Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "BBC News" channel.

  1. I would setup the loan that Ukraine needs to pay back or give land. This way US would have its own state in Europe ;) Ukraine is broke. They have no economy. Their people left. They are as poor as Afghanistan. And you want them.... to pay back? With what? Even their women left!
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  2. Yeah Russians just used that near Kherson bridge. Mopped off a whole UA platoon! Big explosion on video and part of the bridge they were hiding under collapsed.
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  3. Its winning same way Germany was winning in 1945.
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  4. Essentially UK as usual decided to ignore international law that clearly states innocent passage is to be used only if there is no other way*. Yet at 5:10 it is clear there was *other way they did not have to enter territorial waters. It cannot be international waters as per international treaties which UK signed. Each state is entitled to claim up to 12nm. It does not matter whatever the 12nm is from land recognized as part of the state or not. UK warship was just over 10nm from the shore. Innocent passage cannot be claimed. It was plan illegal.
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  5.  @GeraudRulz  It only matters whom controls the waters now. Russia does. Same as say Israel controls Golan Heights. No one cares that no one recognizes it as part of Israel. No one asks Syria for permission but Israel. I never saw anyone, even US, refer to Golan Heights as anything but "occupied". The whole world sees it as occupation. Still, you ask Israel as they are de facto in control. You can ask Syria through, see how well you can dodge that Patriot.
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  6. It is similar army that US defeated in Iraq in 2nd Iraqi war - something US is very proud of. But Taliban moved more then 2x as fast as US.
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  7. Sure, they win - win is defined as some part of Ukrainian territory, that Russia does not want, will still be controlled by Mr. Z. Big win. Its like apple wins vs a man eating it - since the man does not eat all. But fails against a horse.
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  8. Well, he is correct. West regrown Banderites.
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  9.  @fromscotland2380  lol, in Nazi Germany you had honorable Arian title given to Jews that were of use. Jews were used to round up other Jews. Jews were used for other purposes. Just b/c they have a Jewish president and I believe also PM, does not negate the fact that country is run by Nazi symphetizers. As for attack on civilians, Ukraine is clearly guilty. They intentionally shelled city center and an intersection. US dropped 2000 bombs on Tokyo during WW2 killing 100k. 50 per bomb. Israel dropped 3000 bombs on Gaza as well as 1000s of artillery shells, yet killed only 22k. Ratio here is at most 5 per bomb, maybe 3 or less. Russia used 150 missiles killing only 40 people for a ratio of 0.3.... And you are saying they target... Civilians? Why is Bandera official hero of Ukriane??? Why??? Did your grandfather fight for Nazi side as well? Mine for allies.
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  10. Ukraine get out of Donbass first followed by no to NATO.
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  11.  @jackfishcampbell6745  No, you?
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  12.  @bonnie7898  No it does not and no it cannot. If it pushes hard Russia will do a regime change and new government will be neutral.
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  13. Russians are patiently waiting for Ukraine to bleed out. Once they have the all nice and white, Russians can go on counter offensive to try to end the war.
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  14. But clearly not as tough or brave as the Russians it seems.
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  15.  @Arcaryon  But Putin pick someone twice his size. So should I wait till half of Ukrainian troops are dead?
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  16.  @Arcaryon  Gains are crumbling? You mean Ukrainian gains are crumbling. The whole Donbass front line is collapsing. Putin was spot on when on May 9th he did not call mobilization. They correctly had this stuff figured out. I figure it will not take more then a week for us to see new Mariupol. Except no AzovStal this time, so should be much quicker. Once Russia liquidates these roughly 17000 troops (in multiple pockets, could be more), they will move forward to take on Slavinsk and rest of Donbass would be taken. Question is what they do next - some suggest parallel operation to take Odessa and cut of Ukraine from the black sea.
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  17.  @Arcaryon  I know you will. I also study military history - I guess more then you do. I also know both nations very, very well. I can even understand what they are saying.
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  18.  @Arcaryon  I doubt I can - been doing it for past 25 years ;)
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  19. What come back?
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  20. Actually, no, Russians advanced faster. So even if Ukraine advances as long as Russia did and then Russia repeats net result will be a loss for UA.
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  21.  @ad_astra468  Ah, yes, Ukraine after almost a month of fighting took a whopping 8 villages with population pre war of Under 2000. This implies a progress rate of around 2000 per month. So 12000 over 6 months - 6x 2000. During 6 months Russian army has liberated cities of Bakhmut and Soledar - with combined pre war population of over 81000. I will not mention dozens of villages Russia liberated in Donbass at the same time over these 6 months. So Russians move at around 8x the speed of Ukraine, maybe a bit more.
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  22. But they are not in the fight.
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  23. Omg, why so much? In Canada its just a bit more than Russia.
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  24. Well come on, they could win and get all land back - chances are 0.01% - but "could" still applies. They are not zero, just tiny bit more.
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  25. Its called boiling the frog - US is the frog. You slowly get the money == increase the temperature. Frog will boil thinking it can win the war ;)
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  26. Yeah, did you see that poor guy with Down syndrome at UA front?
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  27. As someone from UK pointed out UK does not want to look weak. They probed Russia's (or occupied by Russia) waters and got rather swift and overwhelming response. We have video from a Russian drone showing Su-24, patrol craft all converging on British ship violating international law. The whole interaction was less then 30min - Brits were swarmed within less then 15min by Russians. Clearly Russians were watching them very closely and with attention.
