2015, 09:52:35 pm
its ok turin they will have to learn german someday

Heute Deutschland, morgen die Welt!
Normally I'd post nazi propaganda now, but I'm already warned. :-\
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on April 30, 2015, 10:11:59 pm
i'll do it for you

Spoiler
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4144/5035419242_ea41d71990_z.jpg)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on April 30, 2015, 10:17:56 pm
Normally I'd post nazi propaganda now, but I'm already warned. :-\
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made my day  :)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 01, 2015, 01:08:57 am
Russia Today? Nope. Using one extremely biased newssource to say another one is biased is stoopit.

Yeah but its an excerpt from an interview with Udo Ulfkotte not a news story with media commentary.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 06, 2015, 07:12:31 am
T-14 Armada coming into service.

It's covered in spaced armor. It hasn't seen combat nor will it for a while. There is nothing to judge but the fact that it lacks eyes, it's retarded to have a two person crew, and the only reason it's even going to be produced is a stop gap until their next design which apparently they intend to be semi-autonomous. A drone tank won't work so this is essentially the first death throws of the Russian tank industry and design. I feel bad for them honestly, to think that they're getting BTFO by every other country with an arms industry. It's truly unfortunate.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 06, 2015, 08:14:20 am
Electronics seem its biggest strength and also its greatest weakness heh.

Found some info on Business insider for anyone interested:

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.businessinsider.com%2Fimage%2F55366625dd0895310e8b45b9%2Fimage.jpg&hash=c26d0d1dcc8c21362be80ce486ed52c138ab9a0f)
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http://www.businessinsider.com.au/russia-new-armata-battle-tank-2015-4
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/04/new-armata-tanks-and-variants-seen-at.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on May 06, 2015, 09:45:07 am
Why smoothbore?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on May 06, 2015, 11:50:51 am
It's not Spanish so it's ArmaTa not ArmaDa, and it has a 3 person crew.

And it looks pretty. Their enemies will flee the battlefield when seeing that, no need to engage combat.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.lemde.fr%2Fimage%2F2015%2F05%2F06%2F534x0%2F4628411_6_a110_un-char-t-14-armata-pendant-les-repetitions_1ffa74c1d52f840e023d0de4d62f2155.jpg&hash=da26c7b31fc8447c4c14747515e8ba2b21cb4b97)

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.directmatin.fr%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fimage_880_495%2Fpublic%2Fchar_t14_alecander_utkin_afp.jpg%3Fitok%3D2b1BNp-v&hash=38689663b151a38b6b647544f54f0d69c24eb5a4)

There is no operator in the turret so it's even stronger. The tank is also quite light. The French Leclerc, which is one of the best, weights between 54 and 57 tons. The Israeli Merkava between 60 and 65. This one 48. Thus much better speed, and probably a much better autonomy. Cannon stronger too (125mm). Armor apparently better than Leopard 2A's plus it has explosive reactive armour. They also say that Afganit is better than Israel's Trophy.

Conclusion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUoBkhTFdWA
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on May 06, 2015, 12:14:33 pm
I've heard that that explosive reactive armour isn't even that great and fails often.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on May 06, 2015, 12:46:07 pm
It has its weaknesses. For example during the 2006 war, when Israel invaded Lebanon, they had such armour on their tank. But the Hezbollah used manpads which fired 2 missiles. The first one activated the armour, and the second one pierced the tank. However I guess that they fixed this problem since then.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 06, 2015, 05:36:54 pm
This tank is the F-35 of the Russian army, in many ways. It's like half a generation behind almost every other country with an arms industry. Outclassed by pretty much every other widely used tank - and Russia doesn't have the industrial capacity to produce them in extremely large numbers anyway.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on May 06, 2015, 05:39:27 pm
Nice large flat spaces on the armour.  :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 06, 2015, 06:18:23 pm
K2 Battle tank.
Sadly it appears to be awesome.




It's ok. The Russians can sell rocket engines from the 70's to the Americans so they can go in space.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on May 06, 2015, 06:20:51 pm
Nice large flat spaces on the armour.  :D

Read. it isn't supposed to matter, since it has explosive reactive armour.

This was invented because of RPGs, who literally do not care about any armour whatsoever and pierce it anyway.

What ERA is, is basicly some shotguns with hail shot at certain points on the tank. sensors detect an incoming missile and fire the shrapnel at the right time at the proper place, making the projectile explode without touching the tank, barely damaging it as a result. One major disadvantage of this is, is that you cannot do combined arms. Infantry taking cover behind or to the sides of the vehicle wi;; get shot by shrapnel, equivalent to frag grenades. Oh, and a grenade explodes in their faces. That tends to ruin the fun as well.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 06, 2015, 06:23:44 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uralvagonzavod

It is one of the largest scientific and industrial complexes in Russia[1] and the largest main battle tank manufacturer in the world.

In 2008 the number of tanks produced by the company was greater than the number of main battle tanks produced in all the other countries of the world taken together.

Spoiler
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F0%2F06%2FUralvagonzavod_building.jpg&hash=80d50aa031c2a26c83ddc1478d3610a9e205ed79)
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpics.imcdb.org%2F0is170%2Fkoyaanisqatsi346yc.1269.jpg&hash=888440ed9665478e6f9b5d3ae6a0076d534d700d)
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpics.imcdb.org%2F0is170%2Fkoyaanisqatsi326tc.2725.jpg&hash=365158860f02599750f02812e36dca5e249116dc)
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 06, 2015, 07:35:03 pm
I didn't realize the T90 could fire guided missiles :0

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/what-america-can-learn-from-russias-cheap-but-deadly-t-1540829820
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAofuApy5sc
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on May 06, 2015, 08:03:51 pm
The T80 could do that too. The T90 is a strong and cheap tank. As usual Russian military products are not only excellent, they are also much cheaper than their western counterparts. For example the S-300 family is much cheaper and stronger than the Patriots. A T-90 costs 4.25 million dollars while a Leclerc costs 27 millions.

Quote from: Wigster600
Nice large flat spaces on the armour.  :D
Furtivity, like the French Leclerc. Or this PL-01:

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FVxvvgdm2_jo%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&hash=5a56379d93df552cfae3919b3e85936074ab1cb3)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 06, 2015, 08:11:00 pm
Russian military products are not excellent lol. Holy shit how much propaganda have you been eating? Aside from their small arms industry their military hardware is largely trash. They have some decently tough equipment but most of it is at least a generation behind, even at the point of first being designed. Their aircraft are hardy but lack critical equipment on board and are prone to failure and malfunction. Russia is not prepared for war against another western power. They may be improving, but they're still far behind most other powers in almost every way.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on May 06, 2015, 10:12:02 pm
The S-300/500 are indeed excellent, and cheap, it's not a "small arm" and there is no western equivalent. The Borei-class submarines are also good and cheap. "The total cost of the submarine is $713m, including the research and development expenditure of $280m."

http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/borei-class/

American Ohio-class submarines cost 2 billion dollars.

The new Novorossiysk submarine (2013) is said to be undetectable.

The BUK-2 is so strong that it can destroy the whome Malaysia airline fleet.

Russia is still far behind the USA, but western countries like France, Britain and Germany wouldn't have a chance in a 1vs1 war (nukes apart).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 06, 2015, 11:02:53 pm
The Russian navy is a joke. Submarines are really the only thing they have modernized (meaning they got most of them in the 90s).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on May 06, 2015, 11:26:10 pm
And yet the Germans produce better Submarines, so who the fuck cares? If it really would come to a war, I don't think that the western countries would just sit around with their current equipment and wait until it is all destroyed.
They would probably start ordering more of it, and start producing it in less time. 

But there simply is no need for it right now. Why do you need to pump out 2000 submarines/tanks/airplanes/whatever every second?

That being said, ofc. a country like Germany, France or the UK would not be able to stand in a 1v1 with Russia... (Because Russia can pump almost double as many soldiers into the the fight.)
But they do not have to, if Russia feels like attacking one of them, half of the World is suddenly fighting Russia, and I do not think that Russia likes that very much.

Also, just look at the population comparison. Russia has 140 million citizens, while the EU already has 500 million...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on May 06, 2015, 11:31:52 pm
And yet the Germans produce better Submarines
But we give them to Israel for free.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 06, 2015, 11:38:56 pm
Russia has some decent submarines. At least they achieve what they were designed for.
Russia has really good helicopters. In fact they have the best helicopter platforms in the world.
Russian nukes, missile technology and silo's are excellent and reliable.

Russia has good torpedo's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkval  Supercavitating torpedoes developed by the Soviet Union. They are capable of speeds in excess of 200 knots (370 km/h).


Hypersonic cruise missile    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrahMos-II  Mach 7 (8,575 km/h; 5,328 mph)

Russia's military achieves it's task and acts as a perfect deterrent.
A lot of the stuff they develop is good for exports and some of their aircraft are very underrated.


The military talk on this forum tends to be childish. Rejenorst is an exception. His posts are of high quality.


But there simply is no need for it right now. Why do you need to pump out 2000 submarines/tanks/airplanes/whatever every second?

That being said, ofc. a country like Germany, France or the UK would not be able to stand in a 1v1 with Russia... (Because Russia can pump almost double as many soldiers into the the fight.)
But they do not have to, if Russia feels like attacking one of them, half of the World is suddenly fighting Russia, and I do not think that Russia likes that very much.

Also, just look at the population comparison. Russia has 140 million citizens, while the EU already has 500 million...

War does not work this way anymore or at least has no worked this way for the past 70 years.
This whole post is irrelevant.

"Germany, France or the UK would not be able to stand in a 1v1 with Russia"

Irrelevant. Those countries are united and share responsibilities over fields and geographical region. They each have their roles and together form something that could be called a "western" bloc.

The Russian navy is a joke. Submarines are really the only thing they have modernized (meaning they got most of them in the 90s).

The fact that the only thing of "worth" is submarines is actually a good thing. What else should they have for their needs?

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 07, 2015, 12:07:22 am
Submarines are indeed pretty much the best investment a country can make into its navy, besides aircraft carriers of course. But even then, Submarines are more versatile and can be relatively cheaply produced. Still though, Russia is woefully lacking in pretty much every other department when it comes to conventional war. Their electronics are so underdeveloped it's ridiculous. Most of their tech is still from the 80s and 90s. They're updating the hardware on their older aircraft and equipment, but it doesn't change the fact that the equipment itself is too old to hold up longer than a few decades from now.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Olafson on May 07, 2015, 12:23:05 am

"Germany, France or the UK would not be able to stand in a 1v1 with Russia"

Irrelevant. Those countries are united and share responsibilities over fields and geographical region. They each have their roles and together form something that could be called a "western" bloc.


Wat? Did you even read what I wrote?
I wrote that they do not have to, because as soon as someone attacks one of them, it is like attacking all of them...

Aircraft carriers are useless in a modern war with modern armies. They are a way to large target and can be easily hit by any properly guided missile.
However, they prove to be extremely useful against countries who can not use this kind of technology.




Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on May 07, 2015, 12:39:01 am

"Germany, France or the UK would not be able to stand in a 1v1 with Russia"

Irrelevant. Those countries are united and share responsibilities over fields and geographical region. They each have their roles and together form something that could be called a "western" bloc.


Wat? Did you even read what I wrote?
I wrote that they do not have to, because as soon as someone attacks one of them, it is like attacking all of them...

Aircraft carriers are useless in a modern war with modern armies. They are a way to large target and can be easily hit by any properly guided missile.
However, they prove to be extremely useful against countries who can not use this kind of technology.

That's why in nation-to-nation warfare, carriers never sail alone. They would usually be guarded by two or three frigates, with AA and anti-missile capabilities.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 07, 2015, 02:04:01 am

"Germany, France or the UK would not be able to stand in a 1v1 with Russia"

Irrelevant. Those countries are united and share responsibilities over fields and geographical region. They each have their roles and together form something that could be called a "western" bloc.


Wat? Did you even read what I wrote?
I wrote that they do not have to, because as soon as someone attacks one of them, it is like attacking all of them...

Aircraft carriers are useless in a modern war with modern armies. They are a way to large target and can be easily hit by any properly guided missile.
However, they prove to be extremely useful against countries who can not use this kind of technology.

That's why in nation-to-nation warfare, carriers never sail alone. They would usually be guarded by two or three frigates, with AA and anti-missile capabilities.

+1000000


Carriers also carry these things called AIRCRAFTS :D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 07, 2015, 04:29:07 am
Russian military products are not excellent lol. Holy shit how much propaganda have you been eating? Aside from their small arms industry their military hardware is largely trash. They have some decently tough equipment but most of it is at least a generation behind, even at the point of first being designed. Their aircraft are hardy but lack critical equipment on board and are prone to failure and malfunction. Russia is not prepared for war against another western power. They may be improving, but they're still far behind most other powers in almost every way.

I would be inclined to believe that our propaganda or over-confidence has been just as effective in downplaying Russian capabilities. For the most part we had barely even paid attention to Russian air-force capabilities until recently. The SU-35 alone is more capable than the F35 which is not surprising given the F35's role to enter airspace and mop up after the F22 has sanitized the airspace.
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-NOTAM-05072010-1.html
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/158684/russia-touts-su_35s-before-zhuhai-presentation.html

While the F22 may or may not outperform the SU-35, at 40 - 60 million dollars a pop vs the F22's 150 million dollar cost I would assume its a good performance vs cost production tradeoff. At the moment we know little about the PAK aircraft the Russians are producing but in terms of aerodynamics the Russians have made some excellent quality products that are suited to the varied conditions of Russia.

