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I have been banned from this "Persian" forum, many years ago... the reason, needs its own topic and has no relation with the ongoing events in Ukraine.

However here is the "Iranian" version of events ... I think some people here find it interesting...

my personal pov: Slava Ukraina

 
Stouts rule!
Just keep the chocolate and coffee out of mine.

Artisanal stouts can be gross, but I can appreciate the history of those with chocolate, milk, etc.

 
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The German people have a way of solving issues I like.

Germans Have Seen the Future, and It's a Heat Pump

Getting heat pumps like these into general use in Canada would take decades. Meanwhile the Germans just blast through and get it done.
 
The German people have a way of solving issues I like.

Germans Have Seen the Future, and It's a Heat Pump

Getting heat pumps like these into general use in Canada would take decades. Meanwhile the Germans just blast through and get it done.
Right. That's when global warming will have brought my outdoor temperature up from my current -24C in which a heat pump doesn't work worth a damn. I have a friend who paid 13 grand for a heat pump and he still has a normal gas furnace to supplement it in the winter.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
 
Interesting that we already discussed this possibility many months ago in this same thread

I'm surprised the Moldovans and Georgians haven't yet risen up to take over their separatist regions.

It must be rather disheartening to be a Russian-backed separatist nowadays. Sort of like being in the Sonderdivision Russland when in 1945 you realized you bet on the wrong horse.
 
He should "live in a place where the nuts hunt the squirrels. Ho ho hee hee ha ha." He does seem to live in a split-level head.
I owned the album.
 

Ukraine war: Russia demands annexations recognised before talks

JMFC, what cards does Putin thinks he hold here to make such a demand? He's losing on all fronts in the war, and the West gets to systematically destroy the Russian military without risk of lives at a tiny fraction of what a hot war would cost it, all while getting to use up its older and test its latest weapons and systems. Meanwhile NATO has never been so united, and the West is now shaken out of military complacency re. China. Then there's Europe finally breaking its dependence on Russia (or anyone's) natural gas with big investments in alternative energy. There is little downside for the West to keep supporting Ukraine until the last Russia has left Ukraine's pre-2014 borders, even it that takes to 2025. The economic and political destruction and neutering of Russia and its interferences in eastern Europe and the Middle East is a goal the whole world can benefit from.

Meanwhile, the West is just getting started.





By spring 2023, Ukraine's airspace will be comprehensively defended by NASAMS, VAMPIRE and other air defence systems, and the AFU's offensives will be backed with GLSDB, ATACMS and dozens of new rocket and gun artillery systems (firing Excalibur GPS munitions) from the West, all supported by the latest drones. By then those Russians who didn't freeze to death over winter will be armed with nothing of the sort. Russia is doomed.

Putin had no idea what a beehive he was kicking in Feb 2020. By Feb 2021 he'll have well over 100,000 dead Russians. And the West will keep on going as long as Ukraine has the will to fight on, since this war is costing the West no lives and kicking Russia is the primary reason NATO has any military budgets at all, so we might as well use it before the stuff expires. There's no downside for the West.
 
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And freedom to Iran.
As Poles said years ago: Za wolność naszą i waszą.
 
"This Mission will train 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers... already, now, 1,100 soldiers are being trained in different camps. 20 Member States participate in this Mission..."
One of the best investments the EU has ever made, IMHO.
 
It will depend on the tasks they are trained for. Foot soldiers or techie techie guys . I bet quite a few tech guys getting knowledge of modern tactics. Armour with drones and propelled rocket infanterie and sorts.
 

The commitment y'all have shown in the last eight+ years fully justifies Western confidence and support, as does Ukrainian courage and leadership -- leadership at all levels of authority from Zelenskyy down to the platoon sergeants and individual soldiers. The Russians have grabbed the tiger by the tail ... now what?

We in the West owe y'all every bit of support we can muster, and then some.
 
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Am I the only person who gets the impression that the Ukraine forces are starting to settle down. In the sense that the supply and training are getting settled with a number of countries committing to support Ukraine during 2023. In addition the training paths in Europe and the UK with assistance from other countries are in place to ensure that their troops will be trained to a reasonable degree. Also the training which originally was basic infantry training to give them a chance in combat, is getting more specialised and comprehensive.

While this is going on the Russian are still scrambling around trying to get almost anything into the front line. I even saw a photo of a 122mm M1931/37 in use. The twinned wheels are quite distinctive. Training is chaotic and the basic infantry equipment is almost minimal
 

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