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  28. Ummm, its a destroyer. Vs. a lot of aircraft of the Russian Federation right next to their bases. I am sure few planes would be lost but there is no change that ship would not get sunk. More likely scenario is standard ramming. Russians just need to use their oldest ship - which for Black sea is easy as all ships are old.
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  29. Ukrainians did rush in... and did get slaughtered. I wonder what did they do with all these probing operations in spring.
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  30. They are correct to want him to quit. His administration did not notice buildup to the war. His administration waited for 6 weeks to make a deal once AM had no negotiated position available. It was him that was politically isolated.
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  31. And so is Cuba and Venezuela.
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  32.  @josephjifinjohnson2535  So why they are threatened with an invasion if they make wrong choices?
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  33.  @hmalik5232  3km deep. UK does not deny it.
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  34.  @hmalik5232  And relevance here is?
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  35. They can visit for few weeks. This is one of these visitors. Just trying to be a pain in the rear end.
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  36. So much for claims press is not free ;)
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  37.  @leylahacyeva4338  AZ buys weapons from Russia as well - almost all of them are from Russia, minority is from Israel and Turkey.
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  38. LOL!😄😄😄
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  39. So if Taliban want to make it bloody all they need is few D-30 howitzers, some mortars and maybe a BM-21 or two. Airport is few km from US embassy. Presidential palace is few hundred meters from US embassy. They can easily shut down the airport if they want and get all western pp there to surrender. This was more then epic failure of CIA and MI6. Few days ago they estimated 30-90 days - I did similar estimate based on media - but they had pp on the ground - why Russia and China both did correct estimate??? It feels US / UK were detached from reality - they had only "yes" men no real pp. Taliban attacked perfectly, when 90% of US troops moved out, remainder was only in capital and almost all heavy weapons removed - they attacked. Stupid US/UK send in even more troops that have NO HEAVY WEAPONS. Also NO AIR SUPPORT. Taliban have 1000s of armored Humvees that give them mobility and are protected against weapons UK / US troops have.... They can easily out maneuver and out gun. It is now up to Taliban to either let them go or drown the west in their own blood.
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  40. ​ @PipesEnjoyer well and Putin indeed will end the war, on his terms. In 2014 regions of Ukraine rebelled and Russia helped them. Russia wanted Donbass to go back to Ukraine but Ukraine refused among other things basic human rights. West, shame on it, ignored its own principles and stood behind Ukraine.
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  41.  @Giorg189  Course change is on video. The whole interaction lasted less then 30m before UK moved out of territorial waters.
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  42.  @mr_slidey  Ship tracker clearly shows them changing course out of territorial waters. It also shows clear violation.
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  43. at 2:40 you can see Nazi flag in the background.
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  44.  @conquery  I think everyone agrees this was a provocation. There would be no war over such little things. If UK wanted to somehow continue it they would be alone. US would told them to stop if they refused they would see what bear could do to them. Which mostly would be defensive in nature. I.e. UK would be full on aggressor. Remember NATO is US organization and US is in charge. Wars are no joke with at peer adversaries and are fought for a solid reason. There is zero reason for UK to have a war with Russia. Nor is there a reason for anyone to get involved on UK side. Just imagine for a second what would it mean for say Russia to loose such war - be forced to apologize? Why would NATO assist right away? In what - sudden attack on Russia to escalate? Is UK itself under attack? Nope. So why would NATO (US) help immediately? Finally NATO is a defensive treaty. Attacking Russia by say insane UK government would get a quick rebuke from all NATO members & US. There simply is no point to such action. The most that would happen is sanctions against Russia / demand for investigation. Diplomatic chaos. Maybe thoughts of some retaliation. This would go in front of UN. I am sure Russia would bring the card out that ship was in its waters as per UN laws. Also UK would not be so willing to go for a Russian coast ride without making 100% sure it can win any shooting encounter. NATO is not a license to kick someone and hide behind it. The kick would have to be fully authorized by US and even then could strain NATO on the inside - so frequently US would just kick itself. Imagine UK went into Russian waters and under some pretext sunk a cost guard ship. To which Russia retaliated and sunk the destroyer as it attempted to flee. UK asked NATO for "help" and NATO members (with few exceptions) refused to join some kind of "invasion" of Russia (almost 100% certain). US would go ballistic. Behind the scenes UK main threat would be angry and pissed off US, not defensively minded Russia.
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  45.  @conquery  So wait, you do not think it was a provocation?
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  46.  @conquery  Maybe you believe the British more? "The Royal Navy ship is conducting innocent passage through Ukrainian territorial waters in accordance with international law." Well, they did lie about the shots - either RN officer or RN spokesperson, both cannot be true. But at least both UK and Russia agree the ship was NOT in international waters. It is obviously provocative as RN even included BBC correspondent. Let me know when was last time Russian warship crossed into UK waters outside of channel crossing aka Transit passage. Go ahead. Well, when was it??? Oh, wait, you have no examples of innocent passages right next to UK bases. Why is that? Note that this passage was not "some random" location next to the coast. Here is legal definition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocent_passage
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  47. Not really - many are paid by propaganda. A lot of US generals are comical.
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  48.  @jr-bw1lt  These are Russian waters as Russia controls the land they are attached to. Taiwan has its territorial waters even through they are not recognized. So does Israel (big parts). There are even more airspaces - try central Asia.
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  49. They are lucky - top leader in the entire world.
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  50. Russians have Kiev surrounded on the Western - northern side, the south-eastern side is still not taken.
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