But effectively your capabilities are nothing unless they are complimented by a sound strategy which aims to cover your own weaknesses while exploiting that of your enemy's so depending on how you use those products/aircraft vs what their design and function entails will determine whether or not their excellent for the role that theiy're designed role.

In terms of repairs the F22 and F35 are high maintenance aircraft that constantly require repairs:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070903020.html

Additionally the ability to learn from past mistakes and the privileged of actually being able to make mistakes to learn from are equally important. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Mainly the lack of UAVs for recon operations, the inability of Russian ECMs to jam incoming SAMs (Su25?), a lack of CAS for armored groups and a lack of combat control systems. It was after the Georgian war that Russia announced it would modernize its military after I assume it realized that there were serious weaknesses in its military's operational capabilities. 
http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20080909/116657490.html

Whether or not they applied the lessons in their new designs I don't know but Russia is certainly attempting to modernize on all fronts be it its submarines which can move undetected into US waters or its tanks or its planes.

As far as AT is concerned even a 90's Kornet can disable an M1 or Merkava tank especially if their not complimented with CAS or infantry support:
http://www.janes.com/article/39550/iraqi-abrams-losses-revealed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M133_Kornet

Basically what I am saying is that whether or not modern Russian equipment is excellent; it certainly isn't shit but actual combat performance is the real test which is unlikely to happen anytime soon for the more modern systems.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Harrier on May 07, 2015, 06:25:47 am
Aircraft carriers are useless in a modern war with modern armies. They are a way to large target and can be easily hit by any properly guided missile.
However, they prove to be extremely useful against countries who can not use this kind of technology.

Then somebody should tell the US Navy immediately, they seem to think they're still worth investing tens of billions of dollars into!

Having the weapons to sink a carrier is one thing. Reliably finding a carrier at sea and getting a fix so that those weapons can actually hit the carrier is another thing entirely. A carrier is a very small speck in a very large ocean and if it knows what it's doing and doesn't want to be found, it holds all of the cards.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 07, 2015, 10:31:42 am
I had to study the Russian black sea fleet for a project, and one of the things I noted was that 'We are going to modernize'-messages really made up more then half the news on the Black Sea Fleet. No news about them actually modernizing though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 07, 2015, 02:05:00 pm
Afaik Russia has been somewhat handicapped in the Black Sea while Sevastopol was under Ukrainian control. Of all its fleets, the BSF seems to be the smallest and I am guessing that part of the reason is that they only had one military port that doesn't freeze over in the winter (ie: Sevastapol) while maintenance and upgrades would have had to be done in Ukrainian docks with their permission. This resulted in the Ukraine attempting to leverage this in favor of better gas deals. No such handicaps now I guess.
http://www.ukrinform.ua/eng/news/ukraine_tries_to_link_gas_price_to_modernization_of_russias_black_sea_fleet_233828

 
They have added a few diesel electric subs over the years and I believe the mistral ships were intended to complement the BSF iirc but France will likely scuttle the deal...
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on May 07, 2015, 02:53:47 pm
I had to study the Russian black sea fleet for a project, and one of the things I noted was that 'We are going to modernize'-messages really made up more then half the news on the Black Sea Fleet. No news about them actually modernizing though.

what do you know, they could be hiding a completly modern fleet in one of the caucasian ports, deceiving everyone

i don't think it worth having this argument because realistically we don't know more than half the truth, none of us work in military intel, we dont have up to date information on many things because usually that type of info is withheld for a while
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on May 07, 2015, 03:10:01 pm
^ + 1 additionally its difficult to tell whether any internal systems have been upgraded/modernized in any tanks, ships or planes and just how effective these are.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Riddlez on May 07, 2015, 04:18:01 pm
Plus you usually only get the message that they are planning to modernise/upgrade. It happened in the Netherlands. Just the announcement the military would upgrade. But because it's phased and it spans over years, it isn't news when the military gets new boots, which is what happened in the Netherlands. New weapons, new boots. These two happened over the last years, but on themselves not news. Because it isn't.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 07, 2015, 05:37:53 pm
Russian military products are not excellent lol. Holy shit how much propaganda have you been eating? Aside from their small arms industry their military hardware is largely trash. They have some decently tough equipment but most of it is at least a generation behind, even at the point of first being designed. Their aircraft are hardy but lack critical equipment on board and are prone to failure and malfunction. Russia is not prepared for war against another western power. They may be improving, but they're still far behind most other powers in almost every way.

I would be inclined to believe that our propaganda or over-confidence has been just as effective in downplaying Russian capabilities. For the most part we had barely even paid attention to Russian air-force capabilities until recently. The SU-35 alone is more capable than the F35 which is not surprising given the F35's role to enter airspace and mop up after the F22 has sanitized the airspace.
http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-NOTAM-05072010-1.html
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/158684/russia-touts-su_35s-before-zhuhai-presentation.html

While the F22 may or may not outperform the SU-35, at 40 - 60 million dollars a pop vs the F22's 150 million dollar cost I would assume its a good performance vs cost production tradeoff. At the moment we know little about the PAK aircraft the Russians are producing but in terms of aerodynamics the Russians have made some excellent quality products that are suited to the varied conditions of Russia.

But effectively your capabilities are nothing unless they are complimented by a sound strategy which aims to cover your own weaknesses while exploiting that of your enemy's so depending on how you use those products/aircraft vs what their design and function entails will determine whether or not their excellent for the role that theiy're designed role.

In terms of repairs the F22 and F35 are high maintenance aircraft that constantly require repairs:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070903020.html

Additionally the ability to learn from past mistakes and the privileged of actually being able to make mistakes to learn from are equally important. Necessity is the mother of invention.

Mainly the lack of UAVs for recon operations, the inability of Russian ECMs to jam incoming SAMs (Su25?), a lack of CAS for armored groups and a lack of combat control systems. It was after the Georgian war that Russia announced it would modernize its military after I assume it realized that there were serious weaknesses in its military's operational capabilities. 
http://sputniknews.com/analysis/20080909/116657490.html

Whether or not they applied the lessons in their new designs I don't know but Russia is certainly attempting to modernize on all fronts be it its submarines which can move undetected into US waters or its tanks or its planes.

As far as AT is concerned even a 90's Kornet can disable an M1 or Merkava tank especially if their not complimented with CAS or infantry support:
http://www.janes.com/article/39550/iraqi-abrams-losses-revealed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9M133_Kornet

Basically what I am saying is that whether or not modern Russian equipment is excellent; it certainly isn't shit but actual combat performance is the real test which is unlikely to happen anytime soon for the more modern systems.

PAK FA is going to swarm the F-22 and take advantage of it's limited payload capability. One of the reasons the F-22 has limited payload is well because it's internal bay is average and external payloads would compromise it's stealth.

Also the F-22 cannot operate off a carrier. I believe that it could take off from a carrier like a F-35 or F-18 but the carrier cannot maintain these aircraft or provide it with it's complex needs. Hence why the F-22 operates from military bases.

That being said the F-35 has small range and is a rather slow aircraft. Which would mean that an aircraft carrier would have to be closer to the region which they want to send those F-35. This could put that carrier at risk and also slow down it's operations.

Finally I dislike the breaking of tradition in using a single engine aircraft for carrier jet fighters. Such as in the F-35.


They are supposed to produce much more PAK FA's then F-22's and I personally think the F-35 isn't very good.

I've heard that the Russians have good radars or anti air but I cannot confirm.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 07, 2015, 05:48:27 pm
The USA will yield to the superior technology developed by the Korean people under the guidance of the Eternal leader.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 07, 2015, 06:02:37 pm
https://youtu.be/2nKuoNhihh4

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on May 22, 2015, 03:13:07 am
Hey :)
meanwhile, I've been mobilized 3 weeks ago
now in army training center, training to become an operator of ПЗРК 'ІГЛА' (MPADS SA-18 Grouse) :P
at least it should be like this, but maybe just a regular inf
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gunther AV on May 22, 2015, 06:12:40 am
Hi,
For my final project i am researching the Ukraine conflict, I have a few questions, was hoping your input would contribute to my research

Who is a world leader or local leader that could bring positive change to the conflict?
How is Ukraine going to be affected in the long run by this crisis? (I know on a global scale how it will, but i'm unsure about the local scale)
What were some past events/ideas/documents that affected the current crisis before it came to happen? (When i say the past, i mean way before, at least to postclassical to industrialized, to early modern to contemporary)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 22, 2015, 06:13:51 am
Hi,
For my final project i am researching the Ukraine conflict, I have a few questions, was hoping your input would contribute to my research

Who is a world leader or local leader that could bring positive change to the conflict?

Putin and Kim Jong-un.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 22, 2015, 07:39:08 am
Hey :)
meanwhile, I've been mobilized 3 weeks ago
now in army training center, training to become an operator of ПЗРК 'ІГЛА' (MPADS SA-18 Grouse) :P
at least it should be like this, but maybe just a regular inf

Pics or it didn't happen  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 22, 2015, 08:18:40 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on May 22, 2015, 08:28:50 am
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Aren't you special?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 22, 2015, 10:10:49 am
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Noob
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on May 22, 2015, 12:41:03 pm
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Ok great leader
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: BlueMoon_IT on May 22, 2015, 01:00:00 pm
Dan ur bad
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 22, 2015, 01:01:14 pm
Ok great leader

(https://i.imgur.com/Oo5geqN.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on May 22, 2015, 01:10:42 pm
Dan ur bad
Bluemoon pls I rek u
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: BlueMoon_IT on May 22, 2015, 03:37:25 pm
Dan ur bad
Bluemoon pls I rek u
yes plz
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on May 24, 2015, 06:03:23 am
Duuring,
from the training (not me on the image) -  http://1drv.ms/1KrUa3k
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 24, 2015, 03:12:34 pm
Duuring,
from the training (not me on the image) -  http://1drv.ms/1KrUa3k

Sweet.

I presume you're National Guard?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on May 24, 2015, 04:18:38 pm
No, we are the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Literally our unit's type is "Antiaircraft-rocket forces", and we are the part of the Air defense of Ukrainian Ground Forces
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 24, 2015, 05:40:20 pm
I see. Well, you have my respect. Stay safe and enjoy it as much as you can  :P
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on May 24, 2015, 08:22:07 pm
Something strange on the feet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on May 25, 2015, 08:41:36 am
So yeah ehm

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http://censor.net.ua/photo_news/337410/rossiya_napravila_v_storonu_ukrainskoyi_granitsy_bolshuyu_kolonnu_voennoyi_tehniki_fotoreportaj
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For people who can't speak russian / ukrainian . Russia has sent a "Column" of military vehicles in the direction of the Ukranian border.

Oh Putin
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nick Lazanis on May 25, 2015, 09:01:35 am
god bless them

What, we can't say God?

God Bless these people, they Clank for freedom.

I agree with you. We should be able to say God without being criticized. Just because loads of people are atheists and especially on the internet doesn't mean we all are.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: DaMonkey on May 25, 2015, 09:21:37 am
Woah, you necro'd my comment.  ;)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: fieldshire on May 25, 2015, 09:21:47 am
Pls I'm Buddhist.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 25, 2015, 09:30:39 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on May 25, 2015, 12:10:21 pm
So yeah ehm

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For people who can't speak russian / ukrainian . Russia has sent a "Column" of military vehicles in the direction of the Ukranian border.

Oh Putin
Spoiler
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Hate to post here, but it's from censor.net.ua which makes it less reliable than Fox multiplied by RT.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Josh Faraday on May 25, 2015, 02:49:32 pm
Pls I'm Buddhist.
Are you?!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on May 30, 2015, 05:26:30 pm
I see. Well, you have my respect. Stay safe and enjoy it as much as you can  :P
Thanks, but to be honest, I am not a volunteer, and here because army called me and I do not try to avoid it, like all of my friends and neighbors, and like they suggest me to do.
And there is a possibility that I'll be sent in one of the rearward unit to basically just wait till demobilization.

Hardly it can be enjoyed, while almost all is moreover ok here, there are 2 major issues:
1.Some things are doing formally, like we shot 30 bullets, but don't check points on the targets - our results were filled randomly-middle later by officer.
2. Problems with alcohol among the manpower, it's almost whole army problem, which demotivates the most. High command try to deal with it, but it can't be solved at all.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: StevenChilton on May 31, 2015, 02:19:45 am
Cba to read through 300 pages to check but am I the only one here who thinks Putin has a point? I think he's right to help out Eastern Ukraine (as in legit, I'm not trolling).
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 31, 2015, 02:22:01 am
If this was a genuine revolt, then yes. But based off my information it's basically a bunch of thugs with guns getting paid by the Kremlin to give Russia more clay.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on May 31, 2015, 02:36:30 am
If this was a genuine revolt, then yes. But based off my information it's basically a bunch of thugs with guns getting paid by the Kremlin to give Russia more clay.
The people in Luhansk can't wait to get liberated by the Ukrainians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: StevenChilton on May 31, 2015, 02:48:06 am
You can't expect the EU to provide support to pro-Western rebels in the West of Ukraine, who overthrew the pro-Russian Yanukovych, and Putin not to provide support to pro-Russian rebels in the East who didn't support that rebellion.

