War with Russia

[Pblakeney]

I'd happily put Milzy on ignore, so as not to waste brain cells, if it weren't for the fact that this thread would disappear for me if I did.

I just treat his posts the same way as I treat Viz.

 

[Psamathe]

I'd happily put Milzy on ignore, so as not to waste brain cells, if it weren't for the fact that this thread would disappear for me if I did.

As long as others don't keep responding eg "what twaddle", "Oh dear ...", etc. Without all the pointless responses it's a lot less of a problem.

Responding just amplifies the madness and swamps ghe thread.

Useful and very true saying very relevant
"Never argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference".

Maybe also
"Never wrestle with a pig; you both get dirty and the pig likes it"

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

I just treat his posts the same way as I treat Viz.

Not as funny as it used to be?

 

[Milzy]

I'd happily put Milzy on ignore, so as not to waste brain cells, if it weren't for the fact that this thread would disappear for me if I did.

Don’t be like that. You can stand the odd crazy post now & again. I mostly frequent the other side chatting about tires & such.

 

[Milzy]

Good old Dave. Do you believe everything he tells you?

He’s off his rocker even for me. Harmless though.

 

[Pblakeney]

Not as funny as it used to be?

It is always hit and miss.
On a par with the misses, but sometimes the silliness brings a smile.

 

[Pinno718]

...and swamps the thread.

I've done my best to swamp the thread.

 

[Pinno718]

Crimea.

Many people underestimate the significance of Crimea, myself included. On the list amongst the public, Russia's invasion of Crimea was it's 3rd greatest achievement.
It has strategic value on the Black sea. Ukraine's economic future rests on re-occupying Crimea. It acts as a hub for trade and shipping. It's Putin's Jewel in the crown and must be protected at all costs.
Crimea was taken over by coercion internally where if you had Ukrainian loyalties and you flat over looked the sea, Russian's would simply evict you and you had no recourse.

Why not take out the Kerch bridge? For two reasons, firstly the bridge needs to remain open so that the 'scally wag' Russians can vacate Crimea and secondly, both maritime forces and land forces, are committed to defending the bridge at all cost. Mainly with the Pantsir missile system. The all in one Pantsir radar and ant missile defence vehicle. It takes longer to train an operator than it does to build one such is it's complexity. They're expensive too. So Ukraine has been hitting them as soon as one re-appears. Because the bridge is damaged, it's affecting the electricity cables that go beneath it. Trains are limited across it and trucks are slowed to a crawling pace.
Due to this bottleneck, haulage to supply Crimea have to take the long and arduous 450 mile round trip along the M17/M18 roads. There, there are carcasses of burnt out vehicles every 600 yards. When the few get to Crimea, the decision has to be made to divert the vehicles for essential supply of the frontline or to send it to Crimea.

Crimea is now getting 2 hours of electricity to every 6 hours without.

Crimea is sucking up resources and money and is slowly becoming a liability for Putin if it hasn't done already,

 

[Pinno718]

Some headlines:

• Ryazan oil refinery hit for the fifth time.12 drone strikes. 5th refinery to be hit in 7 days. This refinery makes 5% of Russia's petrol and diesel.
• Data centre in Ryazan struck as well as an airbase where an IL37 refuelling aircraft was damaged.
• Fuel shortages in the area
• Huge blast on a major gas pipeline deep inside Siberia. No drone activity in the area so it may have been saboteurs. It's 3700km's from Ukraine.
• 2nd highest day of Russians losses of the war - 2830. 4/11/26
• Food crises getting worse as inflation soars
• Russian fishing industry slumps to levels not seen since 1992 as fishing fleets go bankrupt.
• Russian bankruptcy cases increase 28.9% in the 3rd qtr
• Putin seizes the biggest tobacco companies in Russia
• The volume of seized property increases by 300%
• Confirmation that Russians are issuing bomb threats all over Europe. 40 flights affected by recalls and deep searches
• Russians hack systems managing meat stores, food packaging companies and food storage facilities mainly in thein the US, blood banks (in France) and turning up the temperature. This began a week ago and 14 countries have been affected
• Power plants and water systems struck in Kyiv
• Russians fake news sites and re-hash articles
• [Moscow Times] 42 year old in Ormsk was detained on a charge of missing child support payments. He was then beaten, suffered head injuries and broken ribs and forced to sign up and then sent to the frontline. He was given 45 days sick leave. They took him out of the hospital prematurely and was taken to a bank where they forced him to hand over his wages (450,00 Rubles) and then 3 days later, he was sent on a combat mission. He was listed as MIA but was confirmed dead on the 18th of October.

• Pres gangs are cropping up everywhere. They are paid 100,00 Rubles per month (£910). An average teachers salary is between 45,000 and 75,000 per month.
• 4th of October was the Hungarian uprising - 1956. Russia is using the same arguments as they did to invade Hungary as they are in Ukraine.