If Russia invades Ukraine (more)...

[Puja]

Appears to be true. What a phenomenal idiot. Why on earth would you fly in a plane over Russian airspace when you attempted a coup against Putin? Did he have no brains? No sense of self-preservation? Was he actually so gormless that he believed him and Putin were chill now because Lukashenko said so?

Puja

[Sandydragon]

Appears to be true. What a phenomenal idiot. Why on earth would you fly in a plane over Russian airspace when you attempted a coup against Putin? Did he have no brains? No sense of self-preservation? Was he actually so gormless that he believed him and Putin were chill now because Lukashenko said so?

Puja

Who knows? It was only a matter of time really and I don’t think he had too many options on hiding places.

[J Dory]

What happens to the Wagner troops now?

[Zhivago]

Putin pretends to let bygones be bygones and things carry on as normal. In 6 months Prigozin has an unforeseen tragic accident.

Putin didn't even wait 6 months. Just two. To the day.

[Sandydragon]

What happens to the Wagner troops now?

I imagine they will be offered new contracts under the leadership of one of Putins mates. What they are doing in Africa is too useful for them to be disbanded.

[Sandydragon]

Putin pretends to let bygones be bygones and things carry on as normal. In 6 months Prigozin has an unforeseen tragic accident.

Putin didn't even wait 6 months. Just two. To the day.

And not even a tragic accident. A missile or bomb doesn’t tend to be accidental, but I’m sure a full and thorough investigation will show that an electrical fault at a SAM battery caused a misfire.

[Puja]

Putin pretends to let bygones be bygones and things carry on as normal. In 6 months Prigozin has an unforeseen tragic accident.

Putin didn't even wait 6 months. Just two. To the day.

Ooft. That's on the nose.

Puja

[Sandydragon]

Putin pretends to let bygones be bygones and things carry on as normal. In 6 months Prigozin has an unforeseen tragic accident.

Putin didn't even wait 6 months. Just two. To the day.

Ooft. That's on the nose.

Puja

The way that plane hit the ground, quite literally.

[Banquo]

Putin didn't even wait 6 months. Just two. To the day.

Ooft. That's on the nose.

Puja

The way that plane hit the ground, quite literally.

Pretty chilling shots of that. Had to be a bomb on board, surely? Russians calling it an emergency landing stretches credibility a smidget.

[Sandydragon]

Ooft. That's on the nose.

Puja

The way that plane hit the ground, quite literally.

Pretty chilling shots of that. Had to be a bomb on board, surely? Russians calling it an emergency landing stretches credibility a smidget.

An emergency landing suggests the aircrew trying to land it. That plane just fell out of the sky. Either a bomb or a missile.

[Banquo]

The way that plane hit the ground, quite literally.

Pretty chilling shots of that. Had to be a bomb on board, surely? Russians calling it an emergency landing stretches credibility a smidget.

An emergency landing suggests the aircrew trying to land it. That plane just fell out of the sky. Either a bomb or a missile.

well yes, hence saying the Russians were talking shyte

[Mellsblue]

Pretty chilling shots of that. Had to be a bomb on board, surely? Russians calling it an emergency landing stretches credibility a smidget.

An emergency landing suggests the aircrew trying to land it. That plane just fell out of the sky. Either a bomb or a missile.

well yes, hence saying the Russians were talking shyte

Next you’ll be telling me jngf wants Lawes in the row.

[Son of Mathonwy]

The way that plane hit the ground, quite literally.

Pretty chilling shots of that. Had to be a bomb on board, surely? Russians calling it an emergency landing stretches credibility a smidget.

An emergency landing suggests the aircrew trying to land it. That plane just fell out of the sky. Either a bomb or a missile.

Pretty sickening that a whole planeful could be killed to assassinate one man.

[Donny osmond]

Pretty chilling shots of that. Had to be a bomb on board, surely? Russians calling it an emergency landing stretches credibility a smidget.

An emergency landing suggests the aircrew trying to land it. That plane just fell out of the sky. Either a bomb or a missile.

Pretty sickening that a whole planeful could be killed to assassinate one man.

Couple of years ago Russia shot down a commercial jet killing nearly 400, you think they give a shit about collateral damage?

[Son of Mathonwy]

An emergency landing suggests the aircrew trying to land it. That plane just fell out of the sky. Either a bomb or a missile.

Pretty sickening that a whole planeful could be killed to assassinate one man.

Couple of years ago Russia shot down a commercial jet killing nearly 400, you think they give a shit about collateral damage?

Nah, I know they don't give a shit about it, I just thought it was worth raising the point. News coverage was all about one (evil) man dying (probably), not the others, most of whom were probably not deserving of such a fate.

[Sandydragon]

Pretty sickening that a whole planeful could be killed to assassinate one man.

Couple of years ago Russia shot down a commercial jet killing nearly 400, you think they give a shit about collateral damage?

Nah, I know they don't give a shit about it, I just thought it was worth raising the point. News coverage was all about one (evil) man dying (probably), not the others, most of whom were probably not deserving of such a fate.

I suspect several of them the world won’t miss at all. But I’m sure some of the crew were just normal human beings who aren’t neo Nazi thugs

[Son of Mathonwy]

Pretty chilling shots of that. Had to be a bomb on board, surely? Russians calling it an emergency landing stretches credibility a smidget.

An emergency landing suggests the aircrew trying to land it. That plane just fell out of the sky. Either a bomb or a missile.

Pretty sickening that a whole planeful could be killed to assassinate one man.

On reflection though, Putin's not in our class. George and Tony killed a shit lot more to get Saddam. Like 100,000x more.

[Son of Mathonwy]

Couple of years ago Russia shot down a commercial jet killing nearly 400, you think they give a shit about collateral damage?

Nah, I know they don't give a shit about it, I just thought it was worth raising the point. News coverage was all about one (evil) man dying (probably), not the others, most of whom were probably not deserving of such a fate.

I suspect several of them the world won’t miss at all. But I’m sure some of the crew were just normal human beings who aren’t neo Nazi thugs

Yeah, checked Wikipedia. 3 crew, 7 passengers.

[Mellsblue]

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1695578 ... MV3j-SK8yQ

[Sandydragon]

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1695578 ... MV3j-SK8yQ

Someone has an excellent sense of humour

[Zhivago]

More delights of Moscovite 'culture' I discovered recently:
"боятся - значит уважают" - they fear you it means they respect you
"бьёт - значит любит" - he beats you it means he loves you

I am reminded also of that French saying... "Grattez le russe et vous verrez un tartare" (scratch a Russian and you get a Tartar).

[Mellsblue]

Imagine being this much of a ****:

‘The British army has cut by a third the training of Ukrainian troops at a military base in Kent after residents complained about the noise of explosions and gunshots.‘

[Donny osmond]

Imagine being this much of a ****:

‘The British army has cut by a third the training of Ukrainian troops at a military base in Kent after residents complained about the noise of explosions and gunshots.‘

Surely just shift the training to Wales or Scotland?

[Mellsblue]

Imagine being this much of a ****:

‘The British army has cut by a third the training of Ukrainian troops at a military base in Kent after residents complained about the noise of explosions and gunshots.‘

Surely just shift the training to Wales or Scotland?

I presume they have moved elsewhere.

[Sandydragon]

Imagine being this much of a ****:

‘The British army has cut by a third the training of Ukrainian troops at a military base in Kent after residents complained about the noise of explosions and gunshots.‘

The number of complaints military training causes is just bonkers. Some locals kick off about anything.