The country is heavily divided between pro-Russian East and pro-European West. For example, here's the results of the 2010 Presidential election (which Yanukovych won, and so therefore the EU helped overthrow a democratically elected government but oh well)
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F2%2F26%2F%25D0%2594%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D1%2582%25D1%2583%25D1%2580_2010_%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BE_%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BA%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B0%25D1%2585-en.png%2F1280px-%25D0%2594%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B8%25D0%25B9_%25D1%2582%25D1%2583%25D1%2580_2010_%25D0%25BF%25D0%25BE_%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BA%25D1%2580%25D1%2583%25D0%25B3%25D0%25B0%25D1%2585-en.png&hash=39639b5331e782a916622a487538e237bf6b77de)

Before 2014, Ukraine was non-aligned between East and West-neither Russia nor the West were supposed to dominate it and that was the deal post-Cold War. The EU broke that deal by offering Ukraine an EU Association Agreement, therefore making her drop her previous non-aligned status (which naturally upset Eastern Ukraine), and they managed that by overthrowing Yanukovych and installing a pro-EU government who were willing to sign such a thing. The EU has caused this war, not Putin. 
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on May 31, 2015, 02:53:58 am
Like the EU was behind this.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 31, 2015, 02:54:31 am
Like the EU was behind this.

Yeah, what proof do you have that the EU lead the coup? Sure they gave it moral support, but I see no guiding hands.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on May 31, 2015, 02:59:36 am
Like the EU was behind this.

Yeah, what proof do you have that the EU lead the coup? Sure they gave it moral support, but I see no guiding hands.

Haha, I like how you agree with me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 31, 2015, 03:04:33 am
I agree with people if I see a valid point. Bias and grudges are retarded.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on May 31, 2015, 03:15:46 am
I found that funny because you are definitely concerned that the USgov had nothing to do with the coup.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: ClearlyInvsible on May 31, 2015, 03:16:45 am
I don't play guessing games, I believe in stuff if I see proof of it. From what I've seen, the US didn't have a guiding hand either.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: StevenChilton on May 31, 2015, 03:58:14 am
Lol, the US 'didn't have a guiding hand'.

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/22758-meet-the-americans-who-put-together-the-coup-in-kiev
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/22940-focus-part-ii-meet-the-americans-who-put-together-the-coup-in-kiev

This sums it up pretty well. TL;DR basically the US was heavily involved in financing and organizing the rebels and their activities from day 1, as well as providing diplomatic support aimed at ousting Yanukovych. As for the EU, well they pumped $500 million into 'civil society' projects in Ukraine from 2007-2013. After the putsch of 2014, they provided the rebel government with loans of almost 11 billion Euros, as well as military equipment and advice to help defeat the rebels in the East.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/30/russia-ukraine-war-kiev-conflict

The US has overthrown loads of foreign governments in the last 50 years, often with underhand means. It's really not that much of a stretch to think they had a hand in this one too, especially as the evidence and the motive is all there.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on May 31, 2015, 04:26:17 am
The US has overthrown loads of foreign governments in the last 50 years, often with underhand means.
That's a lie!

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on May 31, 2015, 08:01:19 am
There's no doubt it's a proxy war. The United States and the European Union backing the protestors (mainly Pravy sektor), and the Russians pressuring the Ukrainian government.

It's a mess and most people make the mistake of supporting a side, while both sides are fundamentally authoritarian.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/02/08/ukra-f08.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on May 31, 2015, 08:02:18 am
I think most people just don't care anymore.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on May 31, 2015, 08:05:17 am
The fuck has the conflict in Ukraine to do with authoritarianism?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 31, 2015, 10:07:12 am
https://youtu.be/6TpZa4OMFVk
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on May 31, 2015, 12:56:36 pm
Makhno.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 31, 2015, 04:55:06 pm
There's no doubt it's a proxy war. The United States and the European Union backing the protestors (mainly Pravy sektor), and the Russians pressuring the Ukrainian government.

It's a mess and most people make the mistake of supporting a side, while both sides are fundamentally authoritarian.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/02/08/ukra-f08.html

You are still saying the current Ukrainian government is fascist?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on May 31, 2015, 05:43:15 pm
There's no doubt it's a proxy war. The United States and the European Union backing the protestors (mainly Pravy sektor), and the Russians pressuring the Ukrainian government.

It's a mess and most people make the mistake of supporting a side, while both sides are fundamentally authoritarian.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/02/08/ukra-f08.html

I don't give a hoot, ZHG# Son. The Russian Federation is threatened by NATO forces. These reactionary actions are warranted in order to preserve the well being of their people and the integrity of their nation.

You are still saying the current Ukrainian government is fascist?

What if it was possible for authoritarianism to be in forms other then fascism?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on May 31, 2015, 11:50:29 pm
Just saying that that article refers to them as fascists. As well as authoritarians.

It's also from February 2014.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 02, 2015, 06:32:06 pm
Ukrainian army and the Nazi death squads bombed Donetsk yesterday while the city was celebrating the international day of children and commemorating the kids Kyiv, NATO, IMF and EU have murdered during the civil war they have been waging against eastern Ukraine, as a result of the the US-orchestrated fascist coup of February 2014.

While children were playing in the center of the city and in the parks near by, bombs started to fall on the city again. These children spent months of their lives in terror, hunger and cold in basements trying to stay alive from the bombs of Kyiv.

Kyiv knew they would be celebrating and shelled on purpose, because Kyiv's policy is terror.
Bombs fell 2 km away from the place where thousands of children were playing. In the neighborhood hit by the bombs of Kyiv children were playing in a park when the shelling started. The park was overcrowded.
The terror inflicted on these children on their day was even more shocking as they had no where to hide.

Photos of the bombings here
https://donbass.media/2421-rezultaty-obstrela-gorlovki-so-storony-vsu-01-06-2015-chast-1/

Video of children playing in the center of the city.
https://www.facebook.com/100007424712072/videos/1608563549401120/?hc_location=ufi

Images from one of their plays.
https://www.facebook.com/1566752600205838/videos/vb.1566752600205838/1632129430334821/?type=2&theater
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on June 02, 2015, 06:33:42 pm
are you just copy-pasting shit now?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 02, 2015, 06:40:49 pm
are you just copy-pasting shit now?

Yes, its copypasted.  Doesnt make it illegitimate in the slightest.

Seems you're doing this,
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: KL4R1N0G4MPR0S on June 02, 2015, 06:44:28 pm
are you just copy-pasting shit now?
Yes, its copypasted.  Doesnt make it illegitimate in the slightest.

Yes, yes, focus on the poor dead children who were bombed by those cruel death squads
/propaganda m8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nick Lazanis on June 02, 2015, 07:14:57 pm
[Propaganda] *Ctrl+V Ctrl+C* [/Propaganda]
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: TheBoberton on June 02, 2015, 07:31:54 pm
Spoiler
Ukrainian army and the Nazi death squads bombed Donetsk yesterday while the city was celebrating the international day of children and commemorating the kids Kyiv, NATO, IMF and EU have murdered during the civil war they have been waging against eastern Ukraine, as a result of the the US-orchestrated fascist coup of February 2014.

While children were playing in the center of the city and in the parks near by, bombs started to fall on the city again. These children spent months of their lives in terror, hunger and cold in basements trying to stay alive from the bombs of Kyiv.

Kyiv knew they would be celebrating and shelled on purpose, because Kyiv's policy is terror.
Bombs fell 2 km away from the place where thousands of children were playing. In the neighborhood hit by the bombs of Kyiv children were playing in a park when the shelling started. The park was overcrowded.
The terror inflicted on these children on their day was even more shocking as they had no where to hide.

Photos of the bombings here
https://donbass.media/2421-rezultaty-obstrela-gorlovki-so-storony-vsu-01-06-2015-chast-1/

Video of children playing in the center of the city.
https://www.facebook.com/100007424712072/videos/1608563549401120/?hc_location=ufi

Images from one of their plays.
https://www.facebook.com/1566752600205838/videos/vb.1566752600205838/1632129430334821/?type=2&theater
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The "photos of the bombings" refers to the shelling of Horlivka, rather than Donetsk itself.
The "video of children playing" refers to a village of Pobeda being shelled at some point later in the day, the complaint being that the village was only a short few kilometers away.
And the "images from one of their plays" doesn't refer to a shelling at all.

Interesting.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 02, 2015, 08:39:21 pm
Jeez, it's like Augy lost his job or something and decided to spend all his time on reviving this thread by shouting NAZI NAZI NAZI.

Go do something useful with your life.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 02, 2015, 08:42:16 pm
duuring please, sucking dick isn't useful either

be respectful to our in house retard, this forum would be dead without his autism
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 02, 2015, 08:44:45 pm
I rather suck a dick then listen to this kind of unsourced and ridicious posts. This isn't a discussion it's

HERE ARE NAZI CRIMES DONE BY NAZIS
No its not
YOU ARE NAZI

Repeated until the 'nazi' agrees.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 02, 2015, 08:54:52 pm
duuring i will present you with an interesting piece of historical evidence as to why people do this, so you can sleep well:

'The use of language was also an integral part of the Stalinist system. Enemies were defined as kulaks and Trotskyites even if the former were not, by any stretch of the imagination, rich peasants or if they had any connection with Trotsky. This twisting of language didn't matter, because all that was important was to identify these people as [enemies].' Oleg V. Naumov, The Road to Terror, 1999.)

Essentially retards like augy, maxlam, and all the others who are shouting fascist and nazi at people who aren't such are falling for one of the oldest compliance techniques ever. All i can really say to those people are that they are fucking idiots and i hope they don't breed.

Its even more funny when you consider that Augy, being the fat anarchist he is, always complains about the higher ups control of society, yet he is falling into their trap without even realising it.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 02, 2015, 08:56:34 pm
I think it would be better if the Ukrainian army was Socialist while committing war crimes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 02, 2015, 09:02:38 pm
I think it would be better if the Ukrainian army was Socialist while committing war crimes.

too mainstream

Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 02, 2015, 09:19:55 pm
duuring i will present you with an interesting piece of historical evidence as to why people do this, so you can sleep well:

'The use of language was also an integral part of the Stalinist system. Enemies were defined as kulaks and Trotskyites even if the former were not, by any stretch of the imagination, rich peasants or if they had any connection with Trotsky. This twisting of language didn't matter, because all that was important was to identify these people as [enemies].' Oleg V. Naumov, The Road to Terror, 1999.)

Essentially retards like augy, maxlam, and all the others who are shouting fascist and nazi at people who aren't such are falling for one of the oldest compliance techniques ever. All i can really say to those people are that they are fucking idiots and i hope they don't breed.

Its even more funny when you consider that Augy, being the fat anarchist he is, always complains about the higher ups control of society, yet he is falling into their trap without even realising it.

Replace "fascist" with "autist" and you have Sven.  Dude, you fucking love autistic people by the looks of it... ill make it my life goal to breed some and name them after you guys!

I find it hilarious that people try to ignore the Azov batallion, i'll speak to you guys next year when all those foreign fighters return to Europe. Its not going to be a picknick.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on June 02, 2015, 09:28:21 pm
duuring i will present you with an interesting piece of historical evidence as to why people do this, so you can sleep well:

'The use of language was also an integral part of the Stalinist system. Enemies were defined as kulaks and Trotskyites even if the former were not, by any stretch of the imagination, rich peasants or if they had any connection with Trotsky. This twisting of language didn't matter, because all that was important was to identify these people as [enemies].' Oleg V. Naumov, The Road to Terror, 1999.)

Essentially retards like augy, maxlam, and all the others who are shouting fascist and nazi at people who aren't such are falling for one of the oldest compliance techniques ever. All i can really say to those people are that they are fucking idiots and i hope they don't breed.

Its even more funny when you consider that Augy, being the fat anarchist he is, always complains about the higher ups control of society, yet he is falling into their trap without even realising it.

Replace "fascist" with "autist" and you have Sven.  Dude, you fucking love autistic people by the looks of it... ill make it my life goal to breed some and name them after you guys!

I find it hilarious that people try to ignore the Azov batallion, i'll speak to you guys next year when all those foreign fighters return to Europe. Its not going to be a picknick.
Glory to the Azov batallion! May the wolfsangel wave over Donetsk and Luhansk!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 02, 2015, 10:49:46 pm
Azov has like a few dozen foreign fighters at most. They're still nearly all Ukrainians, the majority of which are Russian-speakers.

Besides, pretty much all the foreign fighters went to Ukraine to train the troops, not to be trained by them. Can you show me any actual proof of there being a threat? And what about the foreign commies fighting for the Ruskis?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 02, 2015, 11:18:33 pm
duuring i will present you with an interesting piece of historical evidence as to why people do this, so you can sleep well:

'The use of language was also an integral part of the Stalinist system. Enemies were defined as kulaks and Trotskyites even if the former were not, by any stretch of the imagination, rich peasants or if they had any connection with Trotsky. This twisting of language didn't matter, because all that was important was to identify these people as [enemies].' Oleg V. Naumov, The Road to Terror, 1999.)

Essentially retards like augy, maxlam, and all the others who are shouting fascist and nazi at people who aren't such are falling for one of the oldest compliance techniques ever. All i can really say to those people are that they are fucking idiots and i hope they don't breed.

Its even more funny when you consider that Augy, being the fat anarchist he is, always complains about the higher ups control of society, yet he is falling into their trap without even realising it.

