Absolutely, China will be in control of Russia, like Russia is in control of Belarus. Maybe the weakness of Russia, will enable Belarus to tear themselves lose, and restore democracy? We can hope.

It doesn’t really matter, because you know What? The rebels didn’t use starlink in Syria, and you ended up having to run anyway.
Face it Russia, you are losing the war, your army will ultimately have to withdraw, your economy is collapsing as we speak, Putin will be overthrown and the Russian federation will fall apart.
And no it’s not because Ukraine has missiles and drones that can reach into Russia. It’s because Putin started a moronic war, thinking it was easy money for him and his oligarchs.
Russia is already set back a decade economically, and the power balance where Russia is becoming more insignificant compared to China, is probably accelerated by several decades. Russia proving to be a poor supplier of weapons, and a poor ally militarily, and economically more insignificant than ever. Russia is only valuable to China now as a vassal state.

Compare that to the possibility Russia had when Russia worked on getting closer to the west after the fall of Gorbachev and becoming a democracy, If they had continued along that path, Russia would almost without a doubt be the biggest and most influential economy in Europe now.
Instead Putin chose to reverse course, and destroy Russian democracy and relations with Europe and the west.

Russia is only complaining about starlink, because they essentially have no idea what’s going on, how they ended up in this mess, and why it’s going so bad for them. And most of all they don’t know how to get out of this mess, without all the consequences tumbling down on their heads.

I know Putin wants to look strong, but did he forget that increasing the military budgets was what broke the Soviet Union?
Putin wants to recreate the Soviet Union, but I wasn’t aware it was the collapse he wanted to recreate.
He is going to look pretty stupid when his wish is finally granted! Actually he already looks pretty stupid.

Requires someone wants to hire you or allow you to hack them, otherwise it’s still illegal, and you can go to jail, even if you don’t take anything, and reveal it to the company.
Some companies make rewards for hacking their systems if you come to them, but usually you are just paid a one time amount for finding a vulnerability, and that’s it.

let us end the discussion about red lines. The most important red line has been crossed already. And that was when the Russians entered Ukraine. So I will not accept this premise, and I will never allow anyone from Russia to decide what is the right thing to do in NATO, in Europe or in Ukraine,

Well said!

I don’t recall seeing zero tanks before.

Nah it’s more like they are trying to step on our toes, while we are punching them in the face.
Europe as a whole is spending less than 1% of GDP to support Ukraine, and Russia is beginning to collapse, while Europe barely feel anything.
I really feel with Ukraine, but Europe is fine.

Goddammit, it’s just not right. I know we (the west) do a lot already to help Ukraine. But honestly we need to do more. Ukrainians are fighting for their right to merely exist!! The Ukrainians do not deserve this, and we need to do everything we can to stop Russia. They are doing harm all over the world, and if the Russian federation collapses from losing the war, we get rid of Russia undermining everything everywhere else.

Slava Ukraini

Bullshit, Roger Waters is crazy, and he claims Russia was provoked to invade, which is completely insane.
I love(d) Pink Floyd, but Roger Waters has lost it, and is only parroting Russian propaganda. It’s really sad.

I edited my previous response, there is no reason to believe Russians won’t grab the opportunity when they learn the truth and it arises.
Both things will happen. Because with an economy that doesn’t work, where the government can’t pay, you can’t police properly either.

Don’t you mean underestimate? Maybe, I can’t say I’m familiar with how Russians states feel regarding their “Russian Nationality”. But we know for a fact that the populations of many regions wanted out of the Soviet Union. Like Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia and more.
The Russian federation is becoming very unattractive, with an economy in ruins, and a military that cannot ensure safety for the outer regions.
The Russian federation consist of several people, that could quickly develop a desire for independence, like happened when the Soviet Union collapsed.

Edit: Oh sorry, I thought you meant it as nationality, but apparently you mean it as merely people, why not just write that then?
A bit confusing that you use a Russian term.

