Yep, in the 30's and early 40's Stalin had loads from Ukraine and Crimea forcibly transported to Kazakhstan and Siberia. Firstly this was deliberate Russification but once Hitler invaded this was done for internal security to make sure the population wouldn't defect to the Germans. At the start of the war Stalin also had the germanic population of the Volga region forcibly moved to Tajikistan and Kyrgystan. After securing the country Putin would love the opportunity to force Ukrainian men to join their famlies abroad amongst the millions of Ukrainian refugees. I can understand NATO not introducing a no fly zone above Ukraine and not wanting to send troops into the country. What I can't understand is why Russia hasn't at least been suspended (and preferably expelled) from the UN Security Council which could free up the option of sending in UN forces to provide safe zones and possibly provide a security buffer along the Russian boarder and in contested zones like Crimea and the breakaway areas in Donbas. It is a great shame that Russia wasn't suspended from the UN Security Council when Putin annexed Crimea and UN Peacekeepers put in place then.
That gunner has his **** together alright - he knew exactly where to hit that tank. You can see when he shoots at the T72 B3M the gunner aims at just above the road wheels and about halfway along the side of the tank. That is where the horizontal ammo carousel is positioned - which would account for the flame generated. I doubt he killed the crew as the carousel has an armoured lid, but the tank is out of action pending a bit of serious attention from their field engineers (or is towed away by a Ukrainian farmer).
When I first watched it I thought he nearly took his mates head off with his first shot when he switched targets to the tank on the right hand side. The Ukrainians seem a lot more clued up than the Russians
Could be on both? Somebody had mentioned in this thread that Bonko said something about Brexit and Ukraine, it was supposed to go with that post... my bad probably
I'm not sure I'd call the Ukrainian Nazis 'good' - Only a few years ago they were going about Kyiv attacking Gypsies and LGBTQ people. I believe Ukraine are the only country in Europe to have a far right racist battalion attached to their army.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...r?shareToken=1d34a424db578dd0f63cdd22d1b0778a When President Putin talks about Nazis in Ukraine he is talking about Andriy Biletsky, the 42-year-old founder of the Azov Battalion, who is thought to be fighting against Russian troops somewhere near Kyiv. It was Biletsky who said in 2010 that his country’s mission was to “lead the white races of the world in a final crusade . . . against Semite-led Untermenschen”, or inferior races. This still gives Putin no right to destroy Ukraine and kill their citizens. I just think its always good to look at both sides instead of being sucked in by the west propaganda machine.