Replace "fascist" with "autist" and you have Sven.  Dude, you fucking love autistic people by the looks of it... ill make it my life goal to breed some and name them after you guys!

I find it hilarious that people try to ignore the Azov batallion, i'll speak to you guys next year when all those foreign fighters return to Europe. Its not going to be a picknick.

i am a fucking autist

I LIVE IT, I BREATH IT, I EMBRACE IT

now fuck off that was the worst counter argument ever, bellend
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Frederik on June 02, 2015, 11:28:19 pm
I am not fascist, your mom is fascist!
BAM. Dat counter
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 03, 2015, 05:38:33 pm
Quote from: Duuring
And what about the foreign commies fighting for the Ruskis?
Who?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 03, 2015, 06:41:30 pm
Quote from: Duuring
And what about the foreign commies fighting for the Ruskis?
Who?

French and Spaniards are there fighting for the Donbass, they made a full report on it on Vice.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on June 03, 2015, 06:43:42 pm
Quote from: Duuring
And what about the foreign commies fighting for the Ruskis?
Who?

French and Spaniards are there fighting for the Donbass, they made a full report on it on Vice.

Brazilians as well.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on June 03, 2015, 08:04:56 pm
Quote from: Duuring
And what about the foreign commies fighting for the Ruskis?
Who?

French and Spaniards are there fighting for the Donbass, they made a full report on it on Vice.

Brazilians as well.
Even an American guy!

Edit:
Azov embraces Polandball now.
Spoiler
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 03, 2015, 10:11:35 pm
Quote from: Sven
French and Spaniards are there fighting for the Donbass, they made a full report on it on Vice.
The French guys are hardly "commies", quite the contrary. The Spaniards might be though.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on June 03, 2015, 10:29:47 pm
New escalation today
Fights mainly near Maryinka started early today and continued till the evening.
Terrorussians used Minsk-forbidden 152 mm artillery and Grads
At least 3 dead and almost 40 wounded our troops atm
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Humlenerd on June 03, 2015, 11:28:28 pm
Quote from: Sven
French and Spaniards are there fighting for the Donbass, they made a full report on it on Vice.
The French guys are hardly "commies", quite the contrary. The Spaniards might be though.
That's correct. "Team Vikernes"
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 04, 2015, 02:20:56 am
That's what we call guignoles in French.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 05, 2015, 01:25:26 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSH-1axanbw
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 05, 2015, 04:41:37 pm
Good quality camera, I want the same.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 05, 2015, 04:56:51 pm
https://youtu.be/rGVCrvvLuOc
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: StevenChilton on June 08, 2015, 03:42:43 am
https://youtu.be/rGVCrvvLuOc

#ZHG
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 13, 2015, 11:50:02 am
(https://i.imgur.com/MTcq1HY.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MackCW on June 13, 2015, 02:13:25 pm
Just realized I hadn't even checked back on this thread and it's now at 315 pages... wow.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on June 13, 2015, 09:43:40 pm
315 pages on autism from all sides of the spectrum
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 14, 2015, 06:19:29 am
315 pages on autism from all sides of the spectrum
316*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 16, 2015, 02:25:24 pm
Very good video by Simon:

https://youtu.be/2zssIFN2mso
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on June 17, 2015, 09:44:38 pm
Very good video by Simon:

https://youtu.be/2zssIFN2mso
:o//
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 17, 2015, 09:57:09 pm
Definitely one of the best pieces of journalism in the past few years. Very interesting and well done.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on June 17, 2015, 10:32:46 pm
Asians ain't so crafty now

Seeing Putin deny Russian troops being the Ukraine reminds me of that woman from the Homeland Security or whatever debrief a group of US journalists and say, "The U.S. has never illegally invaded or meddled in another country" or something to that extent
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 17, 2015, 11:06:16 pm
Asians ain't so crafty now

Seeing Putin deny Russian troops being the Ukraine reminds me of that woman from the Homeland Security or whatever debrief a group of US journalists and say, "The U.S. has never illegally invaded or meddled in another country" or something to that extent

"The" Ukraine" makes your post invalid.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on June 17, 2015, 11:56:05 pm
How could u
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 18, 2015, 12:20:52 am
Lol nobody cared about the name before the conflict started. I remember people calling it "The Ukraine" pretty much all the way up til the protests started gaining media attention in 2013.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Walko on June 18, 2015, 12:49:16 am
wait it's just Ukraine and not the Ukraine? Fuck
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 18, 2015, 08:22:15 am
Lol nobody cared about the name before the conflict started. I remember people calling it "The Ukraine" pretty much all the way up til the protests started gaining media attention in 2013.

People never talked about Ukraine and I never knew why people said "The Ukraine" In fact I never said anything because I thought there was a good reason to add "The".
Turns out these people are idiots and need to be reminded of it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 18, 2015, 09:03:35 am
It only officially lost the "the" in the mid-90s or so, and Ukraine was too irrelevant for anyone to care up until last year. Whatever man.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 18, 2015, 09:11:02 am
It only officially lost the "the" in the mid-90s or so, and Ukraine was too irrelevant for anyone to care up until last year. Whatever man.

excuse invalid
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 18, 2015, 09:16:52 am
Nay!
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 18, 2015, 09:56:22 am
*stop*
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 18, 2015, 01:56:28 pm
*snip* Stop the useless spam.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 18, 2015, 02:35:55 pm
Very good video by Simon:

https://youtu.be/2zssIFN2mso

Yet no one will act on this violation of Ukraines sovereignty.

Shows how the world cops aka USA is just a bunch of cowards fighting for their capitalistic oil.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 18, 2015, 02:38:50 pm
Very good video by Simon:

https://youtu.be/2zssIFN2mso

Yet no one will act on this violation of Ukraines sovereignty.

Shows how the world cops aka USA is just a bunch of cowards fighting for their capitalistic oil.

Then why aren't great socialist nations that care about the world, like our dear sweden, not doing anything?

fucking sick logic mate, where are our communistic amigos, like korea and co when they need to save ukraine?

why would anyone care about a bunch of slant eye slavs and their gay little fight for land the size of a cheeseburger
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 18, 2015, 02:43:09 pm
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 18, 2015, 03:43:33 pm
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 18, 2015, 03:52:48 pm
Putin is only defending itself. He had nothing to win from this war. The Maidan coup was conceived as an aggression against Russia, both economically (EU Association Agreement) and militarily (open plan to integrate Ukraine into NATO), and moreover it also started as a cultural aggression against Russian-speaking Ukrainians and Eastern regions.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 18, 2015, 04:00:12 pm
Putin is only defending itself. He had nothing to win from this war. The Maidan coup was conceived as an aggression against Russia, both economically (EU Association Agreement) and militarily (open plan to integrate Ukraine into NATO), and moreover it also started as a cultural aggression against Russian-speaking Ukrainians and Eastern regions.

ok no, now you just went full blown retard


putin isnt defending himself, he is persuing his foreign policy, all the pretexts of protecting russian ethnic groups or that the maidan are fascists and nazis are simply fabricated or overblown by propaganda and media

you have to be really silly to side with pro-russia or pro-eu, both are following their foreign policy and create ploys as means to reach the ends
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 18, 2015, 04:08:52 pm
"both are following their foreign policy": Meaningless and stupid formula. All countries follow their foreign policies. I love how you uneducated brat call me "full blown retard" just to state the obvious.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 18, 2015, 04:14:20 pm
"both are following their foreign policy" : Meaningless and stupid formula. All countries follow their foreign policies. I love how you uneducated brat call me "full blown retard" just to state the obvious.

Just a little tip, when writing in English, don't write it like you would in French, because it makes so little sense right now.

Yes, it's fucking obvious that all countries follow their foreign policies, thats why i'm so surprised you are unable to realise it and you're defending Putin as if he's on a moral high ground when he is doing what everyone else is.

That's what baffles me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 18, 2015, 04:20:35 pm
Your statement is even more stupid now. It's not because all countries defend their foreign policies that all foreign policies are the same, even morally. But I wasn't talking about Putin's morality anyway, that was an answer to some comments above.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 18, 2015, 04:53:19 pm
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 18, 2015, 05:51:39 pm
Putin needs to defend himself and his cronies from democracy. It will only take, like, 10.000 dead people, billions of Russian tax money and two Ukrainian oblasts in ruins.

Completely fair.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 18, 2015, 05:56:12 pm
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

To be fair, Georgia invaded South Ossetia first and in the process of their military operation killed around 10 Russian peacekeepers. Even the Western inquiry claimed that Georgia was in violation of international law in this instance despite possible provocation. I am not sure who in their outright mind would attack a Nuclear armed power as a smaller nation but one thing is for certain; that Saakashvili was operating under the assumption that the promise of NATO membership meant the West would back him up if push came to shove even though the US advised him against a disproportionate military operation.

Furthermore we have a history of backing questionable causes and groups provided they happen to be against the neocon's boogie man of the day. One of which is Russia so I am not surprised that the Russian's view our encroachment with excessive suspicion.  In their mind they probably think that military alliances bordering their country within unstable nations is a threat to national and possibly global security.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/08/usa.russia

Strike the oil argument as I misread the dates. Seems the threat was made in 2014.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 18, 2015, 06:00:49 pm
The Russian invasion of Georgia didn't really start in 2008.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 18, 2015, 06:02:37 pm
Im up for a history lesson. Link me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 18, 2015, 06:06:47 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War

Quote
When Vladimir Putin became president of the Russian Federation in 2000, this had a radical impact on the Russo-Georgian relations. The Cold War between Russia and Georgia began in December 2000, when Georgia became the first and only member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on which the Russian visa regime was imposed. The Russian government began a massive distribution of passports to the residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2002 without Georgia's permission; by implementing "passportisation" policy Russia later would effectively lay claim to these territories.[53]

In 2008, most residents of South Ossetia were Russian citizens with Russian passports. According to Reuters, Russia supplied two-thirds of South Ossetia's annual budget before the war.[54] Russian officials had de facto control of South Ossetia's institutions, including security institutions and forces; South Ossetia's de facto government was largely staffed with Russians and South Ossetians with Russian passports, who had occupied equivalent government positions in Russia.[55]

Russians having control over all seperatist institutions? Jeez, it's as if I recogize a pattern.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 18, 2015, 06:09:29 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V9UgAzNIV4
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 18, 2015, 06:16:59 pm
Quote
To be fair, Georgia invaded South Ossetia first and in the process of their military operation killed around 10 Russian peacekeepers.
Lol this is so right. I don't know how people can seriously talk about a Russian "invasion". Now the Georgian mad leader is working for the Chocolate King in Ukraine.

This reminds me of a famous picture which you could find, and still can, on almost every important western medias (just type "war georgia" in google images):

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.telegraph.co.uk%2Fmultimedia%2Farchive%2F01454%2Fgeorgia1_1454791c.jpg&hash=7272cf399c25026d71ae2b78ceedd8ce28789a06)

Guess what's wrong with it?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 18, 2015, 06:29:27 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War

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When Vladimir Putin became president of the Russian Federation in 2000, this had a radical impact on the Russo-Georgian relations. The Cold War between Russia and Georgia began in December 2000, when Georgia became the first and only member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on which the Russian visa regime was imposed. The Russian government began a massive distribution of passports to the residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in 2002 without Georgia's permission; by implementing "passportisation" policy Russia later would effectively lay claim to these territories.[53]

In 2008, most residents of South Ossetia were Russian citizens with Russian passports. According to Reuters, Russia supplied two-thirds of South Ossetia's annual budget before the war.[54] Russian officials had de facto control of South Ossetia's institutions, including security institutions and forces; South Ossetia's de facto government was largely staffed with Russians and South Ossetians with Russian passports, who had occupied equivalent government positions in Russia.[55]

Russians having control over all seperatist institutions? Jeez, it's as if I recogize a pattern.

Which is not an invasion. A lot of these people still had old Soviet passports and Russia made it easy to gain Russian passports for any soviet passport holders regardless of country. Soviet passports were no longer accepted by 2011. Additionally, traveling to these states without Georgian government permission is illegal and I am not sure if interstate travel was a simple affair given that the region had been in open civil war prior to Russian intervention.

One could say its an underhanded tactic but the passports were certainly not forced onto these citizens.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 18, 2015, 08:34:54 pm
And the whole Russian-controlling-basically-everything-thingy?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 18, 2015, 08:36:58 pm
Max is just an assblasted ouiaboo.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 18, 2015, 08:42:47 pm
Max is just an assblasted ouiaboo.

Anyone who claims the event in Ukraine was a coup because they didn't follow the constitutional proceedings to the letter and were short of like 8 votes, is a assblasted ouiaboo.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 18, 2015, 09:46:01 pm
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 18, 2015, 09:54:35 pm
Explain to me how Luxembourg is a more valid ally, with their minitature armed forces.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 18, 2015, 10:00:29 pm
They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 18, 2015, 11:39:39 pm
Talking shit about Slavs, eh? Sandu wants words with you.

(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fzrf0jS0It7Q%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&hash=62f83421d191e585b13dac7022740c5c36f2bee7)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 18, 2015, 11:49:31 pm
They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.

Yet Poland is in the EU.