No I’m not underestimating the Russian people, they rebelled against communism as soon as a windows of opportunity showed itself.
And as stated above, many left the union too, when that opportunity arose.
The same will happen again, because Russia is still a fractured nation.

You misunderstand the situation IMO. The Russian federation collapse is because they can’t keep enduring the war. Their economy is collapsing, and when reality dawns on the Russians, Respect for Putin will vanish. And with it, the respect for the Russian federation. And that’s what will make the federation collapse.

Many estimate that Russia will only be able to endure until summer maybe a year. This is for different reasons, but IMO the economic downturn or collapse is what will end the ability for Russia to fight on.
The Russian population is only now beginning to feel the consequences of the war, because Putin has flooded the country with money, but the economy cannot satisfy demand, and now steep inflation eats the gains people have received. It’s like a law of physics, you repair a broken economy by pouring money into it, it will only increase inflation, and make it worse.

production seems to be falling

Absolutely, I just read that Russia has reduced the target production of jet engines by a third for next 2 years, due to “difficulties”.
I’m guessing those difficulties will only get worse, so even the reduced targets won’t be met.

I just saw in the news here in Denmark, that November is the month with the highest Russian casualties yet, and it’s been climbing for 4 moths in a row now.

Seems like Putin is hell bent on winning this war, no matter the cost. The cost probably being the collapse of the Russian federation!

It started in the 60’s. But flower power peaked in the 70’s.

Lot’s of things were going on in the 70’s. The peace movement, people living together in collective housing, higher sexual freedom and more flexible sexual identity, generally rebelling against authorities, cannabis becoming popular. All this was also expressed in art, music, paintings and movies.

In UK this may have been further emphasized by a very backwards school system, with many attending boarding schools and wearing uniforms.
Something I remember when attending public school in Denmark in the 70’s as extremely backwards compared to conditions here.

I think older generations hated the 70’s, and they are probably still remembered as being a bit silly. But they are also remembered for being a time of optimism, where ideals and hopes for a better future were high.

Why don’t Russia just fuck off and go home? And while they are at it, give Crimea back.
That’s the only fair peace for Ukraine. But even if Ukraine agree to give up territory, Russia want territory they don’t currently control. Which is decidedly brain dead of them.
The only way to achieve a fair peace is to give Ukraine a shitload of weapons so they can fight back Russia. And when Russia is out, Ukraine must become a member of NATO.

The only way this can end well, is to let everything Russia didn’t want happen. And prevent Russia from trying again by having Ukraine in NATO.
Everybody tried to please Russia before the war, and Russia invaded anyway. There can be no constructive peace with Russia.

Russia also agreed in 1994 to NOT invade Ukraine, and Russia took over Ukraine’s atomic weapons.
Clearly Russia can’t be trusted in a peace agreement, unless it backs up Ukraine with NATO power.

cruise missiles are jet powered

I looked it up, and dammit you are right. 😋

This is not really a missile, but a missile-drone. It’s kind of a new type of weapon. The stats are confidential, but allegedly it has a range of up to 700km.
The “missile-drone” is powered by a jet engine, which is probably the reason it’s not technically a missile.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palianytsia_(missile)

The word palianytsia (a hearth-baked bread) is a shibboleth that has been used to unmask foreign agents in Ukraine’s armed forces, who are usually unable to pronounce the word correctly.

lol 😋

Congratulations to Ukraine for managing to make this weapon, I hope it will be very effective.

The level of sociopathy and incompetence Putin shows, letting hundreds of thousands of his people die for nothing is staggering.
Putin will go down in history as maybe the worst and surely the most incompetent sociopath the world has ever seen.
Putin is a totally incompetent Hitler wannabe.

If it wasn’t so evil and sad that Ukraine has to endure this, Putin would be the laughing stock of the entire world.

I’m sorry this isn’t very constructive, I just needed to vent a little.

Slava Ukraini.