Spoiler
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
[close]

Just because they can't bet a combined force of rebels and Russia on their own, doesn't mean that they couldn't become a valuable ally.
Besides Ukraine is relatively rich on minerals, coal and nuclear fuel.
Giving enough time I'm sure they could rebuild their economy.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 18, 2015, 11:58:17 pm
They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.

Yet Poland is in the EU.

Spoiler
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
[close]

Just because they can't bet a combined force of rebels and Russia alone doesn't mean that they couldn't be a valuable ally.
Besides Ukraine is relatively rich on minerals, coal and nuclear fuel.
Giving enough time I'm sure they could rebuild their economy.

you're missing the point, obviously the EU and Nato do not give enough of a shit about the reasons you stated to actually give meaningful help to ukraine other than a bunch of decommissioned humvees

this isn't an argument about what they should do, it's what they are doing
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 19, 2015, 12:23:34 am
They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.

Yet Poland is in the EU.

Spoiler
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
[close]

Just because they can't bet a combined force of rebels and Russia alone doesn't mean that they couldn't be a valuable ally.
Besides Ukraine is relatively rich on minerals, coal and nuclear fuel.
Giving enough time I'm sure they could rebuild their economy.

you're missing the point, obviously the EU and Nato do not give enough of a shit about the reasons you stated to actually give meaningful help to ukraine other than a bunch of decommissioned humvees

this isn't an argument about what they should do, it's what they are doing

But that's not true is it?

You have been arguing for the Western powers not to get involved since you believe Ukraine isn't worth it.
Which I disagree to.
I think that all countries sovereignty should be respected but Russia doesn't give a damn they even enter Swedish waters & airspace along with other western countries.
For how long are we going to let Putin do what he wants?

I'm not saying us western powers are much better especially not USA giving liberty excuses to invade countries for their precious oil,
having one of the most corrupted governments on earth, having news stations such as fox news misleading the population almost as much as Russian media
supplying Islamist later to be terrorists and the list goes on.

But that's besides the point.

The point is Russia is the greatest threat to the western style of life which it has been since ww2.
I mean ISIS is just a shit stain if Putin could get what he wanted.
That's why I think we need to stick together and force Putin to behave himself.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 19, 2015, 01:48:27 am
At least Putin doesn't do bunga bunga.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 19, 2015, 02:19:53 am
Spoiler
They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.

Yet Poland is in the EU.

Spoiler
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
[close]

Just because they can't bet a combined force of rebels and Russia alone doesn't mean that they couldn't be a valuable ally.
Besides Ukraine is relatively rich on minerals, coal and nuclear fuel.
Giving enough time I'm sure they could rebuild their economy.

you're missing the point, obviously the EU and Nato do not give enough of a shit about the reasons you stated to actually give meaningful help to ukraine other than a bunch of decommissioned humvees

this isn't an argument about what they should do, it's what they are doing

But that's not true is it?

You have been arguing for the Western powers not to get involved since you believe Ukraine isn't worth it.
Which I disagree to.
I think that all countries sovereignty should be respected but Russia doesn't give a damn they even enter Swedish waters & airspace along with other western countries.
For how long are we going to let Putin do what he wants?

I'm not saying us western powers are much better especially not USA giving liberty excuses to invade countries for their precious oil,
having one of the most corrupted governments on earth, having news stations such as fox news misleading the population almost as much as Russian media
supplying Islamist later to be terrorists and the list goes on.

But that's besides the point.

The point is Russia is the greatest threat to the western style of life which it has been since ww2.
I mean ISIS is just a shit stain if Putin could get what he wanted.
That's why I think we need to stick together and force Putin to behave himself.
[close]

Lol.

If Putin was actually a thread to the western style of life that would just be another reason to support him.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 19, 2015, 02:25:03 am
Spoiler
They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.

Yet Poland is in the EU.

Spoiler
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
[close]

Just because they can't bet a combined force of rebels and Russia alone doesn't mean that they couldn't be a valuable ally.
Besides Ukraine is relatively rich on minerals, coal and nuclear fuel.
Giving enough time I'm sure they could rebuild their economy.

you're missing the point, obviously the EU and Nato do not give enough of a shit about the reasons you stated to actually give meaningful help to ukraine other than a bunch of decommissioned humvees

this isn't an argument about what they should do, it's what they are doing

But that's not true is it?

You have been arguing for the Western powers not to get involved since you believe Ukraine isn't worth it.
Which I disagree to.
I think that all countries sovereignty should be respected but Russia doesn't give a damn they even enter Swedish waters & airspace along with other western countries.
For how long are we going to let Putin do what he wants?

I'm not saying us western powers are much better especially not USA giving liberty excuses to invade countries for their precious oil,
having one of the most corrupted governments on earth, having news stations such as fox news misleading the population almost as much as Russian media
supplying Islamist later to be terrorists and the list goes on.

But that's besides the point.

The point is Russia is the greatest threat to the western style of life which it has been since ww2.
I mean ISIS is just a shit stain if Putin could get what he wanted.
That's why I think we need to stick together and force Putin to behave himself.
[close]

Lol.

If Putin was actually a thread to the western style of life that would just be another reason to support him.

He has accumulated enough nationalism in Russia to do whatever the fuck he wants, with his people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 19, 2015, 02:31:01 am
Spoiler
They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.

Yet Poland is in the EU.

Spoiler
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
[close]

Just because they can't bet a combined force of rebels and Russia alone doesn't mean that they couldn't be a valuable ally.
Besides Ukraine is relatively rich on minerals, coal and nuclear fuel.
Giving enough time I'm sure they could rebuild their economy.

you're missing the point, obviously the EU and Nato do not give enough of a shit about the reasons you stated to actually give meaningful help to ukraine other than a bunch of decommissioned humvees

this isn't an argument about what they should do, it's what they are doing

But that's not true is it?

You have been arguing for the Western powers not to get involved since you believe Ukraine isn't worth it.
Which I disagree to.
I think that all countries sovereignty should be respected but Russia doesn't give a damn they even enter Swedish waters & airspace along with other western countries.
For how long are we going to let Putin do what he wants?

I'm not saying us western powers are much better especially not USA giving liberty excuses to invade countries for their precious oil,
having one of the most corrupted governments on earth, having news stations such as fox news misleading the population almost as much as Russian media
supplying Islamist later to be terrorists and the list goes on.

But that's besides the point.

The point is Russia is the greatest threat to the western style of life which it has been since ww2.
I mean ISIS is just a shit stain if Putin could get what he wanted.
That's why I think we need to stick together and force Putin to behave himself.
[close]

Lol.

If Putin was actually a thread to the western style of life that would just be another reason to support him.

He has accumulated enough nationalism in Russia to do whatever the fuck he wants, with his people.
I guess that's a good thing, because I don't think he would do anything that could be to their disadvantage.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 19, 2015, 02:34:16 am
Spoiler
They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.

Yet Poland is in the EU.

Spoiler
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
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Just because they can't bet a combined force of rebels and Russia alone doesn't mean that they couldn't be a valuable ally.
Besides Ukraine is relatively rich on minerals, coal and nuclear fuel.
Giving enough time I'm sure they could rebuild their economy.

you're missing the point, obviously the EU and Nato do not give enough of a shit about the reasons you stated to actually give meaningful help to ukraine other than a bunch of decommissioned humvees

this isn't an argument about what they should do, it's what they are doing

But that's not true is it?

You have been arguing for the Western powers not to get involved since you believe Ukraine isn't worth it.
Which I disagree to.
I think that all countries sovereignty should be respected but Russia doesn't give a damn they even enter Swedish waters & airspace along with other western countries.
For how long are we going to let Putin do what he wants?

I'm not saying us western powers are much better especially not USA giving liberty excuses to invade countries for their precious oil,
having one of the most corrupted governments on earth, having news stations such as fox news misleading the population almost as much as Russian media
supplying Islamist later to be terrorists and the list goes on.

But that's besides the point.

The point is Russia is the greatest threat to the western style of life which it has been since ww2.
I mean ISIS is just a shit stain if Putin could get what he wanted.
That's why I think we need to stick together and force Putin to behave himself.
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Lol.

If Putin was actually a thread to the western style of life that would just be another reason to support him.

He has accumulated enough nationalism in Russia to do whatever the fuck he wants, with his people.
I guess that's a good thing, because I don't think he would do anything that could be to their disadvantage.

I assume you will have the same opinion when/if Russia violate German airspace?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 19, 2015, 02:44:42 am
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They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.

Yet Poland is in the EU.

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What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
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Just because they can't bet a combined force of rebels and Russia alone doesn't mean that they couldn't be a valuable ally.
Besides Ukraine is relatively rich on minerals, coal and nuclear fuel.
Giving enough time I'm sure they could rebuild their economy.

you're missing the point, obviously the EU and Nato do not give enough of a shit about the reasons you stated to actually give meaningful help to ukraine other than a bunch of decommissioned humvees

this isn't an argument about what they should do, it's what they are doing

But that's not true is it?

You have been arguing for the Western powers not to get involved since you believe Ukraine isn't worth it.
Which I disagree to.
I think that all countries sovereignty should be respected but Russia doesn't give a damn they even enter Swedish waters & airspace along with other western countries.
For how long are we going to let Putin do what he wants?

I'm not saying us western powers are much better especially not USA giving liberty excuses to invade countries for their precious oil,
having one of the most corrupted governments on earth, having news stations such as fox news misleading the population almost as much as Russian media
supplying Islamist later to be terrorists and the list goes on.

But that's besides the point.

The point is Russia is the greatest threat to the western style of life which it has been since ww2.
I mean ISIS is just a shit stain if Putin could get what he wanted.
That's why I think we need to stick together and force Putin to behave himself.
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Lol.

If Putin was actually a thread to the western style of life that would just be another reason to support him.

He has accumulated enough nationalism in Russia to do whatever the fuck he wants, with his people.
I guess that's a good thing, because I don't think he would do anything that could be to their disadvantage.

I assume you will have the same opinion when/if Russia violate German airspace?
Germany has once already been bombed to pieces and it haven't been the Russians. I don't think Russia would try to violate German airspace deliberately; Russia wants good relations to my country and there is no reason for quarrels.

And you must have been misinformed, there was no confirmed violation of Swedish waters by any foreign military forces lately.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on June 19, 2015, 03:02:38 am
Russia, "hold onto your butts" as one wise man once said.   https://youtu.be/Xd3dM2IuMc8
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Furrnox on June 19, 2015, 03:16:36 am
Spoiler
They can support themselves economically and are closely tied to commerce in western Europe. Allowing Slavs into the EU is a terrible idea. Filthy animals.

Yet Poland is in the EU.

Spoiler
What? Have you even watched the video?

But let me refine my statement for you the entire western world have been cowarding in front of Putin & his Russia for years we let him invade Georgia & now we are letting him invade Ukraine too.
I say it's time to stop acting as cowards & put some pressure on Putin. Before it's to late.

Yes i have watched the video.

And no, we haven't been cowarding infront of Putin, we have nothing to win from confronting him. If Ukraine can't even muster the will to fight for themselves then they can fuck off because realistically nobody cares about whether or not crimea and novorossiya belong to ukraine or russia.

And he isn't invading Ukraine, he is simply keeping the war going there for the fact that it drains resources from Ukraine and Eu, whilst also losing face of the western nations, as seen by the fact that Russian soldiers are only used for defensive actions. He doesn't actually care about Novorossiya either, if he did he this war would have been over last summer.

Nobody called the USSR a coward for chilling around while the Ameribuns were invading Vietnam or Korea, this is how the world works. If you have nothing to win, why would you fight for it?

They would win another ally in the east by helping Ukraine.
I'm not saying the west should go in with troops I bet sending them weapons which the American congress already approved could change the tide of the war.

Russians have been part of aggressive actions so your statement is wrong on that perspective and I could give zero fucks about the shitty USSR.
I don't know why you keep bringing up failed communist states when I try to have an argument with you.. I am not a communist! I don't believe in Stalinism nor Leninism.
I'm a moderate Democratic Socialist.

Holy shit man, do you need some kind of help?

I used the USSR/comintern as an example because they are the only other superpower to have existed other than the USA, and two of the best examples of proxy wars (like the one in ukraine) are Korea and Vietnam. I don't care about you so much that i give myself a notification to bring up the USSR everytime i see ur name...

Also, Ukraine is not a valuable ally to the EU or NATO. They are a corrupt 2nd world country that consists of corn fields and can't even defend themselves against gangs of thugs that have AK47s. They would be as useful to NATO as a wet carrot would.
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Just because they can't bet a combined force of rebels and Russia alone doesn't mean that they couldn't be a valuable ally.
Besides Ukraine is relatively rich on minerals, coal and nuclear fuel.
Giving enough time I'm sure they could rebuild their economy.

you're missing the point, obviously the EU and Nato do not give enough of a shit about the reasons you stated to actually give meaningful help to ukraine other than a bunch of decommissioned humvees

this isn't an argument about what they should do, it's what they are doing

But that's not true is it?

You have been arguing for the Western powers not to get involved since you believe Ukraine isn't worth it.
Which I disagree to.
I think that all countries sovereignty should be respected but Russia doesn't give a damn they even enter Swedish waters & airspace along with other western countries.
For how long are we going to let Putin do what he wants?

I'm not saying us western powers are much better especially not USA giving liberty excuses to invade countries for their precious oil,
having one of the most corrupted governments on earth, having news stations such as fox news misleading the population almost as much as Russian media
supplying Islamist later to be terrorists and the list goes on.

But that's besides the point.

The point is Russia is the greatest threat to the western style of life which it has been since ww2.
I mean ISIS is just a shit stain if Putin could get what he wanted.
That's why I think we need to stick together and force Putin to behave himself.
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Lol.

If Putin was actually a thread to the western style of life that would just be another reason to support him.

He has accumulated enough nationalism in Russia to do whatever the fuck he wants, with his people.
I guess that's a good thing, because I don't think he would do anything that could be to their disadvantage.

I assume you will have the same opinion when/if Russia violate German airspace?
Germany has once already been bombed to pieces and it haven't been the Russians. I don't think Russia would try to violate German airspace deliberately; Russia wants good relations to my country and there is no reason for quarrels.

And you must have been misinformed, there was no confirmed violation of Swedish waters by any foreign military forces lately.

Not entirely sure what you are hinting at. But if Russia REALLY wanted good relations with Germany they wouldn't send Russian troops to Ukraine.
Especially after Germany asking Russia several times to help find a diplomatic solution.

It's been confirmed in our airspace and a submarine did enter our waters aswell but you are correct in it not being confirmed to be Russian.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 19, 2015, 03:21:28 am
Russia is working to have a diplomatic solution. It should not bother Germany much though. German interests are neither in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq or any other country the Americans are currently bombing or would like to bomb.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 19, 2015, 04:29:11 am
And the whole Russian-controlling-basically-everything-thingy?

Assuming administrative control with experienced officials is still not an invasion by definition. It was the Georgian government that had asked Russia to intervene in the civil war in return Georgia joined the CIS, which it left again in 1999. Georgia itself had threatened war back in 2004 and indeed began shelling the South Ossetian capital. War was averted with Georgia backing down but tensions where at an all time high, even though progress in patching up bilateral relations had been made earlier.

Nonetheless I am guessing that the Georgian president's promise to reunite all the former Georgian territory within a year probably prompted this idiotic move since it only served to create a greater rift between Georgia and South Ossetia.

This was a far cry from the generous peace offerings that had been made earlier. All the good work in reestablishing relations with the breakaway region was lost via military operations in 2004 as it reminded the local residents of the brutality of the civil war of the 80's/90's. The Georgian Government then went back to peace talks and peaceful reintegration and then back to war. Its behavior was to erratic and irresponsible and while I agree that Russia acted with self interest in the region; its policies had up until now been successful in stemming the violence and facilitating negotiations.

Russian peacekeeping operations in South Ossetia were generally considered to be successful and effective in terms of stabilising the conflict and facilitating in teractive negotiations between the Georgian and Ossetian sides.
http://web.archive.org/web/20110706223037/http://www.ceiig.ch/pdf/IIFFMCG_Volume_II.pdf

If you want to call it anything you may as well as call it creeping annexation, but the alternative to the breakaway regions (placing it under Georgian control and removing Russian peacekeepers) doesn't seem to be a historically workable solution and is one that the West itself discouraged Georgia from pursuing.

On October 2005 the Georgian Parliament adopted another “Resolution on the Peacekeeping Operations and the Situation in Georgia’s Conflict Zones”. It included a list of Russian citizens holding “high-level positions in the separatist power structures”. The Parliamen again adopted a resolution in July 2006 on the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers and
transformation of that operation. However, citing risks of destabilisation, Georgia’s Western partners dissuaded Tbilisi from implementing that resolution.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 19, 2015, 01:14:23 pm
geopolitics = why Russia behaves that way.
Unfortunately they must behave in a certain way. It's a matter of national security.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 01:19:36 pm
Russia is working to have a diplomatic solution. It should not bother Germany much though. German interests are neither in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq or any other country the Americans are currently bombing or would like to bomb.

'Is working to have a diplomatic solution"
>Sends Russian troops into Ukraine
>Sends weapons into Ukraine
>Annexes part of Ukraine
>Steals Ukrainian fleet
>Imprisons dozens of Ukrainians on fake charges.
>Shuts down Crimean Tatar TV-channel and kicks out their leader

Yeah, totally.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 19, 2015, 01:27:52 pm
I suggest you have a look at the ten commandments of war propaganda by Anne Morelli:

1. We do not want war
2. The opposite party alone is guilty of war
3. The enemy leader is the face of the devil
4. We defend a noble cause, not our own interest
5. The enemy systematically commits cruelties; our mishaps are involuntary
6. The enemy uses forbidden weapons
7. We suffer small losses, those of the enemy are enormous
8. Artists and intellectuals back our cause
9. Our cause is sacred
10. All who doubt our propaganda, are traitors
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 01:29:21 pm
Which quite perfectly fit the Russians.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 19, 2015, 01:32:33 pm
Which quite perfectly fit the Russians.

omg can you stop being a fuckboi and realise the eu and nato are guilty of the same things?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on June 19, 2015, 01:33:34 pm
Quote from: Turin
I suggest you have a look at the ten commandments of war propaganda by Anne Morelli:
This book is a bit simple but it's a good one. I bought it when I was a teen.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 01:40:02 pm
If anything, the EU and NATO, and especially the media, have stayed clear of pointing out 'the guilty party'. I haven't heard anyone NATO official claim that our cause is holy, that all crimes are commited by the Russians, that the Russians use forbidden weapons (While they did accuse the Ukrainians of that). Media report far more about Ukrainian casualties, rather then Russians. NATO has always claimed to be defending her own interest instead of some holy cause - Threats to the baltic states being the most-often used reason.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: EdwardC on June 19, 2015, 01:41:10 pm
geopolitics = why Russia behaves that way.
Unfortunately they must behave in a certain way. It's a matter of national security.
LOL stfu North Korea
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 01:42:12 pm
NATO is such a threat to Russians. Its aggressive and imperialist character should be clear to anyone.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 19, 2015, 01:44:06 pm
NATO is such a threat to Russians. Its aggressive and imperialist character should be clear to anyone.
Thank you.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 01:48:28 pm
I love how you think Russia wants a good relationship with Germany. Of course they want good relationships, they want it with all countries. However, 'a good relationship with Russia' kinda means you agree with anything they do.

Oh hello Syria.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 19, 2015, 04:01:26 pm
As opposed to agreeing with the alternative in Syria which slaughters Christians, enslaves and rapes women, cuts off people's heads and pursues wanton violence in the name of God. The Russians have repeatedly warned of the obvious; that continued policy of regime change in the Mid-East would lead to disaster and guess what?

If anything, the EU and NATO, and especially the media, have stayed clear of pointing out 'the guilty party'.

Guilty of what? I've seen NATO officials and press releases pointing the finger at Russia for aggression in Ukraine, continued support of the separatists, weapon supplies, rising tensions, nuclear saber rattling and for braking the Minsk agreement.
 
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I haven't heard anyone NATO official claim that our cause is holy, that all crimes are commited by the Russians, that the Russians use forbidden weapons (While they did accuse the Ukrainians of that). Media report far more about Ukrainian casualties, rather then Russians. NATO has always claimed to be defending her own interest instead of some holy cause - Threats to the baltic states being the most-often used reason.

You haven't heard it because you're interpreting it literally. The basic principles can still be applied in that most countries will attempt to seize the morale high ground when it comes to perception management/propaganda. No country in their right mind will attempt to extol the virtues of a competing nation during tensions or war time.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 04:49:08 pm
Well then this applies to every nation in every war, ever.

Guilty of what? I've seen NATO officials and press releases pointing the finger at Russia for aggression in Ukraine, continued support of the separatists, weapon supplies, rising tensions, nuclear saber rattling and for braking the Minsk agreement.
 

All of which they did.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 19, 2015, 05:06:53 pm
Ukraine is pretty fun in Kaiserreich mod for Darkest hour.  There's even a civil war event where the Donbass secedes.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on June 19, 2015, 05:54:00 pm
Which quite perfectly fit the Russians.

omg can you stop being a fuckboi and realise the eu and nato are guilty of the same things?

This

And the people like Maxlam who want to suck Putin's cock are equally aggravating

This isn't the Spanish Civil War, Euroshits
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 19, 2015, 06:03:39 pm
Well then this applies to every nation in every war, ever.

Yep. So I am unsure why you somehow think we don't do the same. We may not do as much as Russia but nonetheless.

Guilty of what? I've seen NATO officials and press releases pointing the finger at Russia for aggression in Ukraine, continued support of the separatists, weapon supplies, rising tensions, nuclear saber rattling and for braking the Minsk agreement.

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All of which they did.

Sure and Russia accuses NATO of attempting to marginalize Russia internationally, of surrounding it with a foreign military bloc, of failing to adhere to its understanding with the then Soviet Union to not enlarge NATO, that NATO ignores Russia's concerns over missile defense infrastructure at its border, that NATO military actions in Libya and Kosovo/Serbia where illegitimate.
in short: that NATO ignores Russian interests in a reckless manner.

Both sides make points that are in essence true but both sides will argue that their intention has nothing to do with self interest or alternate agendas.

Take our proposed expansion into Ukraine. We continually maintain that all nations are free to join NATO and do so of their own free will (ie: no sinister or questionable desire/agenda for expansion) but we announced in 2008 that the Ukraine and Georgia would join NATO. In 2009 according to Wikileaks we knew damn well the Ukrainian populace was against NATO integration and that our policy was antagonistic of Russia.

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NATO'S ENLARGEMENT AND STRATEGIC CONCEPT

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12. (C) Levitte said that France was very pleased with the selection of Madeleine Albright to chair the "Group of 12," which will launch the process of reviewing NATO's Strategic Concept. Bruno Racine will be the French participant on the panel, and Levitte stressed that there is already strong agreement between France and the United States on the basis of exchanges that he has had with NSA General Jim Jones. Levitte noted that Paris agreed with Jones on suppressing the Membership Action Plan (MAP), which had become an obstacle rather than an incentive. A/S Gordon responded that we must not change the process in a way that would be interpreted as suggesting an end to NATO enlargement and eliminating MAP might do that. Levitte agreed and added that French President Sarkozy was "convinced" that Ukraine would one day be a member of NATO, but that there was no point in rushing the process and antagonizing Russia, particularly if the Ukrainian public was largely against membership. The Bucharest summit declaration was very clear that NATO has an open door and Ukraine and Georgia have a vocation in NATO (even if Georgia remains very unstable at the moment). Levitte added that Paris was very pleased with the ceremony on September 9 transferring the Allied Command Transformation (ACT) to French General Stephane Abrial.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/225319
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EDIT:
I should add the accusation of regime change which has been self-evident since the Orange revolution and a major policy of contention between Russia and particularly the US in a number of countries abroad.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 06:17:45 pm
Russia complaining about NATO expansion is too ridicious for words considering they're pretty much the one and only reason nations joined NATO. The difference between the western 'accusations' and that of the Russians is that we can back them up by proof (Weapons are being supplied, Russian soldeirs are fighting in Ukraine, and they have no respect for the Minsk agreements as seen in Devaltsebe), while the Russians base their accusations on their (idiotic) state of mind. The notion that 'they marginalize us internationally' is so ridicious that it hurts my eyes. This isn't a fucking classroom full of toddlers where you can start beating your neighbour once you aren't being paid enough attention. It's not really our fault Russia is such a failure as a nation.

And please don't go 'hur dur NATO forces membership upon states'. The current actions in the baltic states show they consider Russia a real threat, and the nation with the most negative view on Russia is, of the entire NATO, Poland. If anything, it are the western nations where popular support for the NATO alliance is crumbling; mostly out of fear that they might get involved in a conflict.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 19, 2015, 07:01:32 pm
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Russia complaining about NATO expansion is too ridicious for words considering they're pretty much the one and only reason nations joined NATO. The difference between the western 'accusations' and that of the Russians is that we can back them up by proof (Weapons are being supplied, Russian soldeirs are fighting in Ukraine, and they have no respect for the Minsk agreements as seen in Devaltsebe), while the Russians base their accusations on their (idiotic) state of mind. The notion that 'they marginalize us internationally' is so ridicious that it hurts my eyes. This isn't a fucking classroom full of toddlers where you can start beating your neighbour once you aren't being paid enough attention. It's not really our fault Russia is such a failure as a nation.


Russia made no secret of the fact that they would be unable to halt the Debaltseve offensive even with the Minsk agreement in place.

Nations have always felt threatened by over-sized military alliances at their doorstep, especially when said alliances do more than just cater for defense but also branch out to international military intervention.

In terms of proof; most of the points I claimed Russia had made can be proven.  As for marginalization; that's just another term for strategic containment which was the U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union during the cold war in an effort to prevent Soviet expansion. It has been argued that we are continuing to use this policy:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2014/04/20/obamas-new-russia-strategy-is-the-right-one-the-question-is-whether-it-will-work/

In regards to enlargement: As I have already pointed out with the case of Georgia; any military bloc seeking an alliance with an unstable country bordering Russia who may actually pick a fight with Russia and lean on the alliance to back it up; is being reckless and I can see how this would be a point of National and International security for Russia.

If you can't wrap your mind around that concept then so be it.

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And please don't go 'hur dur NATO forces membership upon states'. The current actions in the baltic states show they consider Russia a real threat, and the nation with the most negative view on Russia is, of the entire NATO, Poland. If anything, it are the western nations where popular support for the NATO alliance is crumbling; mostly out of fear that they might get involved in a conflict.

I never said it 'forces' I merely stated that its expansion is not in line with the sentiment that local population(s) actually support NATO integration and that it goes out of its way to push for enlargement rather than being passive about it, which obviously makes Russia suspicious especially when countries are being selected arbitrarily and outside NATO's traditional stomping grounds.

As for the Baltic nation hysteria in regards to their military exercises: I am not sure what your trying to prove with that. Telling me they see Russia as a potential threat after the fact of a relations brake down between Russia and NATO and in light of typical military exercises that follow is meaningless. I have stated that there is a bit more to NATO expansion than just an open door policy. Telling me which nations voluntarily joined NATO based on a perceived threat doesn't negate the fact that NATO's policy is at times inconsistent with its stated goals.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 07:17:19 pm
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In regards to enlargement: As I have already pointed out with the case of Georgia; any military bloc seeking an alliance with an unstable country bordering Russia who may actually pick a fight with Russia and lean on the alliance to back it up; is being reckless and I can see how this would be a point of National and International security for Russia.

And as far as I know, Georgia is still not a NATO member.


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Russia made no secret of the fact that they would be unable to halt the Debaltseve offensive even with the Minsk agreement in place.

And just to make sure of that, they send in Russian regulars with tanks.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 19, 2015, 07:28:04 pm
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In regards to enlargement: As I have already pointed out with the case of Georgia; any military bloc seeking an alliance with an unstable country bordering Russia who may actually pick a fight with Russia and lean on the alliance to back it up; is being reckless and I can see how this would be a point of National and International security for Russia.

And as far as I know, Georgia is still not a NATO member.

Yes I've mentioned this before, but in 2008 NATO announced that Georgia would become part of NATO and that from what I had seen in documentaries this apparently played a large role in emboldening Saakashvili who just wouldn't stick to what the US had advised him to do. He committed to war in South-Ossetia in 2008 whereas in 2004 he backed down. The subsequent war has obviously delayed said membership much to Russia's delight I assume.

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Russia made no secret of the fact that they would be unable to halt the Debaltseve offensive even with the Minsk agreement in place.

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And just to make sure of that, they send in Russian regulars with tanks.

They where likely there already if Russian tanks where present. But hey, its ok for us to do regime change but let no other nation assume such a liberty.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 07:40:11 pm
Did you see that Vice News report that was just posted. It proofs that Russian regulars were present at Devaltsebe.

I never said it was okay to have regime changes. It was you who claimed Russia 'couldn't do anything about Devaltsebe', and when shown proof of direct Russian involvement, you just wave it away and say they're 'taking liberties'?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 19, 2015, 08:00:10 pm
Did you see that Vice News report that was just posted. It proofs that Russian regulars were present at Devaltsebe.

I haven't watched it yet but I already know Russian regulars are and have been operating in the Ukraine. It doesn't really change or impact my arguments.

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I never said it was okay to have regime changes. It was you who claimed Russia 'couldn't do anything about Devaltsebe', and when shown proof of direct Russian involvement, you just wave it away and say they're 'taking liberties'?

I said they made no secret of being unable to halt the offensive. Whether they were unwilling rather than unable I don't know, but having Russian regulars on the ground doesn't necessarily mean a magic phone call a timely halt to a major  offensive of both insurgents and Russian disguised regulars, with or without leaving local forces exposed.

Also I don't wave away Russian involvement, I just don't get overly excited or surprised given our 50+ year history of foreign military interventions and regime changes which have served to bolster Russian hysteria about Western involvement in its own back yard.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 19, 2015, 08:02:02 pm
You're actually saying that Russia does not control Russian forces?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 19, 2015, 08:09:44 pm
geopolitics = why Russia behaves that way.
Unfortunately they must behave in a certain way. It's a matter of national security.
LOL stfu North Korea

Typical imperialist pigdog

Can only converse through insults.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on June 19, 2015, 08:12:30 pm
You're actually saying that Russia does not control Russian forces?

Does he control insurgent forces? Are the regulars under the control of insurgent commanders? Are they spread out over a wide area? Can radio contact be made with all units at the same time? Can the offensive be stopped and can one rely on the Ukrainians to hold fire as well in mid offensive? Can the offensive be stopped in a timely manner to coincide with the agreement? 

The key is 'in a timely manner'. Putin wanted to postpone the Minsk agreement by about 12 days. I assume for all intent and purposes that he probably wanted the offensive to conclude in the prospect of having more leverage at the negotiating table and in the hopes that the Ukraine wouldn't just regroup and once again breach the ceasefire with another large offensive, but I can't tell you whether its a simple thing to halt large number of troops in mid offensive.

The point is there was no agreement on halting the Debaltseve offensive afaik.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 19, 2015, 11:57:22 pm
Can't wait for the PAK-FA to enter service.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on June 22, 2015, 09:27:00 am
http://newcoldwar.org/fifth-military-conscription-drive-in-ukraine-produces-worst-results-yet/
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 25, 2015, 12:27:53 pm
Duuring approves:

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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on June 25, 2015, 08:14:05 pm
I've stopped coming here for current events and now more so to just see the fights that go on between people with and without brains. I love this thread 100x more now!  ;D
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 25, 2015, 11:40:53 pm
I've stopped coming here for current events and now more so to just see the fights that go on between people with and without brains. I love this thread 100x more now!  ;D

Cool story
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on June 26, 2015, 09:11:04 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on June 26, 2015, 09:13:39 am
Duuring approves:

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Is that from a schoolbook or something? Shit.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on June 26, 2015, 09:14:10 am
Duuring approves:

(https://strasilo.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/textbookimg1_1_l.jpg)

Is that from a schoolbook or something? Shit.

Lel, iz dutch school book.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 26, 2015, 09:26:47 am
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made me laugh for ages
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on June 26, 2015, 01:00:24 pm
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made me laugh for ages
Unlike western media which made the police responsible for the killings without any evidence whatsoever (that's how journalism works) , RT actually did a lot of research about that topic without blaming anybody.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 26, 2015, 01:41:52 pm
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made me laugh for ages
Unlike western media which made the police responsible for the killings without any evidence whatsoever (that's how journalism works) , RT actually did a lot of research about that topic without blaming anybody.

yeah i guess its better than eating western propaganda

then you'll end of as a gay transsexual feminist pro lgbt quasi communist socialist that has stopped eating gluten since the age of 14 and religiously watches keeping up with the kardashians
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on June 28, 2015, 11:57:11 am
transsexual feminist pro lgbt quasi communist socialist that has stopped eating gluten since the age of 14 and religiously watches keeping up with the kardashians

Absolutely eligible for a trip to gas chambers.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 30, 2015, 11:08:56 am
Duuring approves:

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Is that from a schoolbook or something? Shit.

Lel, iz dutch school book.

It is. It's very similar to my High School history book, where you'd get different cartoons from different countries and you had to think why the drawer drew it and what he means by it.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on June 30, 2015, 11:27:12 am
Duuring approves:

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Is that from a schoolbook or something? Shit.

Lel, iz dutch school book.

It is. It's very similar to my High School history book, where you'd get different cartoons from different countries and you had to think why the drawer drew it and what he means by it.

knowing it's the netherlands he probably was smoking a fat one for some inspiration innit
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on June 30, 2015, 01:58:59 pm
nice school propaganda. good for the children.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on June 30, 2015, 02:42:44 pm
It's really anything but propaganda.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on July 01, 2015, 12:41:23 am
It's really anything but propaganda.

It's a totally impartial piece of information that doesn't intend to influence people.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on July 01, 2015, 01:04:56 am
It's really anything but propaganda.

It's a totally impartial piece of information that doesn't intend to influence people.

Be nice

his homosexual brain is clearly affecting his judgement
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MrTiki on July 01, 2015, 01:26:24 am
It's really anything but propaganda.

It's a totally impartial piece of information that doesn't intend to influence people.
He literally just stated that the task in the book is to determine why it was drawn that way etc. It's teaching students awareness of propaganda.
Pretty sure it's not even a real piece of propaganda; it was drawn and designed specifically for that book.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on July 01, 2015, 01:30:16 am
It's really anything but propaganda.

It's a totally impartial piece of information that doesn't intend to influence people.
He literally just stated that the task in the book is to determine why it was drawn that way etc. It's teaching students awareness of propaganda.
Pretty sure it's not even a real piece of propaganda; it was drawn and designed specifically for that book.

I'm sure most of the students said it was drawn that way because Putin is an asshole and Russia is evil.
I'd like to have the assignment translated.

Also his homosexual brain is broken regardless.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 01, 2015, 01:32:09 am
Kill ZOG.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Grantrithor on July 01, 2015, 01:36:23 am
(https://i.imgur.com/nnSJpcJ.png)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on July 01, 2015, 01:37:20 am
Are gays allowed in North Korea?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on July 01, 2015, 01:38:09 am
oops nvm***
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on July 01, 2015, 01:38:47 am
Are gays allowed in North Korea?

Probably but we haven't found any yet.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on July 01, 2015, 08:31:47 pm
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on July 01, 2015, 09:12:00 pm
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but, there are several photos of russian tanks crossing the border in ukraine, fggggggt
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on July 01, 2015, 09:15:35 pm
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but, there are several photos of russian tanks crossing the border in ukraine, fggggggt
Yeah, those picture from Georgia, I know.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Akko on July 01, 2015, 09:20:39 pm
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but, there are several photos of russian tanks crossing the border in ukraine, fggggggt
Yeah, those picture from Georgia, I know.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.dailymail.co.uk%2Fi%2Fpix%2F2015%2F02%2F15%2F25B2BF4700000578-0-Militants_drive_through_Donetsk_this_morning_as_Ukrainians_said_-a-23_1423995763572.jpg&hash=ff4b79b8810c5eeae7966cc31966d908ee79d778)

Taken in Donetsk.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on July 01, 2015, 09:24:56 pm
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but, there are several photos of russian tanks crossing the border in ukraine, fggggggt
Yeah, those picture from Georgia, I know.
(https://www.fsegames.eu/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.dailymail.co.uk%2Fi%2Fpix%2F2015%2F02%2F15%2F25B2BF4700000578-0-Militants_drive_through_Donetsk_this_morning_as_Ukrainians_said_-a-23_1423995763572.jpg&hash=ff4b79b8810c5eeae7966cc31966d908ee79d778)

Taken in Donetsk.
I see armed men on vehicles. Funny enough, even in the url it says Militants_drive_through_Donetsk_this_morning_as_Ukrainians_said
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 01, 2015, 09:27:59 pm
Why still deny that Russian regulars are fighting in Ukraine? It doesn't even really matter at this point.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on July 01, 2015, 09:28:29 pm
It doesn't even really matter at this point.
That's right.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on July 01, 2015, 09:30:38 pm
i think the real question to be asked is how the fuck has this been going on for 18 months?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 01, 2015, 10:59:26 pm
I love how Pro-Ruskis went from 'There are no Russian Regulars in Ukraine' to 'of course there are Russian Regulars in Ukraine, you're stupid for not knowing it' within no time.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 02, 2015, 10:42:34 am
Either that or they went from 'there is no tangible evidence' to 'there is or still isn't any tangible evidence' rather than taking a belligerent's word for it from the get go.

i think the real question to be asked is how the fuck has this been going on for 18 months?

Mainly thanks to the training exercises being held at the border that provide plausible deniability and cover of troop movements.

Additionally; attempting to differentiate Russian regular soldiers who are in disguise in a Russian speaking part of town from local irregulars or even Russian military volunteers is an exercise in futility unless you happen to get lucky. What makes it worse is the blatant use of manipulated, fake or fraudulent images being passed off as evidence by both sides for either NATO/Ukraine or Russian aggression. The US government itself has been caught out a number of time relying on so called evidence that turned out to be false, misleading or simply fraudulent. Thus; even if you manage to take a photo of Russian regulars crossing the border; there is no landmark on that multi thousand km border to get a conclusive smoking gun photo.

Even if we rely on the modern equipment the separatists are seemingly lugging about there is still the plausible deniability of it being possible weapons transfer from Russia or captured equipment.

It doesn't even really matter at this point.
That's right.

It certainly doesn't because there is little we can or are willing to do about it aside from sanctions. Additionally; going to far could be dangerous or extremely uncomfortable for a country where our desire of regime change doesn't outweigh our desire to avoid confrontation with a nuclear armed power.

 It has taken months of great journalistic efforts by groups like Vice News to actually find something akin to a massive smoking gun and present as information from a non-belligerent. But even if you consider the implication of Russian servicemen fighting in the Ukraine being found out; all Russia has to do is state that these men went AWOL without permission to go fight for their brothers in Donetsk etc.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 02, 2015, 08:35:29 pm
I think Simon's VICE piece a few weeks ago did a pretty good job of confirming Russians in Ukraine. Still though, shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on July 02, 2015, 09:10:16 pm
I think Simon's VICE piece a few weeks ago did a pretty good job of confirming Russians in Ukraine. Still though, shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

there are no russians in ukraine fagg*t

its censored calm the fuck down
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on July 02, 2015, 09:14:43 pm
I think Simon's VICE piece a few weeks ago did a pretty good job of confirming Russians in Ukraine. Still though, shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

there are no russians in ukraine fagg*t

its censored calm the fuck down
Damn, you nearly triggered me there. Thanks for the *
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on July 02, 2015, 09:27:08 pm
I think Simon's VICE piece a few weeks ago did a pretty good job of confirming Russians in Ukraine. Still though, shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

there are no russians in ukraine fagg*t

its censored calm the fuck down
Damn, you nearly triggered me there. Thanks for the *

dont want to offend any nig*ers here

trying to keep it clean for these q*eers
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 03, 2015, 06:38:53 am
Banned for offending the Nation of Nigeria.

I think Simon's VICE piece a few weeks ago did a pretty good job of confirming Russians in Ukraine. Still though, shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

It was a great piece. It was previously difficult to tell in what capacity they where being sent there, if they were being sent as complete units, if they were actually ordered or encouraged to go, whether they were still operating under Russian military hierarchy and whether or not the support on the front-lines was limited to special forces or entire regular units. On that last point the latter seems to be the case. 

The assumption and suspicion for greater Russian military involvement in Ukraine was there but the evidence was always more suggestive than conclusive when attempting to get a picture of the overall scale of Russian involvement. As time goes by though the evidence begins to stack.

I'd be interested to know just how many Russian units operate in the Ukraine at any given time, given that the Ukraine has thrown over 30,000(?) men at the problem.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 12, 2015, 04:42:29 am
Apparently a fire fight erupted between right sector and police in Western Ukraine:

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/shootout-in-western-ukraine-takes-away-the-lives-of-at-least-2-people-questions-national-security-393245.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on July 12, 2015, 06:48:16 am
Banned for offending the Nation of Nigeria.

I think Simon's VICE piece a few weeks ago did a pretty good job of confirming Russians in Ukraine. Still though, shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

It was a great piece. It was previously difficult to tell in what capacity they where being sent there, if they were being sent as complete units, if they were actually ordered or encouraged to go, whether they were still operating under Russian military hierarchy and whether or not the support on the front-lines was limited to special forces or entire regular units. On that last point the latter seems to be the case. 

The assumption and suspicion for greater Russian military involvement in Ukraine was there but the evidence was always more suggestive than conclusive when attempting to get a picture of the overall scale of Russian involvement. As time goes by though the evidence begins to stack.

I'd be interested to know just how many Russian units operate in the Ukraine at any given time, given that the Ukraine has thrown over 30,000(?) men at the problem.
I'm just curious as to why the US and NATO/EU are using sanctions to counter Russia considering the effects that they're having on EU economies as well as Russia's. I would say this is a problem that is affecting the German economy the most seeing as that they were in intense negotiations with Russia over trading and arms trading. I wonder if there is some other way to punish Russia other then economically while at the same time not using hostile force. Maybe it's just me though, idk.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 12, 2015, 07:14:01 am
It definitely isn't the ideal situation, but in reality there's not all that much NATO can do to counter russia without sending in troops of their own. Short of direct military action, economic sanctions and political maneuvering are unfortunately some of the only courses of action available. Keep in mind also that technically Russia and NATO are still peaceful, friendly countries and so all action taken has to reflect that, at the risk of starting a larger war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 12, 2015, 10:05:31 am
^ Pretty much this. The heaviest level of sanctions one could impose are SWIFT sanctions, which we did on Iran. Russia claims that it would view this as a direct attack on Russia.

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 13, 2015, 11:26:25 am
Apparently a fire fight erupted between right sector and police in Western Ukraine:

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/shootout-in-western-ukraine-takes-away-the-lives-of-at-least-2-people-questions-national-security-393245.html

Updated article:

http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/right-sector-withdraws-from-front-as-conflict-with-government-escalates-videos-393265.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on July 13, 2015, 06:27:16 pm
A civil war within a civil war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 13, 2015, 06:35:40 pm
Please, this is the first major incident in 1,5 years. We barely know anything about the causes or who exactly is involved. Russia had a similar incident a while back in Chechnya, yet no-one is claiming they are in a civil war.

If anything, the Ukrainian government is handling the situation well, calling for all parties to cease the fighting, sending security troops to the Oblast and calling for an investigation while allowing international observers into the area. The Russians, at the other hand, just started shooting until everybody was dead.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on July 13, 2015, 09:29:42 pm
Please, this is the first major incident in 1,5 years. We barely know anything about the causes or who exactly is involved. Russia had a similar incident a while back in Chechnya, yet no-one is claiming they are in a civil war.

If anything, the Ukrainian government is handling the situation well, calling for all parties to cease the fighting, sending security troops to the Oblast and calling for an investigation while allowing international observers into the area. The Russians, at the other hand, just started shooting until everybody was dead.

Duuring is pro Ukraine fag.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on July 13, 2015, 09:45:50 pm
Confirmed.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: William on July 13, 2015, 10:19:43 pm
Please, this is the first major incident in 1,5 years. We barely know anything about the causes or who exactly is involved. Russia had a similar incident a while back in Chechnya, yet no-one is claiming they are in a civil war.

If anything, the Ukrainian government is handling the situation well, calling for all parties to cease the fighting, sending security troops to the Oblast and calling for an investigation while allowing international observers into the area. The Russians, at the other hand, just started shooting until everybody was dead.

Duuring is pro Ukraine fag.
Good job using a slur against a moderator. Truly next level intellect here
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Colonel Howe on July 13, 2015, 10:20:26 pm
intellect

fse

wat
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Nipplestockings on July 13, 2015, 10:22:56 pm
Please, this is the first major incident in 1,5 years. We barely know anything about the causes or who exactly is involved. Russia had a similar incident a while back in Chechnya, yet no-one is claiming they are in a civil war.

If anything, the Ukrainian government is handling the situation well, calling for all parties to cease the fighting, sending security troops to the Oblast and calling for an investigation while allowing international observers into the area. The Russians, at the other hand, just started shooting until everybody was dead.

Duuring is pro Ukraine fag.
Good job using a slur against a moderator. Truly next level intellect here

Says the fascist.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on July 13, 2015, 10:31:54 pm
Please, this is the first major incident in 1,5 years. We barely know anything about the causes or who exactly is involved. Russia had a similar incident a while back in Chechnya, yet no-one is claiming they are in a civil war.

If anything, the Ukrainian government is handling the situation well, calling for all parties to cease the fighting, sending security troops to the Oblast and calling for an investigation while allowing international observers into the area. The Russians, at the other hand, just started shooting until everybody was dead.

Duuring is pro Ukraine fag.
Good job using a slur against a moderator. Truly next level intellect here

Says the fascist.
Argumentum ad hominem

Duuring is a pro Ukraine fag tho.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on July 13, 2015, 10:32:34 pm
Please, this is the first major incident in 1,5 years. We barely know anything about the causes or who exactly is involved. Russia had a similar incident a while back in Chechnya, yet no-one is claiming they are in a civil war.

If anything, the Ukrainian government is handling the situation well, calling for all parties to cease the fighting, sending security troops to the Oblast and calling for an investigation while allowing international observers into the area. The Russians, at the other hand, just started shooting until everybody was dead.

Duuring is pro Ukraine fag.
Good job using a slur against a moderator. Truly next level intellect here

Says the fascist.
Argumentum ad hominem

Duuring is a pro Ukraine fag tho.

and a gay yard ape
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MarshalKim on July 13, 2015, 10:53:33 pm
Good job using a slur against a moderator. Truly divine intellect here

Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 14, 2015, 03:31:40 am
Please, this is the first major incident in 1,5 years. We barely know anything about the causes or who exactly is involved. Russia had a similar incident a while back in Chechnya, yet no-one is claiming they are in a civil war.

No, they are claiming it was insurgents. Different situation and one where its difficult to negotiate when your being fired on and are unlikely to be able to meet the demands. In any case once people open fire on police and kill several of them you pretty much have a green light to use force. Talks with insurgents tend to happen on a higher level. Nonetheless its not a civil war within a civil war.

If anything, the Ukrainian government is handling the situation well, calling for all parties to cease the fighting, sending security troops to the Oblast and calling for an investigation while allowing international observers into the area. The Russians, at the other hand, just started shooting until everybody was dead.

RS has threatened the Kiev government on a number of occasions in the past. Incidents like this were bound to happen given RS' vigilante activities and clash of jurisdiction. As for this being the only incident in the last 1.5 years; that's nonsense. Svoboda's leader was already been in a shootout with police after considerable thuggish behavior and Right Sector is often involved in violence against protest/activist groups as well as attacks on MPs it considers corrupt.  There is no doubt that if they pursue vigilante activities that they will step on some political toes and likely wind up in a confrontation with police.
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/right-sector-and-interior-minister-make-up-after-publicly-trading-threats-accusations-361088.html

Apparently a boy was kidnapped by RS during the standoff and used as a human shield:
http://www.unian.info/politics/1100331-interior-ministry-publishes-interview-with-boy-kidnapped-by-right-sector.html

Comes from the ministry of interior so might be their way of discrediting RS.

Poroshenko orders disarmament of illegal groups:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/07/13/uk-ukraine-crisis-poroshenko-idUKKCN0PN1ZK20150713

EDIT:

More attacks on police:
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/two-police-officers-hospitalized-in-lviv-explosions-authorities-tie-blasts-to-mukachevo-shootout-393416.html
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on July 23, 2015, 03:03:17 am
Bunch of articles I've read that were interesting over the past week:


Apparently Yanukovych and a few of his associates are no longer on Interpol's wanted list. This is because the Ukraine hasn't provided sufficient evidence to Interpol to continue keeping them on a wanted list (this is not to suggest there isn't any but that none has been provided.):

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-03-06/ukraine-gives-a-pass-to-thugs
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/yanukovych-no-longer-listed-as-wanted-person-by-interpol-393931.html

The only one arrested so far afaik is Yuriy Kolobov (former Ukranian Finance Minister who was arrested recently in Spain on suspicion of embezzlement):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11450713/Spanish-police-swoop-on-fugitive-Ukrainian-minister.html

He will appear in court for possible extradition.

Additionally Ukranian Army is accusing the separatists of false flag operations in the Donetsk area (recent shelling):
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/ukrainian-military-claims-separatists-to-blame-for-donetsk-shelling-393871.html

Right sector holds rally calling for no-confidence vote on government:
http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/photo/right-sectors-rally-on-independence-square-in-kyiv-393998.html
(There's a silver lining here but one I am not sure if the government will accept):


The shootout, according to Ukraine's State Security Service, involved control over smuggling channels in the westernmost Ukrainian region, which borders four European Union countries.

After the bloody clash, Yarosh asked that the Right Sector members involved in the shootout receive immunity in exchange for the paramilitary unit becoming formally subordinate to the nation's military structure.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Turin Turambar on July 26, 2015, 06:26:35 am
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Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Suede on October 10, 2015, 04:41:50 pm
Hm, everybody loosed interest to this conflict?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: hunter491 on October 10, 2015, 05:41:38 pm
syrian refugees got their attention -.-
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Cruor_Volt on October 10, 2015, 07:55:48 pm
"Syrian" economic migrants got their attention -.-

There, no need to thank me.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Duuring on October 10, 2015, 10:05:56 pm
We can expect a joke like that from a Russian.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Archduke Sven on October 11, 2015, 01:49:13 am
We can expect a joke like that from a Russian.

its true tho

they are a new reincarnation of gypsies with new excuses
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Gamboji on October 11, 2015, 08:21:26 am
i hope all of ukraine becomes part of russia cus russia is actually the real owner of ukraine but just lost it so its only fair that ukraine is part of russia since they actually owned but lost it in a bet and because of a stupid president.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Dazzer on October 11, 2015, 08:53:01 am
i hope all of ukraine becomes part of russia cus russia is actually the real owner of ukraine but just lost it so its only fair that ukraine is part of russia since they actually owned but lost it in a bet and because of a stupid president.
Stupid president? I think it happend long time ago in 17th century
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: hunter491 on October 11, 2015, 09:57:33 am
i hope all of ukraine becomes part of russia cus russia is actually the real owner of ukraine but just lost it so its only fair that ukraine is part of russia since they actually owned but lost it in a bet and because of a stupid president.
Stupid president? I think it happend long time ago in 17th century

Actually, to be more precise... Ukraine was part of Poland-Lithuania CommonWealth  but then they chose to ally with russia,     made a revolution and so on
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: MaxLam on October 13, 2015, 07:14:16 pm
People should learn to share.  Half for Poland and half for Russia. You could also give a tiny part to France and the uk to compensate for the Crimean war.
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Wigster600 on October 13, 2015, 07:17:18 pm
Russia actually belonged to Ukraine.  ::)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Augy on October 17, 2015, 02:29:04 pm
Russia actually belonged to Ukraine.  ::)

(https://i.imgur.com/tjUT875.jpg)
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Rejenorst on October 17, 2015, 03:15:16 pm
lol but Photoshopped.

http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/unit-commander-kisses-a-flag-handed-by-ukrainian-president-news-photo/485089812
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Ambiguous on October 19, 2015, 01:53:55 am
Trolls will be trolls
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: BabyJesus on October 19, 2015, 03:39:44 am
So what's going on in Ukraine? Did Russia just invade them or is it more complicated than that?
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: Fwuffy on October 19, 2015, 04:16:52 am
So what's going on in Ukraine? Did Russia just invade them or is it more complicated than that?
woah woah no of course not
Title: Re: Ukraine
Post by: BabyJesus on October 19, 2015, 04:19:41 am
So what's going on in Ukraine? Did Russia just invade them or is it more complicated than that?
woah woah no of course not
pls I ignorant American and need the superior eu to halp me